Highest rated as cast or director
The Crying Game
1992
The Honourable Woman
2014 · 1 Season
Citizen X
1995
Dickensian
2015 · 1 Season
V for Vendetta
2006
Stephen Rea's 9 titles from the 1990s have a median Balasaur Score of 67, led by The Crying Game (80) and Citizen X (77), against 62 for those from the 2020s.
Biography
Stephen Rea (born October 31, 1946) is an Irish film and stage actor. Rea has appeared in a number of high profile films, both Irish and international, such as V for Vendetta, Michael Collins, Interview with the Vampire and Breakfast on Pluto. Rea was nominated for an Academy Award for his lead performance as Fergus in the 1992 film The Crying Game.
Acted in 129
2020s
- 2027
Visitation
Movie
- 2026
You'll Never Believe Who's Dead
Charlie Bann
Listen
Dinny
The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones
Matsuo Bashō (English)
- 2025
- 2023
- 2022
- 2020
Flesh and Blood
Mark · 4 episodes
2010s
- 2019
Cyprus Avenue
Eric Miller
Thanksgiving
Melchior · 3 episodes
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
Stella Days
Brendan
- 2011
Blackthorn
Mackinley
The Shadow Line
Gatehouse · 7 episodes
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
Nothing Personal
Martin
Father & Son
Augustine Flynn · 4 episodes
Spy(ies)
M. Palmer
- 2008
Heidi 4 Paws
Doctor (voice)
10 Days to War
General Tim Cross · 1 episode
- 2007
Celebration
Waiter
- 2006
Sisters
Dr. Philip Lacan
Sixty Six
Dr. Barrie
V for Vendetta: Unmasked
Finch
- 2005
Tara Road
Colm
- 2004
The Halo Effect
Fatso
Fluent Dysphasia
Murph
Bloom
Leopold Bloom
- 2002
Copenhagen
Niels Bohr
- 2001
On the Edge
Dr. Figure
Snow in August
Rabbi Judah Hirsch
1990s
- 1999
The Life Before This
Brian
Guinevere
Connie Fitzpatrick
I Could Read the Sky
P.J.
This Is My Father
Mission Priest
- 1998
Still Crazy
Tony Costello
The Butcher Boy
Da Brady
- 1997
A Scare at Bedtime
TV
Sink Or Swim
Brian
A Further Gesture
Sean Dowd
- 1996
The Last of the High Kings
Cab Driver
Trojan Eddie
Trojan Eddie
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
Voice
- 1995
Lumière & Company
(segment "John Boorman")
All Men Are Mortal
Fosca
Shadow of a Gunman
Seamus Shields
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Nikos
- 1994
Angie
Noel Riordan
- 1993
Bad Behavior
Gerry McAllister
Hedda Gabler
Eilert Lovborg
- 1992
- 1991
Life Is Sweet
Patsy
- 1990
Not with a Bang
Colin Garrity · 7 episodes
1980s
- 1989
Endgame
Clov
- 1987
Scout
Marshall
- 1986
Shergar
Frankie
- 1985
The Doctor and the Devils
Timothy Broom
- 1984
Four Days in July
Dixie McConville
The House
The Soldier
Loose Connections
Harry
- 1982
Angel
Danny
- 1980
Caleb Williams
Tyrell · 4 episodes
1970s
- 1979
The Out of Town Boys
Shay
- 1978
On a Paving Stone Mounted
Movie
- 1977
Professional Foul
Hollar
The Hollywood Greats
TV
- 1976
Early Struggles
Chas
- 1975
Days of Hope
Reporter · 1 episode
I Didn't Know You Cared
Carter Brandon · 13 episodes
- 1974
Fugitive
Peter
K Is for Killing
Arden Buckley
- 1973
- 1972
The Moonstone
Major Frayne · 1 episode
- 1970
Wrote 1
1990s
- 1997
A Further Gesture
Idea
Appearances14
2020s
- 2025
Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now
Self
- 2022
The Ghost of Richard Harris
Self
Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman
Self
- 2021
Sadie
Self - Lyric Theatre
- 2020
Secrets from Putumayo
Narrator (voice)
2010s
- 2019
Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett
Self
Lost Lives
Self (voice)
- 2018
Unquiet Graves
Narrator
- 2010
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Self
2000s
- 2001
Horrible Histories - Savage Stone Age
Narrator (UK)
- 2000
In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire
Self
1970s
- 1973
A Place Called Ardoyne
Narrator (voice)
