Owen Roe

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Owen Roe

Acting 67 May 30, 1959

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 proli…

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Vikings

Vikings

8.1 2013 TV Show
Penny Dreadful

Penny Dreadful

7.8 2014 TV Show
Michael Collins

Michael Collins

6.9 1996 Movie
Breakfast on Pluto

Breakfast on Pluto

7.2 2005 Movie
Intermission

Intermission

6.2 2003 Movie
Scarlett

Scarlett

6.6 1994 TV Show
Titanic: Blood and Steel

Titanic: Blood and Steel

7.2 2012 TV Show
Ballykissangel

Ballykissangel

7.2 1996 TV Show
The Hardacres

The Hardacres

8.0 2024 TV Show
The Shadow in the North

The Shadow in the North

6.6 2007 Movie
The Ice Cream Girls

The Ice Cream Girls

6.6 2013 TV Show
Dead and Buried

Dead and Buried

5.3 2024 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Finnegan's Foursome

    Movie

  2. 2025
    The Roots

    Movie Sebastian Quintana

  3. 2024
    King Frankie

    Movie Aidan

  4. 2024
    The Hardacres

    TV show Lord George Fitzherbert

  5. 2024
    Dead and Buried

    TV show Jack Sullivan

  6. 2023
    The Christmas Break

    Movie Calum Reilly

  7. 2023
    Wickedly Evil

    Movie The Chief

  8. 2023
    Der Irland-Krimi: Mond über Galway

    Movie Jonathan Carroll

  9. 2019
    Abe's Story

    Movie Various Roles (voice)

  10. 2015
    Pursuit

    Movie Mr. King

  11. 2014
    Penny Dreadful

    TV show Colonel Brewster

  12. 2014
    The Walshes

    TV show Martin

  13. 2013
    The Ice Cream Girls

    TV show Jim

  14. 2013
    Vikings

    TV show Count Odo

  15. 2012
    Titanic: Blood and Steel

    TV show Sir Norman Hill

  16. 2012
    Saving the Titanic

    Movie White Star Lawyer

More credits
  1. 2011
    Sensation

    Movie Liam

  2. 2010
    When Harvey Met Bob

    Movie Tony Powell

  3. 2009
    Val Falvey, TD

    TV show Pat Daly

  4. 2009
    Rásaí na Gaillimhe

    TV show Tommy Lacey

  5. 2009
    Wide Open Spaces

    Movie Gerard Ring

  6. 2008
    Alarm

    Movie Joe / Mossie

  7. 2007
    The Shadow in the North

    Movie Bram Stoker

  8. 2005
    Breakfast on Pluto

    Movie Dean

  9. 2003
    Intermission

    Movie Mr. Henderson

  10. 2000
    When the Sky Falls

    Movie

  11. 1999
    DDU: District Detective Unit

    TV show Det. Garda Paul Hyland

  12. 1998
    Ulys

    Movie voice

  13. 1998
    Soft Sand, Blue Sea

    Movie Joe

  14. 1996
    Michael Collins

    Movie Arthur Griffith

  15. 1996
    Loving

    Movie Michael Mathewson

  16. 1996
    Ballykissangel

    TV show Paul Dooley

  17. 1995
    Frankie Starlight

    Movie Senior Customs Officer

  18. 1994
    Scarlett

    TV show Tim O'Hara

  19. 1991
    The Treaty

    Movie George Gavan Duffy