FrameThrower · Actors · Stephen Rea
Stephen Rea
13 films · 1,134 frames · top-billed in 8 · 1984–2018
Born 31 October 1946 · Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Stephen Rea is an Irish film and stage actor. Rea has appeared in a number of high profile films, both Irish and international, such as V for Vendetta, Michael Collins, Interview with the Vampire and Breakfast on Pluto. Rea was nominated for an Academy Award for his lead performance as Fergus in the 1992 film The Crying Game.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 13 films · 1,134 frames · top-billed in 8 · 1984–2018
- honorary doctorate2019
- Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award1995
- Theatre World Award1993
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,134 frames from the 13 films we hold. This is the look of the work Stephen takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 13 films we hold, 52% of their frames are night, 52% low key — the look of the work Stephen takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Black ’47
2018 · Conneely
V for Vendetta
2006 · Finch
Breakfast On Pluto
2005 · Bertie
Copenhagen
2002 · Niels Bohr
In Dreams
1999 · Doctor Silverman
Michael Collins
1996 · Ned Broy
Citizen X
1995 · Lt. Viktor Burakov
The Crying Game
1992 · Fergus
Ondine
2009 · Priest
Life Is Sweet
1990 · Patsy
The Company of Wolves
1984 · Young Groom
Interview With The Vampire
· Santiago
Greta
· Brian Cody
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,134 frames from Stephen Rea's 13 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.