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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland

Homepage: https://www.theagency.ie/owen-roe

Movie Involvements: 12

TV Involvements: 3


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Vikings
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8

Vikings

(2013) Count Odo
Penny Dreadful
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8

Penny Dreadful

(2014) Colonel Brewster
Titanic: Blood and Steel
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7

Titanic: Blood and Steel

(2012) Sir Norman Hill
Michael Collins
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7

Michael Collins

(1996) Arthur Griffith
Saving the Titanic
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8

Saving the Titanic

(2012) White Star Lawyer
Loving
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1

Loving

(1996) Michael Mathewson
The Treaty
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8

The Treaty

(1991) George Gavan Duffy
Frankie Starlight
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5

Frankie Starlight

(1995) Senior Customs Officer

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