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", } else { }; } return -1; const badges = getBadgesForEl(el); event: '_trackEvent', Rea starred in Enda Walsh's 2014 play Ballyturk and portrayed Jordan in Out of the Dark,[9] in which he co-stars alongside Julia Stiles, Scott Speedman and Alejandro Furth. console.log('observer.observe failed:', e); let eventLabel; !badges && badges.length > 0) { subscribeButton.click(); plans.forEach(showPremiumBadge); "The atmosphere was sectarian at the time but that was being changed by people like Eamonn McCann. People talk about writer\u0026#039;s block but actors have blocks too, where they wonder \u0026#039;where am I going to go with this?\u0026#039;. meteredAccess: purchase.metered_paywall, return; } Stephen Rea: Fergus Showing all 64 items Jump to: Photos (25) Quotes (39) Photos 2 more photos Quotes Fergus : Do they know? userID: '', } let addToCartFiredAfterRegistration = false; eventAction: 'hd-address', window.showSubscriberElements(); } vars.article.userWall = 'none'; And. 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She died from an overdose of medication in 2013. socialEmbed.innerHTML = ''; } successful_upgrade_redirect_url: 'https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/premium-plus/', const welcomeBanner = document.querySelector('.welcome1'); She was just one of 14, and there were three children that lost their lives.\u0026amp;quot;In the almost five years I\u0026#039;ve been at the Abbey I\u0026#039;ve been consumed with the idea of giving voice to the marginalised and overlooked, and that\u0026#039;s what this is all about. fpblock.classList.add('fp-prevent-html-replace'); } } I turned down roles that I thought were just typical roles for a guy from Belfast who\u0026#039;d just played an IRA man. vars.article.wallVisible = 'false'; }); After appearing on the stage and in television and film for many years in Ireland and England, Rea came to international attention when he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film The Crying Game. } } else { Stephen Rea actor, writer Born October 31, 1946 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK Stephen Rea was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. eventTimeout: 2000, const bundleValue = getBundleValue(purchase, 'purchase'); } else if (purchase.badge['print_annual'] && purchase.badge['print_annual'] == true) { She was just one of 14, and there were three children that lost their lives. window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; Eye Color. if (window.GTMLoaded === true) { meteredAccess: purchase.metered_paywall, Stephen Rea began his acting career in Ireland in the early 1960s. }; Seamus Heaney had also been there before me. if (bundle_info) { const virtualPageViewData = { He is that rare thing, an Ulster Protestant with deeply progressive ideals. 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