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Birthday: Oct 31, 1944
Place of Birth: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

Brian Downey

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Brian Downey (born 31 October 1944 in Newfoundland, Canada) is a Canadian actor perhaps best-known for his portrayal of Stanley Tweedle, in the science-fiction television series Lexx. Downey is a character actor who has appeared in various films and guest starring roles on TV, including a recurring role on Millennium. His first film role was in a 1986 Andy Jones film called The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood, which features the entire cast of CODCO. Downey has enjoyed a long professional relationship with Lexx creator Paul Donovan, dating back at least to 1988, when Donovan cast Downey in the time travel adventure film, Norman's Awesome Experience. Downey appeared as Cardinal Juan de Mella in Donovan's upcoming medieval TV thriller, The Conclave. Downey has also worked with Jessica Lange, JoBeth Williams, Sam Rockwell, and directors such as Joe Sargent. He won the 2010 only acting award at the 2010 Atlantic Film Festival for his role in "Whirligig", directed by Chaz Thorne, with whom he has worked on 2 previous features. He played the evil gang leader "The Drake", who runs the town in the feature film, Hobo with a Shotgun, starring Rutger Hauer and directed by Jason Eisener. Downey is also a musician and writer. Before being recruited as an actor, he spent many years as a musician, as a bass player, guitarist, and blues harmonica player. He has been a writer for many stage plays, and has led many script writing workshops. His first full length stage play, "Peter's Other War", was produced during the summer of 2009. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Downey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Sybil Willard 2007
Gary Moore & Friends: One Night in Dublin drums 2006
Hobo with a Shotgun The Drake 2011
Super Nova Stanley Tweedle 1997
I Worship His Shadow Stanley Tweedle 1996
The Disappeared Captain Gerald 2012
Whirligig Al 2011
Eating Pattern Stanley H. Tweedle 1997
Giga Shadow Stanley H. Tweedle 1997
The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood Fred Bonia-Coombs 1986
Norman's Awesome Experience Dr. Nobbelmeyer 1989
George's Island Mr. Beane 1989
Beethoven's Treasure Tail Norman the Magician 2014
Copperhead Preacher Taggart 2013
The Story of Faustus Bidgood archive footage 2023
Lizzie Borden Took an Ax Jury Foreman 2014
Secret Nation Chares Maddox 1992
The Healer Henry 2017
Just Buried Pickles 2007
Little Dickie Bartender 2002
Snow Angels Frank Marchand 2007
The Conclave Cardinal Juan De Mella 2006
Series Cast Year
Lexx Stanley H. Tweedle 1997
Millennium 1996
Hallmark Hall of Fame Cee Jay 1951
Lexx Brud Parsnip 1997
Haven Sal Fortuna 2010
Millennium Mr. Dean 1996
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