What is Stephen Rea?
{{for|the movie critic|Steven Rea}} [[File:Stephen Rea at JDIFF 2012.jpg|thumb|200px|Stephen Rea in 2012]] '''Stephen Rea''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɹ|eɪ}} {{respell|RAY}}; born 31 October 1946) is an Irish actor. Rea was [[wikt:nominate|nominated]] for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for the thriller movie ''[[The Crying Game]]'' (1992). His other movie credits include ''[[V for Vendetta (movie)|V for Vendetta]]'', ''[[Michael Collins (movie)|Michael Collins]]'', ''[[Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles|Interview with the Vampire]]'' and ''[[Breakfast on Pluto (movie)|Breakfast on Pluto]]''. Rea's TV roles include ''[[The Shadow Line (TV series)|The Shadow Line]]'' and ''[[The Honourable Woman]]'', for which he won a [[British Academy Television Awards|BAFTA Award]]. Rea was born in [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]]. He was married to [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] (IRA) member [[Dolours Price]]. The couple had two sons. In 1973, Price saw Rea perform at the [[Royal Court Theatre|Court Theatre]] in [[London]], the same night she took part in the [[1973 Old Bailey bombing|Old Bailey bombing]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/dolours-price-former-ira-terrorist-and-ex-wife-of-actor-stephen-rea-dies-of-suspected-overdose-29022340.html|title=Dolours Price, former IRA terrorist and ex-wife of actor Stephen Rea, dies of suspected overdose|work=[[Irish Independent]]|author1=Foy, Ken|author2=Murphy, Cormac|date=24 January 2013|access-date=27 August 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|id=0001653}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rea, Stephen}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Actors from Belfast]] [[Category:Irish movie actors]] [[Category:Irish stage actors]] [[Category:Irish television actors]] {{actor-stub}}