Gavin Drea

Gavin Drea (born February 1990) is an Irish actor and comedian. He is known for his roles in the RTÉ series Love/Hate and Resistance (2019), the BBC drama My Mother and Other Strangers (2017), the Star series Wedding Season (2022) and the Apple TV+ series Surface (2025). His voice work includes Cyberpunk 2077 (2020).

Early life and education Gavin Drea was born in Dublin. He attended Gonzaga College. He graduated from University College Dublin in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts with majors in English and film studies.

Career Drea made his television debut a 2010 episode of the TV3 series Jack Taylor. In 2011, he joined the cast of the RTÉ One drama Love/Hate for its second season as Luke. The following year, he made his feature film debut in Lenny Abrahamson's What Richard Did. Drea was cast in the Druid Theatre Company production of A Whistle in the Dark, which was staged in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. For his performance as Des, Drea was nominated for the Irish Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actor.

This was followed in 2014 by roles in Philadelphia, Here I Come! at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast and Breaking Dad at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. That same year, Drea founded the comedy collective Dreamgun with Stephen Colfer, Heber Hanly and James McDonnell, through which they had a comedy show and podcast titled Dreamgun Film Reads.

Drea returned to television when he appeared in the 2016 History Channel docudrama Barbarians Rising. In 2017, he played Barney Quinn in the BBC Northern Ireland drama My Mother and Other Strangers and appeared in the space opera film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. The following year, he played Laertes in Hamlet at the Gate Theatre. He would go on to reprise the role at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn. He also starred in the Irish film We Ourselves.

Drea portrayed Michael Collins in the 2019 RTÉ miniseries Resistance, taking over the role from Sebastian Thommen, who had portrayed Collins in Rebellion back in 2016. Also in 2019, Drea appeared in Blood Wedding at the Young Vic in London. He had small film roles in Sweetness in the Belly and My Salinger Year.

In 2022, Drea starred as Stefan opposite Rosa Salazar in the series Wedding Season, made for the Star platform on Disney+. Drea performed his own wire stunt for the series. He also had recurring roles in the Netflix series Vikings: Valhalla as Eadric Streona and the Hulu miniseries adaptation of Daisy Jones & the Six as Nicky Fitzgerald, Daisy's (Riley Keogh) antagonistic husband.

Acting credits Film Year Title Role Notes 2012 What Richard Did Stephen O'Brien 2014 Cruelty Jude Short film 2017 Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Sergent Cooper 2018 Vanilla Smell Short film 2018 We Ourselves Mikey 2019 Break Us Mark Short film 2019 Sweetness in the Belly Phillip 2020 My Salinger Year Mark 2024 Sharp Corner Erickson

Television Year Title Role Notes 2010 Jack Taylor Christian Tracey Episode: "The Priest" 2011 Love/Hate Luke Season 2 (6 episodes) 2016 Éirí Amach Amú Mick 1 episode 2016 Barbarians Rising Alaric Docudrama (2 episodes) 2017 My Mother and Other Strangers Barney Quinn Miniseries 2018 The Alienist Roundsmen Barclay Episode: "Silver Smile" 2018 Origin Andrew Episode: "A Total Stranger" 2019 Resistance Michael Collins Main role 2022 Vikings: Valhalla Eadric Streona Season 1 (3 episodes) 2022 Wedding Season Stefan Main role 2023 Daisy Jones & the Six Nicky Fitzgerald Miniseries (3 episodes) 2024 Baby Reindeer SheaMiniseries (1 episode) 2025 Surface Callum Walsh Season 2

Video games Year Title Role Notes 2019 World War Z Cutter II 2020 Assassin's Creed Valhalla Flann Sinna Cyberpunk 2077 Vincent "V" 2023 Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

Theatre Year Title Role Notes 2012 DruidMurphy: A Whistle in the Dark Des International tour 2014 Philadelphia, Here I Come! Private Gar Lyric Theatre, Belfast 2014 Breaking Dad Traolach Gaiety Theatre, Dublin 2015 DruidShakespeare Various Ireland tour 2017 Tribes Daniel Gate Theatre, Dublin 2018 Hamlet Laertes Gate Theatre, Dublin / St. Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn 2019 Blood Wedding Leonardo Young Vic, London

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result 2013 Irish Theatre Awards Best Supporting Actor DruidMurphy: A Whistle in the Dark