Vincent Regan (born 16 May 1965) is a British film and television actor.
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Early life
Regan born 16 May 1965 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales. He attended St Joseph's College, Ipswich, when his parents Patrick and Catherine returned to Ireland in 1983 he went to London and studied at Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in London.
Career
Regan first came on UK TV screens in series 5 (1992) of LWT's London's Burning, playing Don, the love interest of Firefighter Kate Stevens (Samantha Beckinsale). That same year he played PC Shelby alongside Sir David Jason’s DI Jack Frost in the TV series A Touch of Frost.
Regan has over 15 stage roles to his credit, most recently as Achilles in Troilus and Cressida at the Edinburgh International Festival.
In 1999, Regan received an Irish Best Actor nomination for his co-starring performance in the miniseries Eureka Street. In 2005, he starred as Marc Antony alongside Emily Blunt and James Frain in the miniseries Empire (2005).
He appeared in Troy (2004), where he played Eudorus, Achilles' second in command, in the Battle of Thermopylae-based film 300 (2006), in which he played Captain Artemis, and as King Cepheus in Clash of the Titans (2010).
In 2012, Regan announced his intention to launch the East Riding Theatre in Beverley, East Yorkshire, along with Judi Dench and other professional actors. That year, he appeared in the films Outside Bet and Lockout
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 headlined by Sean Bean and Tilda Swinton and will be directed by John Maybury. He also appeared briefly as a sexually confused character in British series The Street.
In 2013, he guest starred in the first episode of Series 10 of New Tricks. He played the Duke of Savoy in the 4th episode of the BBC series The Musketeers in 2014.
Regan joined the cast of the BBC's Atlantis as Dion for series 2 starting November 2014.
He was King Simon in E!'s The Royals.
In 2023, he appeared as Vice Admiral Garp in One Piece.
