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Owen Roe

Actor

Owen Roe

Born May 30, 1959 in Dublin, Ireland22 films

Owen Roe is one of Ireland’s foremost film, TV and theatre actors. Roe studied at the Oscar School of Acting and the Brendan Smith Academy in the late 1970s. Roe has been a prolific stage actor for decades. He won an Irish Theatre Award for playing Claudius in Hamlet. He also won a Special Tribute Award at The Irish Times Theatre Awards 2019. He also wrote one play, Fear of Feathers, staged at the Andrews Lane Theatre in 1991.

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On TV, Roe has appeared on Scarlett, The Ambassador, Ballykissangel, Rásaí na Gaillimhe, Penny Dreadful, Vikings and Fair City., and as Oliver Cromwell in The History Channel Documentary "Cromwell: God's Executioner" based on the book by Professor Micheál Ó Siochrú He has appeared in several films, mostly made in Ireland, including Michael Collins (as Arthur Griffith), Intermission and Breakfast on Pluto. He has received three IFTA nominations.

On radio, Roe was one-third of the Scrap Saturday political satire series, and is best remembered for his impression of P. J. Mara, loyal adviser to Charles Haughey. He also appeared on Baldi (BBC Radio 4) as Inspector Rynne.

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Breakfast on Pluto posterFirst watchBreakfast on Pluto20057.2as DeanIn the 1970s, a young transgender woman called “Kitten” leaves her small Irish town for London in search of love, acceptance, and her long-lost mother.View film

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Michael Collins poster6.9Michael Collins1996Intermission poster6.2Intermission2003

Filmography

22 films as actor
  1. 2026Finnegan's Foursome
  2. 2025The RootsSebastian Quintana
  3. 2024King FrankieAidan
  4. 2023The Christmas BreakCalum Reilly
  5. 2023Wickedly EvilThe Chief
  6. 2023Der Irland-Krimi: Mond über GalwayJonathan Carroll
  7. 2019Abe's StoryVarious Roles (voice)
  8. 2015PursuitMr. King
  9. 2011SensationLiam
  10. 2010When Harvey Met BobTony Powell
  11. 2009Wide Open SpacesGerard Ring
  12. 2008AlarmJoe / Mossie
  13. 2007The Shadow in the NorthBram Stoker
  14. 2005Breakfast on PlutoDean
  15. 2003IntermissionMr. Henderson
  16. 2000When the Sky Falls
  17. 1998Ulysvoice
  18. 1998Soft Sand, Blue SeaJoe
  19. 1996Michael CollinsArthur Griffith
  20. 1996LovingMichael Mathewson
  21. 1995Frankie StarlightSenior Customs Officer
  22. 1991The TreatyGeorge Gavan Duffy