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Owen Roe
ActorBorn May 30, 1959 (66 years)
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.
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.
Filmography
| 2025 | The Roots · as Sebastian Quintana |
| 2025 | Sherlock & Daughter (TV Series) · as Lord Salisbury |
| 2024 | King Frankie · as Aidan |
| 2024 | The Hardacres (TV Series) · as Lord George Fitzherbert |
| 2024 | Dead and Buried (2024) (TV Series) · as Jack Sullivan |
| 2023 | The Christmas Break · as Calum Reilly |
| 2023 | Bad Things in the Middle of Nowhere · as The Chief |
| 2021 | Red Election (TV Series) · as General Groshev |
| 2019 | Der Irland-Krimi (TV Series) · as Jonathan Carroll |
| 2019 | Writersphere · as Various Roles (voice) |
| 2016 | Undercover (2016) (TV Series) · as Doctor Jack Mcdonald |
| 2015 | Pursuit · as Mr. King |
| 2014 | Penny Dreadful (TV Series) · as Colonel Brewster |
| 2014 | The Walshes (TV Series) · as Martin |
| 2013 | The Ice Cream Girls (TV Series) · as Jim |
| 2013 | Vikings (TV Series) · as Count Odo |
| 2012 | Titanic: Blood and Steel (TV Series) · as Sir Norman Hill |
| 2012 | Saving the Titanic · as White Star Lawyer |
| 2012 | Prisoners Wives (TV Series) · as Brendan |
| 2011 | Nowhere in Particular · as Chemist |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | When Harvey Met Bob · as Tony Powell |
| 2009 | Wide Open Spaces · as Gerard Ring |
| 2009 | Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne · as Doctor Scanlon |
| 2008 | Alarm · as Joe / Mossie |
| 2007 | The Shadow in the North · as Bram Stoker |
| 2007 | Prosperity (TV Series) · as The Man |
| 2007 | Inspector George Gently (TV Series) · as Inspector Setters |
| 2007 | Single-Handed (TV Series) · as Denis Nolan |
| 2005 | Breakfast on Pluto · as Dean |
| 2003 | Intermission · as Mr. Henderson |
| 2000 | |
| 1998 | Soft Sand, Blue Sea · as Joe |
| 1998 | The Ambassador (TV Series) · as Minister Kevin Flaherty |
| 1997 | The Broker's Man (TV Series) · as Joe Smeeton |
| 1996 | Michael Collins · as Arthur Griffith |
| 1996 | Ballykissangel (TV Series) · as Paul Dooley |
| 1995 | Loving · as Michael Mathewson |
| 1995 | Frankie Starlight · as Senior Customs Officer |
| 1995 | The Governor (TV Series) · as Ron (boyfriend) |
| 1995 | Undercurrent · as Thomas Brennan |
| 1994 | |
| 1991 | The Treaty · as George Gavan Duffy |
| 1989 | Fair City (TV Series) · as Jim Cawley |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as Michael Mathewson |