Finnegan's Foursome
2026 · Movie
Owen Roe
1959-05-30
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Dublin, Ireland
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.
Filmography
The Roots
2025 · Movie
as Sebastian Quintana
King Frankie
2024 · Movie
as Aidan
Dead and Buried
2024 · TV Show
as Jack Sullivan
The Hardacres
2024 · TV Show
as Lord George Fitzherbert
Der Irland-Krimi: Mond über Galway
2023 · Movie
as Jonathan Carroll
The Christmas Break
2023 · Movie
as Calum Reilly
Wickedly Evil
2023 · Movie
as The Chief
Abe's Story
2019 · Movie
as Various Roles (voice)
Pursuit
2015 · Movie
as Mr. King
Penny Dreadful
2014 · TV Show
as Colonel Brewster
The Walshes
2014 · TV Show
as Martin
Vikings
2013 · TV Show
as Count Odo
The Ice Cream Girls
2013 · TV Show
as Jim
Saving the Titanic
2012 · Movie
as White Star Lawyer
Titanic: Blood and Steel
2012 · TV Show
as Sir Norman Hill
Sensation
2011 · Movie
as Liam
When Harvey Met Bob
2010 · Movie
as Tony Powell
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Wide Open Spaces
2009 · Movie
as Gerard Ring
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Val Falvey, TD
2009 · TV Show
as Pat Daly
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Rásaí na Gaillimhe
2009 · TV Show
as Tommy Lacey
Alarm
2008 · Movie
as Joe / Mossie
The Shadow in the North
2007 · Movie
as Bram Stoker
Breakfast on Pluto
2005 · Movie
as Dean
Intermission
2003 · Movie
as Mr. Henderson
When the Sky Falls
2000 · Movie
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DDU: District Detective Unit
1999 · TV Show
as Det. Garda Paul Hyland
Soft Sand, Blue Sea
1998 · Movie
as Joe
Ulys
1998 · Movie
as voice
Michael Collins
1996 · Movie
as Arthur Griffith
Loving
1996 · Movie
as Michael Mathewson
Ballykissangel
1996 · TV Show
as Paul Dooley
Frankie Starlight
1995 · Movie
as Senior Customs Officer
Scarlett
1994 · TV Show
as Tim O'Hara
The Treaty
1991 · Movie
as George Gavan Duffy
