MARTY REA
Height: 6′ 2”
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Brown
Training:
3 Year Degree in Acting at RADA
Accents:
RP, Irish and UK regional accents, American dialects
Awards:
1999 Lady Rothermere Scholarship Award
Best Actor award for ‘Hamlet’ – Irish Times Awards 2011
Best Actor nomination for ‘Whistle in the Dark’ – Irish Times Awards 2013
Best Actor award for ‘Richard 11 (DruidShakespeare)’-Irish Times Awards 2016
Best Actor nomination for ‘Waiting For Godot’ (Druid Theatre Co.) and ‘Othello'(Abbey Theatre), Irish Times Awards 2017
Best Supporting Actor for ‘The Great Gatsby’ and ‘King of the Castle’ – Irish Times Theatre Awards 2018
Outstanding Performer nomination (Visiting Production), ‘Waiting for Godot’ (Druid Theatre Company), Helen Hayes Awards 2019
| Production | Role | Company | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stray | Priest | Arcade Film | Sinead O'Loughlin |
| Prisoners of the Moon | Jean Michael | Bandit Films | Johnny Gogan |
| Citizen Lane | Orpen | Citizen Lane DAC | Thaddeus O'Sullivan |
| Barbarians Rising | Lucipinus | History Chanel | Maurice Sweeney |
| The Devil's Pool | Man | Vico Films | Cecily Brennan |
| The Man Inside (Short) | Lisandro | Broken Pictures Limited | Rory Bresnihan |
| Curran Reconstruction Case | John Steele | BBC Television | Philip Cassin |
| Vingt Minutes | Michael Fairlough | Case Television | Lois Espana |
| Production | Role | Company | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martyrs (Tiny Plays 24/7) | Alan | Fishamble Theatre Company | Jim Culleton |
| An Unreliable Ex-lover Suddenly Writes (Dear Ireland) | Marty | Abbey Theatre | Nancy Harris |
| The Cherry Orchard | Petya | Druid Theatre Company | Garry Hynes |
| The Beacon | Colm | Druid Theatre Company | Garry Hynes |
| Epiphany | Kelly | Druid Theatre Company | Garry Hynes |
| The Glass Menagerie | Tom Wingfield | Gate Theatre | Tom Cairns |
| Beginning | Danny | Gate Theatre | Marc Atkinson |
| Richard III | Clarence/Catesby | Druid Theatre Company | Garry Hynes |
| Waiting For Godot | Vladimir | Druid Theatre Company | Garry Hynes |
| King of the Castle | Jemmy Maguire | Druid Theatre Company | Garry Hynes |
| The Great Gatsby | Nick Carraway | Gate Theatre | Alexander Wright |
| The Beauty Queen of Leenane | Pat Dooley | Druid Theatre Company | Garry Hynes |
| Waiting for Godot | Vladimir | Druid Theatre Company | Garry Hynes |
| Othello | Iago | Abbey Theatre | Joe Dowling |
| Juno and the Paycock | Joxer Daly | Gate Theatre | Mark O'Rowe |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | John Worthing | Gate Theatre | Patrick Mason |
| DruidShakespeare | Richard | Druid Theatre Company | Garry Hynes |
| The Caretaker | Aston | Gate Theatre | Toby Frow |
| She Stoops to Conquer | Young Marlow | Abbey Theatre | Conall Morrison |
| Brigit | Fr. Kilgarriff | Druid Theatre Company | Garry Hynes |
| Be Infants In Evil | Priest | Druid Theatre Company | Oonagh Murphy |
| An Ideal Husband | Lord Goring | Gate Theatre | Ethan McSweeny |
| The Colleen Bawn | Hardress Creegan | Druid Theatre Company | Gary Hynes |
| The Hanging Gardens | Maurice Grant | Abbey Theatre | Patrick Mason |
| Major Barbara | Adolphus Cusins | Abbey Theatre | Annabelle Comyn |
| Conversations on a Homecoming | Michael | Druid Theatre Company | Garry Hynes |
| Whistle in the Dark | Michael | Druid Theatre Company | Garry Hynes |
| My Cousin Rachel | Philip Ashley | Gate Theatre | Toby Frow |
| Famine | Fr. Horan | Druid Theatre Company | Garry Hynes |
| Whistle in the Dark | Michael | Druid Theatre Company | Garry Hynes |
| Conversations on a Homecoming | Michael | Druid Theatre Company | Garry Hynes |
| Little Women | Laurie | Gate Theatre | Michael Barker-Caven |
| Hayfever | Simon Bliss | Gate Theatre | Patrick Mason |
| John Gabriel Borkman | Erhart Borkman | Abbey Theatre | James MacDonald |
| Arcadia | Septimus Hodge | Gate Theatre | Patrick Mason |
| Hamlet | Hamlet | Second Age Theatre Company | Alan Stanford |
| Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme | The Young Piper | Livin Dred Theatre Company | Padraic McIntyre |
| The Rivals | Faulkland | Abbey Theatre | Patrick Mason |
| Only an Apple | Arkins | Abbey Theatre | Selina Cartmell |
| Improbable Frequency | Erwin Schroedinger / The Colonel and other roles | Rough Magic Theatre Company (E59 St Theatre New York) | Lynne Parker |
| The Golden Apple | Various | The Ark | Andrea Ainsworth |
| An Ideal Husband | Vicomte De Nanjac | Abbey Theatre | Neil Bartlett |
| Pentecost Spokesong | Peter Trick Cyclist | Rough Magic & Lyric Theatre | Lynne Parker |
| The Glass Menagerie | The Gentleman Caller | Gate Theatre | Robin Lefevre |
| Philadelphia Here I Come | Gar Private | Second Age Theatre Company | Alan Stanford |
| The Big House | Vandaleur | Abbey Theatre | Conall Morrison |
| Saved | Mike | Peacock Theatre | Jimmy Fay |
| Salomé | The Young Syrian | Gate Theatre | Alan Stanford |
| Aladdin | Aladdin | Waterfront – Belfast | Simon Magill |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Cecily Cargew | Abbey Theatre | Conall Morrison |
| Jack and the Beanstalk | Jack | Waterfront Hall | Simon Magill |
| Smilin' Through | Kyle Morrow | Truant Theatre Company | Natalie Wilson |
| The Session | John James Doherty | Dubbeljoint Theatre Company | Pam Brighton |
| Henry IV | Henry IV | RADA Enterprises | Ellis Jones |
| Philadelphia Here I Come | Gar Private | ART NI | Adrian Dunbar |
| Gabriel/Donkey | The Nativity | Riverside Theatre | Andrea Montgomery |
| Little Miss Muffet | Spiro | Centre Stage Theatre Company | Roma Tomelty |
| Lonely Baby | Derek | North Face Theatre Company | Colin Carnegie |
| Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Prince Joringle | Centre Stage Theatre Company | Colin Carnegie |
| Married Bliss | Archie | Centre Stage Theatre Company | Colin Carnegie |
| The Snow Queen | Raven | Centre Stage Theatre Company | Roma Tomelty |
| Marat/Sade | Kokol | Lyric Theatre | David Grant |