Stephen Rea: movies and TV shows
Stephen Rea has 156 credits in the archive: 119 films and 37 TV series, from 1953 to 2026. Highest rated: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (8.0/10).
Career timeline
1953 – 2026 · busiest year: 1999 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones | Matsuo Bashō (English) | Film | — | 79 |
| 2026 | You'll Never Believe Who's Dead | Charlie Bann | Film | — | 79 |
| 2025 | Prime Target | Professor James Alderman | TV | 6.8 | 78 |
| 2025 | Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now | Self | Film | — | 78 |
| 2023 | The Miracle Club | Frank Dunne | Film | 6.3 | 76 |
| 2022 | The English | Sheriff Robert Marshall | TV | 7.3 | 75 |
| 2022 | Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman | Self | Film | — | 75 |
| 2022 | The Ghost of Richard Harris | Self | Film | 7.5 | 75 |
| 2022 | Nightride | Joe (voice) | Film | 5.7 | 75 |
| 2021 | Sadie | Self - Lyric Theatre | Film | — | 74 |
| 2020 | The Stranger | Martin Killane | TV | 7.2 | 73 |
| 2020 | Disclosure | Fergus (archive footage) | Film | 7.8 | 73 |
| 2020 | Flesh and Blood | Mark | TV | 6.0 | 73 |
| 2020 | Secrets from Putumayo | Narrator (voice) | Film | 1.0 | 73 |
| 2019 | Greta | Brian Cody | Film | 6.6 | 72 |
| 2019 | Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett | Self | Film | 10.0 | 72 |
| 2019 | Thanksgiving | Melchior | TV | 4.3 | 72 |
| 2019 | Lost Lives | Self (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 72 |
| 2019 | Cyprus Avenue | Eric Miller | Film | 9.0 | 72 |
| 2018 | Black '47 | Conneely | Film | 6.6 | 71 |
| 2018 | Hard Border | Self | Film | — | 71 |
| 2018 | Unquiet Graves | Narrator | Film | 8.3 | 71 |
| 2017 | Counterpart | Alexander Pope | TV | 7.5 | 70 |
| 2016 | War and Peace | Vassily Kuragin | TV | 7.6 | 69 |
| 2015 | Dickensian | Inspector Bucket | TV | 7.4 | 68 |
| 2015 | Ruby Strangelove Young Witch | Danforth | Film | 5.5 | 68 |
| 2014 | The Honourable Woman | Hugh Hayden-Hoyle | TV | 7.3 | 67 |
| 2014 | Out of the Dark | Jordan | Film | 5.1 | 67 |
| 2014 | The Curse of Styria | Dr. Hill | Film | 4.5 | 67 |
| 2013 | Utopia | Conran Letts | TV | 7.9 | 66 |
| 2013 | Asylum | McGahey | Film | 3.0 | 66 |
| 2013 | Tasting Menu | Walter | Film | 4.4 | 66 |
| 2012 | Underworld: Awakening | Dr. Jacob Lane | Film | 6.3 | 65 |
| 2012 | Werewolf: The Beast Among Us | Doc | Film | 5.9 | 65 |
| 2012 | Stella Days | Brendan | Film | 6.4 | 65 |
| 2011 | The Shadow Line | Gatehouse | TV | 7.6 | 64 |
| 2011 | Blackthorn | Mackinley | Film | 6.6 | 64 |
| 2011 | Roadkill | Seamus | Film | 5.7 | 64 |
| 2010 | Ondine | Priest | Film | 6.4 | 63 |
| 2010 | The Heavy | Anawalt | Film | 4.9 | 63 |
| 2010 | Harold Pinter: A Celebration | Self | Film | 8.0 | 63 |
| 2009 | Father & Son | Augustine Flynn | TV | 7.4 | 62 |
| 2009 | Nothing Personal | Martin | Film | 6.5 | 62 |
| 2009 | Spy(ies) | M. Palmer | Film | 5.5 | 62 |
| 2008 | Kisses | Down Under Dylan (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 61 |
| 2008 | 10 Days to War | General Tim Cross | TV | 6.4 | 61 |
| 2008 | Heidi 4 Paws | Doctor (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 61 |
| 2008 | The Devil's Mercy | Tyler | Film | 3.8 | 61 |
| 2007 | The Reaping | Father Costigan | Film | 5.8 | 60 |
| 2007 | Until Death | Gabriel Callaghan | Film | 5.9 | 60 |
| 2007 | Stuck | Tom Bardo | Film | 6.2 | 60 |
| 2007 | Celebration | Waiter | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 2006 | V for Vendetta | Finch | Film | 7.9 | 59 |
