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Feb 26, 2021 · 'Sleeping With the Enemy' at 30: Julia Roberts's co-star Patrick Bergin talks menacing performance in the hit '90s thriller
Sleeping with the Enemy is a 1991 American psychological thriller film directed by Joseph Ruben and starring Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, and Kevin Anderson. The film is based on Nancy Price's 1987 novel of the same name.
Sleeping with the Enemy: Directed by Joseph Ruben. With Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, Kevin Anderson, Elizabeth Lawrence. A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
- Joseph Ruben
- 2 min
Patrick Bergin has done more than 80 films and TV movies and is best known internationally for playing the menacing husband of Julia Roberts’ character in the thriller Sleeping With the Enemy, or for his role as an Irish terrorist alongside Harrison Ford in the film adaption of Patriot Games.
- January 1, 1
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- Dublin, Ireland
For a brief period at the dawn of the 1990s, it looked like Patrick Bergin was set to make a big splash in Hollywood. After his arresting turn opposite Julia Roberts in the hit thriller Sleeping with the Enemy, the Irish actor seemed to have ‘next big thing’ written all over him.
Patrick Connolly Bergin (born 4 February 1951) is an Irish actor and singer perhaps best known for his leading role opposite Julia Roberts in Sleeping with the Enemy (1991), the title character in Robin Hood, terrorist Kevin O'Donnell in Patriot Games and for playing the villainous Aidan Maguire in the BBC soap EastEnders in 2017–2018.
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