Owen Roe
Actor
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.
Filmography
Breakfast on Pluto
as Dean 2005
Intermission
as Mr. Henderson 2003
The Shadow in the North
as Bram Stoker 2007
Frankie Starlight
as Senior Customs Officer 1995
Saving the Titanic
as White Star Lawyer 2012
The Christmas Break
as Calum Reilly 2023
Wickedly Evil
as The Chief 2023
When the Sky Falls
2000
Sensation
as Liam 2011
Alarm
as Joe / Mossie 2008
When Harvey Met Bob
as Tony Powell 2010
Abe's Story
as Various Roles (voice) 2019
Pursuit
as Mr. King 2015
The Treaty
as George Gavan Duffy 1991
King Frankie
as Aidan 2024
Loving
as Michael Mathewson 1996