| 2006 | 'V for Vendetta' Unmasked | Finch | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 2006 | Sixty Six | Dr. Barrie | Film | 6.6 | 59 |
| 2006 | Sisters | Dr. Philip Lacan | Film | 3.9 | 59 |
| 2005 | Breakfast on Pluto | Bertie | Film | 7.2 | 58 |
| 2005 | River Queen | Francis | Film | 5.7 | 58 |
| 2005 | Tara Road | Colm | Film | 5.4 | 58 |
| 2004 | The I Inside | Doctor Newman | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 2004 | Control | Dr. Arlo Penner | Film | 6.1 | 57 |
| 2004 | The Good Shepherd | McCaran | Film | 5.3 | 57 |
| 2004 | Proud | Barney Garvey | Film | 4.7 | 57 |
| 2004 | Bloom | Leopold Bloom | Film | 5.0 | 57 |
| 2004 | The Halo Effect | Fatso | Film | 8.0 | 57 |
| 2004 | Fluent Dysphasia | Murph | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 2002 | FearDotCom | Alistair | Film | 3.8 | 55 |
| 2002 | Evelyn | Michael Beattie | Film | 6.4 | 55 |
| 2002 | Copenhagen | Niels Bohr | Film | 7.7 | 55 |
| 2001 | The Musketeer | Cardinal Richelieu | Film | 5.3 | 54 |
| 2001 | On the Edge | Dr. Figure | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 2001 | Snow in August | Rabbi Judah Hirsch | Film | 7.2 | 54 |
| 2000 | In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire | Self | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 2000 | The King's Wake | King Conor | Film | 9.0 | 53 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Callum Donovan | TV | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1999 | The End of the Affair | Henry Miles | Film | 6.6 | 52 |
| 1999 | The Life Before This | Brian | Film | 5.0 | 52 |
| 1999 | Guinevere | Connie Fitzpatrick | Film | 5.7 | 52 |
| 1999 | In Dreams | Doctor Silverman | Film | 5.5 | 52 |
| 1999 | This Is My Father | Mission Priest | Film | 5.8 | 52 |
| 1999 | I Could Read the Sky | P.J. | Film | 4.6 | 52 |
| 1998 | Still Crazy | Tony Costello | Film | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1998 | The Butcher Boy | Da Brady | Film | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1997 | Double Tap | Cypher | Film | 5.4 | 50 |
| 1997 | A Scare at Bedtime | TV | 7.2 | 50 | |
| 1997 | Fever Pitch | Ray, the Governor | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1997 | Sink Or Swim | Brian | Film | 5.3 | 50 |
| 1997 | A Further Gesture | Sean Dowd | Film | 4.8 | 50 |
| 1997 | A Further Gesture | Film | 4.8 | 50 | |
| 1996 | Michael Collins | Ned Broy | Film | 6.9 | 49 |
| 1996 | Trojan Eddie | Trojan Eddie | Film | 5.3 | 49 |
| 1996 | The Last of the High Kings | Cab Driver | Film | 5.6 | 49 |
| 1996 | Crime of the Century | Bruno Richard Hauptmann | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1996 | Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told | Voice | Film | — | 49 |
| 1995 | Citizen X | Lt. Viktor Burakov | Film | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1995 | Lumière & Company | (segment "John Boorman") | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1995 | All Men Are Mortal | Fosca | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1995 | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | Nikos | Film | 6.6 | 48 |
| 1995 | Shadow of a Gunman | Seamus Shields | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1994 | Interview with the Vampire | Santiago | Film | 7.4 | 47 |
| 1994 | Prêt-à-Porter | Milo O'Brannigan | Film | 5.2 | 47 |
| 1994 | Princess Caraboo | Gutch | Film | 5.5 | 47 |
