Editing Stephen Rea (section)

== Career ==
=== Stage ===
Rea's association with playwright [[Stewart Parker]] began when they were students together at the [[Queen's University Belfast]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lojek |first=Helen Heusner |date=2019 |title="Too Clever for Belfast"? Stewart Parker's Joyce in June |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/48670344 |journal=New Hibernia Review / Iris Éireannach Nua |volume=23 |issue=2 |pages=77–94 |jstor=48670344 |issn=1092-3977}}</ref> In the late 1970s, he acted in the [[Focus Theatre|Focus Company]] in Dublin with [[Gabriel Byrne]] and [[Colm Meaney]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=From Angel to Devil: The Real Byrne |url=https://www.irishamerica.com/2023/03/the-real-byrne/ |access-date=23 November 2024 |website=www.irishamerica.com}}</ref> 

Rea helped establish the [[Field Day Theatre Company]] in 1980 with [[Tom Paulin]], [[Brian Friel]], [[Seamus Heaney]], and [[Seamus Deane]].<ref name =queens>{{cite web|title=Queen's prepares for graduation week |url=http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/TheUniversity/GeneralServices/News/ArchivesPressReleases-CampusNews/2004PressReleases/06-2004PressReleases/#d.en.5950 |publisher=[[Queen's University Belfast]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040815020023/http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/TheUniversity/GeneralServices/News/ArchivesPressReleases-CampusNews/2004PressReleases/06-2004PressReleases/ |date=June 2004 |archive-date=15 August 2004 |access-date=11 June 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Rea's friendship with American playwright and actor [[Sam Shepard]] dates back to the early 1970s, and he starred in Shepard's directorial début of his play ''[[Geography of a Horse Dreamer]]'' at the [[Royal Court Theatre]] in 1974. 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats_on/event/27 |title=Ages of the Moon by Sam Shepard, 24 February – 4 April 2009 |publisher=[[Abbey Theatre]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003034554/http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats_on/event/27 |date=2009 |archive-date=3 October 2009 |access-date=11 June 2011 }}</ref> Rea returned to the Abbey in 2009 to appear in the world première of [[Sebastian Barry]]'s ''Tales of Ballycumber''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats_on/event/657 |title=Tales of Ballycumber |publisher=[[Abbey Theatre]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706073527/http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats_on/event/657 |date=2009 |archive-date=6 July 2009 |access-date=11 June 2011 }}</ref>

Rea starred in [[Enda Walsh]]'s 2014 play ''[[Ballyturk]]'' and portrayed Jordan in ''[[Out of the Dark (2014 film)|Out of the Dark]]'',<ref>{{cite news |url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/videos/3333472/scare-comes-dark-exclusive-clip/ |title=Scare comes from ''Out of the Dark'' in this exclusive clip |work=[[Bloody Disgusting]] |date=24 February 2012 |access-date=2 April 2012 |archive-date=25 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225003510/http://bloody-disgusting.com/videos/3333472/scare-comes-dark-exclusive-clip/ |url-status=live }}</ref> in which he co-stars alongside [[Julia Stiles]], [[Scott Speedman]] and Alejandro Furth.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/91102/first-clips-emerge-dark/ |title=First clips emerge ''Out of the Dark'' |first=Steve |last=Barton |work=[[Dread Central]] |date=26 February 2015 |access-date=26 February 2015 |archive-date=26 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226214405/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/91102/first-clips-emerge-dark/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/81587/dark-2015/ |title=''Out of the Dark'' (2015) |first=Matt |last=Boiselle |work=[[Dread Central]] |date=27 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |archive-date=2 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302161625/http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/81587/dark-2015/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Screen ===
[[File:Stephen Rea.jpg|thumb|Stephen Rea in 2010]]  
Rea came to international attention when he was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for Irish film-maker [[Neil Jordan]]'s film ''[[The Crying Game]]'' in 1992.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Szalai |first=Georg |date=6 March 2024 |title=Stephen Rea to Receive Irish Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/stephen-rea-irish-academy-award-lifetime-achievement-2024-1235844101/ |access-date=23 November 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=21 February 2017 |title=How we made The Crying Game |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/21/how-we-made-the-crying-game-neil-jordan-stephen-rea-miranda-richardson |access-date=23 November 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He is a frequent collaborator with Jordan, starring in his other films ''[[Interview with the Vampire (film)|Interview with the Vampire]]'' (1994), ''[[Michael Collins (film)|Michael Collins]]'' (1996), [[The End of the Affair (1999 film)|''The End of the Affair'']] (1999), ''[[Breakfast on Pluto (film)|Breakfast on Pluto]]'' (2005), and [[Greta (2018 film)|''Greta'']] (2018).{{cn|date=November 2024}} 

In 2011, Rea featured in the [[BBC]] crime drama [[The Shadow Line (TV series)|''The Shadow Line'']], playing antagonist Gatehouse.{{cn|date=November 2024}} 
 
In 2023, Rea appeared as Frank, husband to Eileen (played by [[Kathy Bates]]) in the film ''[[The Miracle Club]]''.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

===Voice ===
Rea was hired to speak the words of [[Gerry Adams]] when [[Sinn Féin]] was under a [[1988–94 British broadcasting voice restrictions| broadcasting ban]] from 1988 to 1994.<ref>{{cite news |title=Actors lose jobs as ban on IRA voices is lifted |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=17 September 1994 |last=Wolf |first=Matt |page=A3 }}</ref> 

In April 2012, Rea read [[James Joyce]]'s short story ''[[The Dead (Joyce short story)|The Dead]]'' on [[RTÉ Radio 1]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/2012/0402/reas.html |title=Rea reads ''The Dead'' on RTÉ Radio |work=RTÉ Ten |publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]] |date=2 April 2012 |access-date=2 April 2012 |archive-date=4 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404200350/http://www.rte.ie/ten/2012/0402/reas.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 

He also narrated for the [[BBC Radio 4]] production of ''[[Ulysses (BBC Radio 4 broadcast)|Ulysses]]'' for [[Bloomsday]], 16 June 2012.{{cn|date=November 2024}}