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They are uncultured. } In 2020, The Irish Times ranked Rea the 13th greatest Irish film actor of all time. successful_upgrade_redirect_url: 'https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/premium-plus/', } In 1970s, he acted in the Focus Company in Dublin with the } return allPrices.concat(item); We decided that we would have the performances as close as possible to the location where the person fell. const selectedTabId = selectTab[flipPayConfig.filter_prices_by_badge]; return; We recommend checking the format and region compatibility before making your purchase. let member_redirect = getQueryStringValue('source') === 'mc' ? 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'Brits out' for a Cork man means [film producer and member of the House of Lords] David Puttnam or the Brits who are living in West Cork. if (node.classList && node.classList.contains('c-box1')) { productClickSource: productClickSource, } if (welcomeBanner) { userID: purchase.granted_by_purchase.user_id, window.dataLayer.push(vars); Still, there was some consolation, as Rea became "a gay rights icon, for about five minutes". } 72 kg. const isHomeDelivery = false; annual: tabPrefix + '-annual-prices-tab-trigger' eventCategory: 'upgrade_flow', All [Martin] really seems to be concerned about is that Sinn Fin don't get more of a hold in this jurisdiction.". return bundles.filter(function (bundle) { Weight. } meterStats.items_used : 0, Date of Birth. From 1988 to 1994, British television had restrictions imposed on them by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, preventing them from broadcasting the voices of members of Sinn Fin and other republican groups and thats where Rea stepped in. var label = "shopfront"; if (meteredModal) { window.dataLayer[0].user.registrationDate = user.created; node.removeAttribute('hidden'); } else { if (urlQueryString) { Hair tattoos becoming increasingly popular among men in Ireland, Fans take over from Lewis Capaldi as he suffers Tourettes symptoms on stage, Video compares noise around Dublin Airport before and after flight paths were changed. return { document.head.append(script); if (badges.indexOf('featured') > -1) { } } return { Director Neil Jordan Writer Neil Jordan Stars Veronica Quilligan Stephen Rea Alan Devlin However, he says he now spends as much time as possible in Donegal with his two sons. When your life is driving you insane, you can stay sane by just getting down and doing some work.\u0026amp;quot;So could he ever imagine stopping?He gives me one of those signature wry Rea smiles and says: \u0026amp;quot;Sometimes I wonder if I\u0026#039;ll get up in the morning.\u0026amp;quot;100 years on: 14 Voices commemorates the lives lost in Croke Park on Bloody Sunday This month, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Bloody Sunday on November 21, the Abbey Theatre partners for the first time with the GAA to give voice to the 14 men, women and children who were killed in Croke Park on that day, in 14 Voices From The Bloodied Field. selectedPrice.placeholder_prices return priceExpireExist; false : true; Rea has appeared in a number of high profile films, both Irish and international, such as V for Vendetta, Michael Collins, Interview with the Vampire and Breakfast on Pluto. granted_by_purchase: purchase window.showSubscriberElements) { bundle: bundleValue, vars.article.wallVisible = ! ? I didn\u0026#039;t begrudge him but I thought that if anyone should have got it, it should have been Denzel Washington [for Malcolm X], but they weren\u0026#039;t ready to give a black actor the Best Actor Oscar at that particular point.\u0026amp;quot;Still, there was some consolation, as Rea became \u0026amp;quot;a gay rights icon, for about five minutes\u0026amp;quot;.\u0026amp;quot;After the film came out, I was in New York, there was a Gay Pride march going down Fifth Avenue toward Washington Square Park, and they saw me and they started chanting my name. He says the perception that he always strikes gold is wrong, however.\u0026amp;quot;For people looking from the outside, your career seems like a seamless progress but sometimes it\u0026#039;s not, sometimes it\u0026#039;s a nightmare. return; if (window.location.href.indexOf("#annual") > -1) { For Rea, art and politics have always been intertwined. redirectToShopFrontWelcomePage(); google_widget_url:'https://member.independent.ie/google-login', return 'home-delivery'; }; subscriptionStatus: '', fpblock.style.display = 'block'; if (Object.keys(event.detail.object.badge || {}).indexOf('premium-plus') > -1 && ! Although he came from a unionist background in Belfast, he saw with awful clarity the injustice of the city of his childhood. } script.onerror = function() { Rea was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Neil Jordan's thriller The Crying Game (1992). 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