Owen Roe

Owen Roe is one of Irelands 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 Gods 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 onethird 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