- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 30, 1959
- Place of Birth
- Dublin, Ireland
Owen Roe
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 wa…
Filmography
movieFinnegan's Foursome
2026
movieThe Roots
2025 · Sebastian Quintana
movieKing Frankie
2024 · Aidan
tvThe Hardacres
2024 · Lord George Fitzherbert
tvDead and Buried
2024 · Jack Sullivan
movieThe Christmas Break
2023 · Calum Reilly
movieWickedly Evil
2023 · The Chief
movieDer Irland-Krimi: Mond über Galway
2023 · Jonathan Carroll
movieAbe's Story
2019 · Various Roles (voice)
moviePursuit
2015 · Mr. King
tvPenny Dreadful
2014 · Colonel Brewster
tvThe Walshes
2014 · Martin
tvThe Ice Cream Girls
2013 · Jim
tvVikings
2013 · Count Odo
tvTitanic: Blood and Steel
2012 · Sir Norman Hill
movieSaving the Titanic
2012 · White Star Lawyer
movieSensation
2011 · Liam
movieWhen Harvey Met Bob
2010 · Tony Powell
Val Falvey, TD
tvVal Falvey, TD
2009 · Pat Daly
Wide Open Spaces
movieWide Open Spaces
2009 · Gerard Ring
movieAlarm
2008 · Joe / Mossie
movieThe Shadow in the North
2007 · Bram Stoker
movieBreakfast on Pluto
2005 · Dean
movieIntermission
2003 · Mr. Henderson
movieWhen the Sky Falls
2000
movieUlys
1998 · voice
movieSoft Sand, Blue Sea
1998 · Joe
movieMichael Collins
1996 · Arthur Griffith
movieLoving
1996 · Michael Mathewson
tvBallykissangel
1996 · Paul Dooley
movieFrankie Starlight
1995 · Senior Customs Officer
tvScarlett
1994 · Tim O'Hara
movieThe Treaty
1991 · George Gavan Duffy