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Stephen Rea (i)Add to My CelebsAge 65 Birthday Oct. 31st, 1946 Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK Height 5' 11 |
Stephen Rea (i)'s Main TV Roles
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Main Movie Roles2010 - The Heavy2008 - Kisses 2008 - The Devil's Mercy 2007 - Until Death 2007 - The Reaping 2007 - Stuck 2006 - Sixty Six 2006 - V for Vendetta 2005 - River Queen 2005 - Tara Road 2005 - Breakfast on Pluto 2004 - Control 2002 - Evelyn 2002 - FearDotCom 2001 - The Musketeer 1999 - The End of the Affair 1999 - Fever Pitch 1999 - In Dreams 1998 - Still Crazy 1997 - A Further Gesture 1996 - Michael Collins 1995 - Lumière et compagnie 1994 - Interview with the Vampire 1994 - Prêt-à-porter 1994 - Princess Caraboo 1992 - The Crying Game 1984 - The Company of Wolves 1970 - Cry of the Banshee |
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB
Stephen Rea (31 October 1946) is a Northern 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.
Early life
Rea was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the son of a bus driver.One of four children in a working class Presbyterian family,[2][3] he attended Belfast High School and the Queen's University of Belfast, taking a degree in English.
Career
Rea trained at the Abbey Theatre School in Dublin. In the late 1970s, he acted in the Focus Company in Dublin with Gabriel Byrne and Colm Meaney. During the broadcasting ban on Sinn Féin imposed by Margaret Thatcher's government, in order to cut the 'oxygen of publicity', it was interpreted that Sinn Féin members could not be heard making statements expressing the views of Sinn Féin, so Rea was one of many actors contacted to provide an actor's voice to get around that problem. After appearing on the stage and in television and film for many years in Ireland and Britain, Rea came to international attention when he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film The Crying Game. He is a frequent collaborator with Irish film maker Neil Jordan. Rea has long been associated with some of the most important writers in Ireland. His association with playwright Stewart Parker (1941-1988) for example, began when they were students together at the Queen's University of Belfast.
Rea helped establish the Field Day Theatre Company in 1980 with Tom Paulin, Brian Friel, Seamus Heaney and Seamus Deane. In recognition for his contribution to theatre and performing arts, Rea was given honorary degrees from both the Queen's University of Belfast[4] and the University of Ulster in 2004.
In 2007, Rea began a successful and acclaimed relationship with both the Abbey Theatre and Sam Shepard appearing in Kicking a Dead Horse (2007) and Ages of the Moon (2009) both penned by Shepard and also both transferred to New York.Rea returned to the Abbey in 2009 to appear in the world premiere of Sebastian Barry's Tales of Ballycumber.
Personal life
Rea was married to former Provisional Irish Republican Army hunger striker and noted current critic of Sinn Féin, Dolours Price from 1983 to 2003. They have two children.
Stephen Rea is an Ambassador for UNICEF Ireland.
TRIVIA:
- Was offered a part in Dennis Quaid Flight of The Phoenix but passed (source Richard E Grant diaries for Wah-Wah).
- A Protestant republican, he was married to former IRA bomber Dolours Price.
- Is credited with a special thanks on Ozzy Osbourne's album, 'Diary Of A Madman'
- Resides in Dublin, Ireland.
- Children: Danny Rea (b. 1988), Oscar Rea (b. 1990).
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1993 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for 'Frank McGuinnes'' "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me."
- Was considered for a role in Blown Away. Tommy Lee Jones was cast instead.
- Acted in the Focus Company in Dublin with Gabriel Byrne and Colm Meaney in the late '70s.
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