| 1994 | Angie | Noel Riordan | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1993 | Bad Behavior | Gerry McAllister | Film | 5.6 | 46 |
| 1993 | Hedda Gabler | Eilert Lovborg | Film | 9.0 | 46 |
| 1992 | The Crying Game | Fergus | Film | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1991 | Performance | Ejlert Lovborg | TV | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1991 | Performance | Seumus Shields | TV | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1991 | Life Is Sweet | Patsy | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1990 | Not with a Bang | Colin Garrity | TV | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1989 | 4 Play | Paul | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1989 | Nobody Here But Us Chickens | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1989 | Endgame | Clov | Film | 9.0 | 42 |
| 1987 | Scout | Marshall | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1986 | Boon | Frank Warren | TV | 5.8 | 39 |
| 1986 | Shergar | Frankie | Film | — | 39 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Frankie | TV | 7.1 | 38 |
| 1985 | The Doctor and the Devils | Timothy Broom | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1984 | The Company of Wolves | Young Groom | Film | 6.3 | 37 |
| 1984 | Four Days in July | Dixie McConville | Film | 6.6 | 37 |
| 1984 | Loose Connections | Harry | Film | 3.8 | 37 |
| 1984 | The House | The Soldier | Film | 5.7 | 37 |
| 1983 | Chekhov in Derry | Self | Film | — | 36 |
| 1982 | Angel | Danny | Film | 5.8 | 35 |
| 1982 | Joyce in June | Stanislaus Joyce / McIntosh | Film | — | 35 |
| 1980 | Caleb Williams | Tyrell | Film | 7.1 | 33 |
| 1980 | Caleb Williams | Tyrell | TV | — | 33 |
| 1979 | Minder | Roddy Allan | TV | 7.2 | 32 |
| 1979 | The Out of Town Boys | Shay | Film | — | 32 |
| 1978 | The Seagull | Constantin | Film | — | 31 |
| 1978 | Thank You, Comrades | Mayakovsky | Film | — | 31 |
| 1978 | On a Paving Stone Mounted | Film | 9.0 | 31 | |
| 1977 | The Professionals | Pellin | TV | 7.6 | 30 |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Pavel Hollar | TV | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1977 | The Hollywood Greats | TV | 4.7 | 30 | |
| 1977 | Professional Foul | Hollar | Film | 7.5 | 30 |
| 1976 | Early Struggles | Chas | Film | 9.0 | 29 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Fergus (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 28 |
| 1975 | I Didn't Know You Cared | Carter Brandon | TV | 7.1 | 28 |
| 1975 | Days of Hope | Reporter | TV | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1974 | K Is for Killing | Arden Buckley | Film | 8.0 | 27 |
| 1974 | Fugitive | Peter | Film | — | 27 |
| 1973 | Thriller | Arden Buckley | TV | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1973 | A Place Called Ardoyne | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 26 |
| 1972 | The Moonstone | Major Frayne | TV | 8.0 | 25 |
| 1972 | The Moonstone | Major Frayne | Film | 8.5 | 25 |
| 1971 | Stage 2 | Donal Davoren | TV | — | 24 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Shay | TV | 6.6 | 23 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Peter | TV | 6.6 | 23 |
| 1970 | Cry of the Banshee | Villager | Film | 5.4 | 23 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Konstantin Treplev | TV | 5.3 | 18 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | — | 9 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 6 |
| Listen | Dinny | Film | — | — | |
| The Body Is Water | Mr M | Film | — | — | |
| Visitation | Film | — | — |