Vincent Regan
Regan in 2023
Born	(1965-05-16) 16 May 1965 (age 59) Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales
Education	Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (BA)
Years active	1992–present

Vincent Regan (born 16 May 1965) is a Welsh film and television actor.

Regan born 16 May 1965 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales.^[1] He attended Nicholas Breakspear School, St.Albans, Hertfordshire, then St Joseph's College, Ipswich,^[1] before going on to study acting at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in London.^[1]

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.^[1] In 2005, he starred as Marc Antony alongside Emily Blunt and James Frain in the miniseries Empire (2005).^[1]

He appeared in the Ancient Greece-based film 300 (2006),^[1] in which he played the Captain, and Troy (2004),^[1] where he played Eudorus, Achilles' second in command, and played King Cepheus in Clash of the Titans (2010).^[1]

In 2012, Regan announced his intention to launch the East Riding Theatre in Beverley, East Yorkshire, along with Judi Dench and other professional actors.^[2] That year, he appeared in films such as Outside Bet, Lockout^[3]

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 headlining 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.^[1]

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.^[1]

Regan joined the cast of the BBC's Atlantis as Dion for series 2 starting November 2014.^[1]

He was King Simon in E!'s The Royals.^[1]

In 2023, he appeared as Vice Admiral Garp in One Piece.^[1]

• Vincent Regan at IMDb