Owen Roe

Acting May 30, 1959 (67 years old) 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 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.

33 Acting Credits

Acting

Vikings

as Count Odo

2013

Penny Dreadful

as Colonel Brewster

2014

Owen Roe

Acting

Vikings

Penny Dreadful

Michael Collins

Breakfast on Pluto

Intermission

Scarlett

Titanic: Blood and Steel

The Shadow in the North

The Hardacres

Frankie Starlight

Saving the Titanic

The Christmas Break

Wickedly Evil

Ballykissangel

When the Sky Falls

Dead and Buried

The Ice Cream Girls

Sensation

Alarm

When Harvey Met Bob

The Treaty

Abe's Story

Pursuit

Loving