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| Born | 16 May 1965 Swansea, Wales |
| Spouse(s) | Amelia Curtis |
Vincent Regan (born 16 May 1965) is a British film and television actor.
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Biography
Career
Regan has over 15 stage roles to his credit, most recently as Achilles in Troilus and Cressida at the Edinburgh International Festival. In association with The Royal Shakespeare Company, the festival presented director Peter Stein's strongly cast and visually striking production. He is famous for Ancient Greece-based films 300, in which he played the Captain, and Troy, where he played Eudorus, Achilles' second in command.
Regan is also a screenwriter and director, developing projects for his own film company. His script, Come Like Shadows, is an accessible but classic interpretation of Macbeth that will start shooting in 2007 with Sean Bean and Tilda Swinton, will be directed by John Maybury. He also appeared briefly as a sexually confused character in British series The Street.
In 1999 Regan received an Irish Best Actor nomination for his co-starring performance in the award-winning miniseries Eureka Street.
Personal life
Regan was born in Swansea, Wales. The son of Irish immigrants, as a young adult Regan returned to Ireland with his parents before moving to England where he attended St Joseph's college in Ipswich, Suffolk. He is married to actress Amelia Curtis, and he has 2 daughters, Chloe, born in 1991, and Esme born in 2006 (possibly 2007).
He is an avid historian of Ancient Rome with a passion for Shakespeare.
Filmography
- 1992 - Unwanted Woman (TV film)
- 1993 - Paul Calf's Video Diary (TV film)
- 1994 - 99-1 (TV film)
- 1994 - Black Beauty as: Sleazy Horse Dealer
- 1996 - Hard Men
- 1998 - B. Monkey
- 1998 - Biblické příběhy: Jeremiáš (TV film)
- 1999 - The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc as: Buck
- 2000 - Ordinary Decent Criminal as: Shay Kirby
- 2001 - Murphy's Law as: Hatcher
- 2001 - Plan to kill
- 2001 - Black Knight as: Percival, Leo's Chief Henchman
- 2002 - Messiah 2 (TV film)
- 2004 - Troy as: Eudorus
- 2005 - Macbeth as: Duncan
- 2005 - Empire as: Marc Antony
- 2005 - Danny the Dog as: Raffles
- 2007 - 300 as: Captain
- 2006 - Low Winter Sun (TV film)
- 2007 - Marple: At Bertram's Hotel (TV film)
- 2008 - Eve
- 2008 - Bathory as: Ferenc Nadasdy
TV series
- 1996 - Call Red
- 1998 - Invasion: Earth
- 1999 - Eureka Street
- 2001 - Rebel Heart
- 2002 - Rescue Me
- 2003 - Plan Man
- 2003 - 40
- 2005 - Empire
- 2009 - The Prisoner (miniseries)
External links
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