Stephen Rea

STEPHEN REA achieved international recognition when he was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for his performance in Neil Jordan's The Crying Game. Previously, Rea had worked with Jordan on Angel (aka Danny Boy), his feature film debut, and Company of Wolves, and they have since collaborated on Interview with a Vampire, Michael Collins, The Butcher Boy, In Dreams, End of the Affair, Breakfast on Pluto, and Ondine. Stephen was seen in the indie Blackthorn with Sam Shepard, the indie Stella Days with Martin Sheen, and the indie Styria. He starred in the BBC mini-seriesThe Shadowline.

Among his other film credits are Mike Leigh's Life is Sweet, Robert Altman's Pret a Porter, Still Crazy, Guinevere, Bruce Beresford's Evelyn, Ulysses, Tara Road, V for Vendetta, Spies,The Reaping, Sisters, Sixty Six, and Till Death. Other feature films include Neil Jordan's Ondine, Devil's Mercy and The Heavy.

Rea starred at the Public Theater in New York in Sam Shepard's new play Kicking a Dead Horse. The play was also done at The Abbey Theater in Ireland. Stephen also starred in Sam Shepard's new play Ages of The Moon at The Abbey in Ireland. The play had its American debut at The Atlantic Theater Company in NY in January of 2010. Stephen also starred at The Abbey Theater in the world premiere production of Sebastian Barry's Tales of Ballycumber directed by David Leveaux.

Stephen Rea trained in Ireland's Abbey Theatre School and divided his time in the 1970s and 1980s between fringe theatre, major stage productions, TV and films. He also starred in or directed all of the productions of the Field Day Theatre, a group he formed with playwright Brian Friel in 1980.

Rea was nominated for Broadway's 1993 Tony Award as Best Actor for Frank McGuiness' Someone Who'll Watch Over Me. He has starred in numerous theatre productions in Dublin and London's West End, as well as appearing in several television productions for the BBC, Channel 4 and HBO.

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