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7 unusual facts about Stephen Rea


Breakfast on Pluto

Pussy's politician lover in the novel becomes a glam rock musician played by Gavin Friday with whom Kitten may or may not have had a sexual relationship, and Pussy's lover Bertie Wooster becomes magician Bertie Vaughan (Stephen Rea), with whom Kitten has an unrequited flirtation.

Desmond Doyle

A highly fictionalised account of these events has been recorded in the film Evelyn (2002), starring Pierce Brosnan (who plays Desmond), Julianna Margulies, Sophie Vavasseur, Stephen Rea and Aidan Quinn and directed by Bruce Beresford.

Eamon Broy

Neil Jordan's film Michael Collins (1996) inaccurately depicts Broy (played by actor Stephen Rea) as having been discovered, tortured and killed by the British.

Field Day Theatre Company

The Field Day Theatre Company began as an artistic collaboration between playwright Brian Friel and actor Stephen Rea.

Patrick MacGill

In early 2008, a docu-drama starring Stephen Rea was made about the life of Patrick MacGill, which was released in Ireland in 2009 as "Child of the Dead End."

Sonya Paxton

In the third episode, "Solitary", Stabler is thrown off a roof by a former suspect cleared of charges, Callum Donovan (Stephen Rea), after attempting to apologize to him.

T with the Maggies

They were commissioned to record the folk song "Two Sisters" by Sam Shepard for his play Ages of the Moon, which opened in New York and Dublin, starring actors Stephen Rea and Seán McGinley.


I Didn't Know You Cared

The main characters are Carter Brandon (played by Stephen Rea and, in series 3 and 4, Keith Drinkel); his Uncle Mort (Robin Bailey); his mother, Annie (Liz Smith); his father, Les (John Comer); his girlfriend (later wife), Pat Partington (Anita Carey and, in series 3 and 4, Liz Goulding); and Uncle Staveley (Bert Palmer and, in series 4, Leslie Sarony).


see also

Margo Harkin

In 1980 she joined Field Day Theatre Company founded by Brian Friel and Stephen Rea and went on to train as a Stage Designer with Percy Harris and Hayden Griffin at Motley Theatre Design Course in London.