Stephen Rea 171061 215978735 2008-05-30T15:06:27Z Djbj16 5665711 /* Filmography */ added "The Heavy" {{Infobox actor | image = Replace this image male.svg <!-- Please do not put a fair-use image here, it will be deleted - see [[WP:NONFREE]] --> | name = Stephen Rea | caption = | birthname = Graham Rea | birthdate = {{birth_date_and_age|1946|10|31}} | birthplace = [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]] | occupation = actor | yearsactive = | spouse = [[Dolours Price]] (1983-2003) }} '''Stephen Rea''' (born '''Graham Rea''' on [[October 31]], [[1946]]) is an [[Ireland|Irish]] actor who was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Academy Award]] for his lead performance in the [[1992 in film|1992]] film ''[[The Crying Game]]''. ==Biography== ===Early life=== Rea was born in [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]]. One of four children in a working-class [[Presbyterian]]<ref>[http://www.stephenrea.net/articles_play02.htm Stephen Rea: An Appreciation], Rea's website, sourced from [[The Times]]</ref><ref>[http://www.stephenrea.net/articles_times_feb98.htm Stephen Rea - In Print - EntWeeklyDEC<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> but [[Irish nationalist|nationalist]]{{Fact|date=May 2007}} family, 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 [[UK|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 degree]]s from both the Queen's University of Belfast<ref>[http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/TheUniversity/GeneralServices/News/ArchivesPressReleases-CampusNews/2004PressReleases/06-2004PressReleases/#d.en.5950 Queen's University Belfast | 06-2004 Press Releases<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and the [[University of Ulster]]<ref>[http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2004/1459.html University Of Ulster News Release - Honour for Stephen Rea<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> in 2004. ===Personal life=== Rea was married to former [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] member and [[hunger strike]]r, [[Dolours Price]] from 1983 to 2003. They have three children. ==Awards and nominations== * [[Tony Awards]] - nominee, best actor, ''[[Someone Who'll Watch Over Me]]'' (1993) * [[Academy Awards]] - nominee, best actor, ''[[The Crying Game]]'' (1993) * [[BAFTA Awards]] - nominee, best actor, ''The Crying Game'' (1993) * [[National Society of Film Critics]] - winner, ''The Crying Game'' (1993) * [[National Board of Review]] - winner, best acting by an ensemble (shared), ''[[Prêt-à-Porter]]'' (1994) * [[Catalonian International Film Festival]] - winner, best actor, ''[[Citizen X]]'' (1995) * [[Golden Globes]] - nominee, best actor in a made-for-TV movie for mini-series, ''[[Crime of the Century (TV movie)|Crime of the Century]]'' (1997) * [[Daytime Emmy Awards]] - nominee, outstanding performer in a children's special, ''[[Snow in August]]'' (2002) *[[IFTA Awards]] - nominee, best actor, ''[[The Halo Effect]]'' (2004) ==Filmography== *''[[Crossroads (TV series)|Crossroads]]'' (1964) (TV series) *''[[Translations]]'' (1980) *''[[Angel (1982 film)|Angel]]'' (1982) *''[[The Company of Wolves]]'' (1984) *''[[Life Is Sweet (film)|Life Is Sweet]]'' (1990) *''[[The Crying Game]]'' (1992) *''[[Hedda Gabler]]'' (1993) (TV) *''[[Princess Caraboo]]'' (1994) *''[[Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles|Interview with the Vampire]]'' (1994) *''[[Prêt-à-Porter (film)|Prêt-à-Porter]]'' (1994) *''[[Citizen X]]'' (1995) (TV) *''[[Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea]]'' (1995) *''[[All Men are Mortal (film)|All Men are Mortal]]'' (1995) *''[[Trojan Eddie]]'' (1996) *''[[Michael Collins (film)|Michael Collins]]'' (1996) *''[[Crime of the Century]]'' (1996) *''[[Double Tap (1997 film)]]'' (1997) *''[[Fever Pitch]]'' (1997) *''[[The Butcher Boy]]'' (1997) *''[[Still Crazy]]'' (1998) *''[[Guinevere (film)|Guinevere]]'' (1999) *''[[The End of the Affair]]'' (1999) *''[[The Musketeer]]'' (2001) *''[[On the Edge (film)|On the Edge]]'' (2001) *''[[FeardotCom]]'' (2002) *''[[Copenhagen (play)|Copenhagen]]'' (2002) (TV) *''[[The i Inside]]'' (2003) *''[[Bloom (film)|Bloom]]'' (2003) *''[[Fluent Dysphasia]]'' (2004) *''[[Breakfast on Pluto (film)|Breakfast on Pluto]]'' (2005) *''[[Tara Road]]'' (2005) *''[[River Queen]]'' (2005) *''[[V for Vendetta (film)|V for Vendetta]]'' (2006) *''[[Sisters (2006 film)|Sisters]]'' (2006) *''[[Sixty Six (film)|Sixty Six]]'' (2006) *''[[The Reaping]]'' (2007) *''[[Stuck (2007 film)|Stuck]]'' (2007) *''[[Kisses (film)|Kisses]]'' (2008) *''[[The Heavy]]'' (2008) ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{imdb name|id=0001653|name=Stephen Rea}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rea, Stephen}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:Alumni of Queen's University Belfast]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Northern Irish film actors]] [[Category:Northern Irish television actors]] [[Category:People from Belfast]] [[de:Stephen Rea]] [[es:Stephen Rea]] [[fr:Stephen Rea]] [[it:Stephen Rea]] [[ja:スティーヴン・レイ]] [[no:Stephen Rea]] [[pl:Stephen Rea]] [[pt:Stephen Rea]] [[fi:Stephen Rea]] [[sv:Stephen Rea]]