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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Roots
Character:Sebastian Quintana
Release Date:11/08/2025
King Frankie
Character:Aidan
Release Date:11/10/2024
The Christmas Break
Character:Calum Reilly
Release Date:15/12/2023
Wickedly Evil
Character:The Chief
Release Date:13/11/2023
Irish Crime: Moon Over Galway
Character:Jonathan Carroll
Release Date:19/10/2023
Abe's Story
Character:Various Roles (voice)
Release Date:13/07/2019
Pursuit
Character:Mr. King
Release Date:10/07/2015
Saving the Titanic
Character:White Star Lawyer
Release Date:15/04/2012
Sensation
Character:Liam
Release Date:04/11/2011
When Harvey Met Bob
Character:Tony Powell
Release Date:26/12/2010
Wide Open Spaces
Character:Gerard Ring
Release Date:19/07/2009
Alarm
Character:Joe / Mossie
Release Date:11/07/2008
The Shadow in the North
Character:Bram Stoker
Release Date:15/09/2007
Breakfast on Pluto
Character:Dean
Release Date:16/11/2005
Intermission
Character:Mr. Henderson
Release Date:29/08/2003
When the Sky Falls
Character:
Release Date:26/06/2000
Ulys
Character:voice
Release Date:31/12/1998
Soft Sand, Blue Sea
Character:Joe
Release Date:25/05/1998
Michael Collins
Character:Arthur Griffith
Release Date:25/10/1996
Loving
Character:Michael Mathewson
Release Date:19/10/1996
Frankie Starlight
Character:Senior Customs Officer
Release Date:22/11/1995
The Treaty
Character:George Gavan Duffy
Release Date:05/12/1991
Television Appearances
The Hardacres
Character:Lord George Fitzherbert
Dead and Buried
Character:Jack Sullivan
Penny Dreadful
Character:Colonel Brewster
The Walshes
Character:Martin
The Ice Cream Girls
Character:Jim
Vikings
Character:Count Odo
Titanic: Blood and Steel
Character:Sir Norman Hill
Val Falvey, TD
Character:Pat Daly
Ballykissangel
Character:Paul Dooley
Scarlett
Character:Tim O'Hara
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