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Owen Roe

Acting
Known For

66 Years Old

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. 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.

Born

Dublin, Ireland on 30th May 1959

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Vikings
Count Odo
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Penny Dreadful
Colonel Brewster
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Titanic: Blood and Steel
Sir Norman Hill
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Dead and Buried
Jack Sullivan
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Val Falvey, TD
Pat Daly
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Ballykissangel
Paul Dooley
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The Walshes
Martin
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The Ice Cream Girls
Jim
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Michael Collins
Arthur Griffith
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Breakfast on Pluto
Dean
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Intermission
Mr. Henderson
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Abe's Story
Various Roles (voice)
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The Shadow in the North
Bram Stoker
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Saving the Titanic
White Star Lawyer
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When the Sky Falls
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When Harvey Met Bob
Tony Powell
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Loving
Michael Mathewson
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King Frankie
Aidan
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The Christmas Break
Calum Reilly
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Alarm
Joe / Mossie
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The Treaty
George Gavan Duffy
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Frankie Starlight
Senior Customs Officer
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Sensation
Liam
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Pursuit
Mr. King
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Wickedly Evil
The Chief
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Der Irland-Krimi: Mond über Galway
Jonathan Carroll
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The Roots
Sebastian Quintana
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Wide Open Spaces
Gerard Ring
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Soft Sand, Blue Sea
Joe
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Ulys
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