Marty Rea


Marty Rea is an actor from Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Early life

Rea was born and reared in Craigavon, Co. Armagh but spent his teenage years in West Belfast where he attended St Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Belfast. He then won a Lady Rothermere Scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Career

He has performed in a lengthy list of both television, film and theatre productions.

Television and Film

  • Secret Peacemaker - Fr Alec Reid Garry Keane
  • Stray - Priest Sinead O’Loughlin
  • Prisoners of the Moon - Jean Michael Johnny Gogan
  • Citizen Lane - Orpen Thaddeus O’Sullivan
  • Barbarians Rising - Lucipinus Maurice Sweeney
  • The Devil's Pool - Man Cecily Brennan
  • The Man Inside - Lisandro Rory Bresnihan
  • Curran Reconstruction Case -John Steele Philip Cassin
  • Vingt Minutes - Michael Fairlough Lois Espana

    Theatre

  • Circle Mirror Transformation - Schultz Róisín McBrinn
  • The Shadow of a Gunman - Donal Davoren Garry Hynes
  • The Plough and the Stars – DruidO’Casey - The Young Covey Garry Hynes
  • The Shadow of a Gunman – DruidO’Casey - Donal Davoren Garry Hynes
  • Juno and the Paycock – DruidO’Casey - Needle Nugent & Irregular #2 Garry Hynes
  • The New Electric Ballroom - Patsy Emma Jordan
  • The Weir - Jim Caitríona McLaughlin
  • Translations - Manus Caitríona McLaughlin
  • Portia Coughlan - Raphael Caroline Byrne
  • Three Short Comedies - Barry Derrill & Doctor Garry Hynes
  • The Seagull - Aston Garry Hynes
  • Happy Days - Willie Caitríona McLaughlin
  • 14 Voices from the Bloodied Field - Michael Feery Eoghan Carrick
  • DruidGregory - Play as cast Garry Hynes
  • Martyrs - Alan Jim Culleton
  • An Unreliable Ex-lover Suddenly Writes - Marty Nancy Harris
  • The Cherry Orchard - Petya Garry Hynes
  • The Beacon - Colm Garry Hynes
  • Epiphany - Kelly Garry Hynes
  • The Glass Menagerie - Tom Wingfield Tom Cairns
  • Beginning - Danny Marc Atkinson
  • Richard III - Clarence/Catesby Garry Hynes
  • Waiting For Godot - Vladimir Garry Hynes
  • King of the Castle - Jemmy Maguire Garry Hynes
  • The Great Gatsby - Nick Carraway Alexander Wright
  • Beauty Queen of Leenane - Pat Dooley Garry Hynes
  • Waiting for Godot - Vladimir Garry Hynes
  • Othello - Iago Joe Dowling
  • Juno and the Paycock - Joxer Daly Mark O’Rowe
  • The Importance of Being Earnest - John Worthing Patrick Mason
  • DruidShakespeare - Richard Garry Hynes
  • The Caretaker - Aston Toby Frow
  • She Stoops to Conquer - Young Marlow Conall Morrison
  • Brigit - Fr. Kilgarriff Garry Hynes
  • Be Infants In Evil - Priest Oonagh Murphy
  • An Ideal Husband - Lord Goring Ethan McSweeny
  • The Colleen Bawn - Hardress Creegan Garry Hynes
  • The Hanging Gardens - Maurice Grant Patrick Mason
  • Major Barbara Adolphus Cusins Annabelle Comyn
  • Conversations on a Homecoming - Michael Garry Hynes
  • Whistle in the Dark - Michael Garry Hynes
  • My Cousin Rachel - Philip Ashley Toby Frow
  • Famine - Fr. Horan Garry Hynes
  • Whistle in the Dark - Michael Garry Hynes
  • Conversations on a Homecoming - Michael Garry Hynes
  • Little Women - Laurie Michael Barker-Caven
  • Hayfever - Simon Bliss Patrick Mason
  • John Gabriel Borkman - Erhart Borkman James MacDonald
  • Arcadia - Septimus Hodge Patrick Mason
  • Hamlet - Hamlet Alan Stanford
  • Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme - The Young Piper Padraic McIntyre
  • The Rivals - Faulkland Patrick Mason
  • Only an Apple - Arkins Selina Cartmell
  • Improbable Frequency - Erwin Schroedinger / The Colonel and other roles Lynne Parker
  • The Golden Apple - Various Andrea Ainsworth
  • An Ideal Husband - Vicomte De Nanjac Neil Bartlett
  • Pentecost Spokesong - Peter Trick Cyclist Lynne Parker
  • The Glass Menagerie - The Gentleman Caller Robin Lefevre
  • Philadelphia Here I Come - Gar Private Alan Stanford
  • The Big House - Vandaleur Conall Morrison
  • Saved - Mike Jimmy Fay
  • Salomé - The Young Syrian Alan Stanford
  • Aladdin - Aladdin Simon Magill
  • The Importance of Being Earnest - Cecily Cargew Conall Morrison
  • Jack and the Beanstalk - Jack Simon Magill
  • Smilin’ Through - Kyle Morrow Natalie Wilson
  • The Session - John James Doherty Pam Brighton
  • Henry IV - Henry IV Ellis Jones
  • Philadelphia Here I Come - Gar Private Adrian Dunbar
  • Gabriel/Donkey The Nativity Andrea Montgomery
  • Little Miss Muffet - Spiro Roma Tomelty
  • Lonely Baby - Derek Colin Carnegie
  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Prince Joringle Colin Carnegie
  • Married Bliss _ Archie Colin Carnegie
  • The Snow Queen - Raven Roma Tomelty
  • Marat/Sade - Kokol David Grant

    Awards

  • 2022 - Best Supporting actor nomination for Portia Coughlan - Irish Times Theatre Awards
  • 2019 - Outstanding Performer nomination, ‘Waiting for Godot’, Helen Hayes Awards
  • 2018 - Best Supporting Actor for ‘The Great Gatsby’ and ‘King of the Castle’ – Irish Times Theatre Awards
  • 2017 - Best Actor nomination for ‘Waiting For Godot’ and ‘Othello', Irish Times Theatre Awards
  • 2016 - Best Actor award for ‘Richard 11 ’-Irish Times Theatre Awards
  • 2013 - Best Actor nomination for ‘Whistle in the Dark’ – Irish Times Theatre Awards
  • 2011 - Best Actor award for ‘Hamlet’ – Irish Times Theatre Awards