Owen Roe
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 30, 1959 (age 67)
- Place of birth
- Dublin, Ireland
- Credits
- 35
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.
Known for
Filmography
Finnegan's Foursome
2026Movie
The Roots
2025Movie
Sebastian Quintana
King Frankie
2024Movie
Aidan
The Hardacres
2024TV
Lord George Fitzherbert
Dead and Buried
2024TV
Jack Sullivan
The Christmas Break
2023Movie
Calum Reilly
Wickedly Evil
2023Movie
The Chief
Der Irland-Krimi: Mond über Galway
2023Movie
Jonathan Carroll
Abe's Story
2019Movie
Various Roles (voice)
Pursuit
2015Movie
Mr. King
Penny Dreadful
2014TV
Colonel Brewster
The Walshes
2014TV
Martin
The Ice Cream Girls
2013TV
Jim
Vikings
2013TV
Count Odo
Titanic: Blood and Steel
2012TV
Sir Norman Hill
Saving the Titanic
2012Movie
White Star Lawyer
Sensation
2011Movie
Liam
When Harvey Met Bob
2010Movie
Tony Powell
Val Falvey, TD
2009TV
Pat Daly
Rásaí na Gaillimhe
2009TV
Tommy Lacey
Wide Open Spaces
2009Movie
Gerard Ring
Alarm
2008Movie
Joe / Mossie
The Shadow in the North
2007Movie
Bram Stoker
Breakfast on Pluto
2005Movie
Dean
Intermission
2003Movie
Mr. Henderson
When the Sky Falls
2000Movie
DDU: District Detective Unit
1999TV
Det. Garda Paul Hyland
Ulys
1998Movie
voice
Soft Sand, Blue Sea
1998Movie
Joe
Michael Collins
1996Movie
Arthur Griffith
Loving
1996Movie
Michael Mathewson
Ballykissangel
1996TV
Paul Dooley
Frankie Starlight
1995Movie
Senior Customs Officer
Scarlett
1994TV
Tim O'Hara
The Treaty
1991Movie
George Gavan Duffy