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Acting

Stephen Rea

Career: Active from 1973 to 2026, busiest in 2004 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 68
top three billing

Average score: 57/100

Highest rated: Lumière & Company
84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 79 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Stephen Rea Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Physical Comedy
1.2, average 2.4
Situational Comedy
1.6, average 2.7
Absurdist Humor
1.3, average 2.0
Wholesome
2.7, average 3.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 10
Psychological Thriller 9
Character-Driven 9
Social Commentary 9
Psychological Drama 8
Political Intrigue 5
Moral Ambiguity 5
Coming-of-Age 4
Intrigue 3
Redemption Arc 3
Supernatural Horror 3
Period Piece 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

138

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

The Body Is Water

as Mr M

2020s

11 titles · average score 66

You'll Never Believe Who's Dead

as Charlie Bann

The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones

as Matsuo Bashō (English)

Listen

as Dinny

Prime Target

54

TV show · as Professor James Alderman

The Miracle Club

60

as Frank Dunne

Nightride

60

as Joe (voice)

The English

77

TV show · as Sheriff Robert Marshall

Flesh and Blood

63

TV show · as Mark

Secrets from Putumayo

as Narrator (voice)

The Stranger

70

TV show · as Martin Killane

Disclosure

82

as Fergus (archive footage)

2010s

23 titles · average score 57

Greta

57

as Brian Cody

Black '47

70

as Conneely

Dickensian

75

TV show · as Inspector Bucket

The Honourable Woman

79

TV show · as Hugh Hayden-Hoyle

Out of the Dark

34

as Jordan

The Curse of Styria

40

as Dr. Hill

Underworld: Awakening

46

as Dr. Jacob Lane

Werewolf: The Beast Among Us

44

as Doc

Blackthorn

65

as Mackinley

Roadkill

33

as Seamus

The Shadow Line

76

TV show · as Gatehouse

The Heavy

49

as Anawalt

2000s

33 titles · average score 56

Nothing Personal

72

as Martin

Until Death

51

as Gabriel Callaghan

Stuck

62

as Tom Bardo

The Reaping

37

as Father Costigan

V for Vendetta

74

as Finch

V for Vendetta: Unmasked

77

as Finch

Sisters

30

as Dr. Philip Lacan

Breakfast on Pluto

65

as Bertie

Tara Road

51

as Colm

The Good Shepherd

44

as McCaran

Proud

44

as Barney Garvey

FearDotCom

22

as Alistair

1990s

34 titles · average score 64

The End of the Affair

67

as Henry Miles

In Dreams

37

as Doctor Silverman

Guinevere

59

as Connie Fitzpatrick

This Is My Father

74

as Mission Priest

Still Crazy

73

as Tony Costello

Double Tap

50

as Cypher

Michael Collins

70

as Ned Broy

Crime of the Century

69

as Bruno Richard Hauptmann

Citizen X

80

as Lt. Viktor Burakov

Interview with the Vampire

70

as Santiago

Angie

52

as Noel Riordan

The Crying Game

82

as Fergus

1980s

15 titles · average score 61

Endgame

as Clov

Scout

as Marshall

Boon

61

TV show · as Frank Warren

The Doctor and the Devils

35

as Timothy Broom

Screen Two

68

TV show · as Frankie

The Company of Wolves

71

as Young Groom

Loose Connections

as Harry

The House

as The Soldier

Angel

60

as Danny

as Stanislaus Joyce / McIntosh

Caleb Williams

as Tyrell

Caleb Williams

TV show · as Tyrell

1970s

20 titles · average score 70

Minder

75

TV show · as Roddy Allan

The Out of Town Boys

as Shay

Thank You, Comrades

as Mayakovsky

as Constantin

Professional Foul

as Hollar

The Professionals

78

TV show · as Pellin

Saturday Night Live

69

TV show · as Fergus (uncredited)

I Didn't Know You Cared

75

TV show · as Carter Brandon

K Is for Killing

68

as Arden Buckley

A Place Called Ardoyne

as Narrator (voice)

Thriller

74

TV show · as Arden Buckley

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Peter / Shay

1960s

1 title · average score 61

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Konstantin Treplev