
Owen Roe
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.
Acting (21 movies)

Breakfast on Pluto
2005

When the Sky Falls
2000

Der Irland-Krimi: Mond über Galway
2023

The Christmas Break
2023

Michael Collins
1996

Frankie Starlight
1995

Alarm
2008

Wickedly Evil
2023

Intermission
2003

King Frankie
2024

Sensation
2011

Pursuit
2015

The Treaty
1991

The Shadow in the North
2007

Loving
1996

When Harvey Met Bob
2010

Saving the Titanic
2012

Soft Sand, Blue Sea
1998

Abe's Story
2019

The Roots
2025

Ulys
1998
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