
Owen Roe
Born
May 30, 1959 (66 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.

The Roots
Sebastian Quintana
2025

King Frankie
Aidan
2024

Dead and Buried
Jack Sullivan · (4 episodes)
2024

The Christmas Break
Calum Reilly
2023

Wickedly Evil
The Chief
2023

Der Irland-Krimi: Mond über Galway
Jonathan Carroll
2023

Abe's Story
Various Roles (voice)
2019

Pursuit
Mr. King
2015

Penny Dreadful
Colonel Brewster · (1 episode)
2014

The Walshes
Martin · (3 episodes)
2014

The Ice Cream Girls
Jim · (3 episodes)
2013

Vikings
Count Odo · (12 episodes)
2013

Titanic: Blood and Steel
Sir Norman Hill · (1 episode)
2012

Saving the Titanic
White Star Lawyer
2012

Sensation
Liam
2011

When Harvey Met Bob
Tony Powell
2010

Val Falvey, TD
Pat Daly · (6 episodes)
2009
Wide Open Spaces
Gerard Ring
2009

Alarm
Joe / Mossie
2008

The Shadow in the North
Bram Stoker
2007

Breakfast on Pluto
Dean
2005

Intermission
Mr. Henderson
2003

When the Sky Falls
2000

Ulys
voice
1998

Soft Sand, Blue Sea
Joe
1998

Michael Collins
Arthur Griffith
1996

Loving
Michael Mathewson
1996

Ballykissangel
Paul Dooley · (8 episodes)
1996

Frankie Starlight
Senior Customs Officer
1995

The Treaty
George Gavan Duffy
1991