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Stephen Rea

1946 - Today

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Stephen Rea ( ray; born October 31, 1946) is an Irish actor. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he began his career as a member of Dublin's Focus Theatre, and played many roles on the stage and on Irish television. He came to the attention of international film audiences in Irish filmmaker Neil Jordan's 1992 film The Crying Game, and subsequently starred in many more of Jordan's films, including Interview with the Vampire (1994), Michael Collins (1996), Breakfast on Pluto (2005), and Greta (2018). He also played a starring role in the Hugo Blick 2011 TV series The Shadow Line. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen Rea is the 2,339th most popular actor (down from 1,564th in 2019), the 2,359th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,577th in 2019) and the 303rd most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Stephen Rea ranks 2,339 out of 13,578. Before him are Mabel Normand, John McCook, Judith Malina, Kate Hudson, John Krasinski, and Leonid Kuravlyov. After him are Anne Francis, Sandra Dee, Henry Czerny, María Conchita Alonso, Jeff Fahey, and Marshall Bell.

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Among people born in 1946, Stephen Rea ranks 293. Before him are Dragutin Šurbek, Miklós Németh, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, Murray Head, Sue Lyon, and Ibn Warraq. After him are Adam Michnik, Ewa Kłobukowska, Carl Wilson, Dick Wolf, Jeff Wall, and Patty Duke.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stephen Rea ranks 2,359 out of 8,785. Before him are Ken Tyrrell (1924), Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), Marie Stopes (1880), Tim Rice (1944), Glen Johnson (1984), and Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743). After him are Francis Rossi (1949), John Evelyn (1620), Reg Park (1928), Brian Bennett (1940), Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1901), and Dudley Moore (1935).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Stephen Rea ranks 303. Before him are Bob Anderson (1922), Robert Donat (1905), Eileen Essell (1922), Olivia Williams (1968), Thomas Brodie-Sangster (1990), and Cary Elwes (1962). After him are Dudley Moore (1935), Henry Irving (1838), Veronica Cartwright (1949), David Tennant (1971), Joseph Fiennes (1970), and James Stephenson (1889).

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