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Acting
Stanley Townsend
Biography
Stanley Townsend (born August 1961) is an Irish actor. Townsend was born and brought up in Dublin. After attending Wesley College, Dublin, he studied mathematics and civil engineering at Trinity College. While there he joined the Dublin University Players, the college's Amateur Dramatic Society. He later co-founded co-operative theatre company Rough Magic with writer/director Declan Hughes and theatre director Lynne Parker, performing in numerous productions including The Country Wife, Nightshade, and Sexual Perversity in Chicago. He subsequently went on to perform in several productions at The Gate and The Abbey Theatres in Dublin. In London, he has worked with such directors as Sam Mendes in The Plough and the Stars, Richard Eyre in Guys and Dolls and Rufus Norris in Under the Blue Sky. Theatre appearances at the Royal Court include The Alice Trilogy directed by Ian Rickson and Shining City directed by Conor McPherson, for which he won an Irish Theatre Award and was nominated for the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor in 2004. Townsend's television work began on a number of shows for RTÉ in Dublin. Since moving to London, television appearances have included Spooks, The Commander, Hustle, Waking the Dead, and Omagh Bombing. ilm credits include Mike Newell's Into the West, Jim Sheridan's In the Name of the Father with Daniel Day-Lewis, The Van by Stephen Frears, Peter Greenaway's The Tulse Luper Suitcases, The Libertine with Johnny Depp, Paul Morrison's Wondrous Oblivion with Delroy Lindo, John Boorman's The Tiger's Tale and Michael Radford's Flawless. He currently lives in London.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 20, 1961
Age
65 years old
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Popularity Score
0.9
Filmography
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
Harry Conway
2026Movie
The Uprising
2026Movie
National Theatre Live: Golden Boy
Mr Bonaparte
2026Movie
National Theatre Live: Retrograde
Mr Parks
2025Movie
Jay Kelly
First Voice (voice)
2025Movie
The Teacher
Simon Cohen
2024Movie
Blackshore
Bill McGuire
2024TV
The Regime
Emil Bartos
2024TV
KAOS
President Minos
2024TV
Kinked
2023Movie
Phil Lynott: The Long Goodbye
Narrator
2022Movie
Becoming Elizabeth
Anthony Denny
2022TV
Andor
Commandant Jayhold Beehaz
2022TV
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
Addison Dewett
2019Movie
A Girl from Mogadishu
Joe Costello
2019Movie
The Song of Names
Gilbert
2019Movie
Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar
Sir Constance
2019Movie
Resistance
Senator Daniel Shea
2019TV
The Spy
General Ad-Din
2019TV
Traitors
Henry
2019TV
Psychomanteum
Narrator
2018Movie
The Current War
Franklin Pope
2018Movie
Florence Foster Jenkins
Phineas Stark
2016Movie
Galavant
King of Valencia
2015TV
Standby
Paul
2014Movie
The Voices
Sheriff Weinbacher
2014Movie
National Theatre Live: King Lear
The Earl of Kent
2014Movie
Quirke
Inspector Hackett
2014TV
Fleming
Colonel William Donovan
2014TV
New Worlds
Colonel Blood
2014TV
Der Medicus
Bar Kappara
2014TV
Burton and Taylor
Milton Katselas
2013Movie
Lovely Louise
Bill
2013Movie
The Physician
Bar Kappara
2013Movie
One Chance
Luciano Pavarotti
2013Movie
Toast of London
2013TV
Titanic: Blood and Steel
Rex Riley
2012TV
Ripper Street
Aiden Galvin
2012TV
Call the Midwife
Father Joe
2012TV
The Hollow Crown
Warwick
2012TV
Killing Bono
Danny Machin
2011Movie
Cars 2
Victor Hugo / Vladimir Trunkov / Ivan the Tow Truck (voice)
2011Movie
Zen
Moscati
2011TV
Fresh Meat
John Frobisher
2011TV
The Pizza Miracle
Gianni
2010Movie
Sherlock
Angelo
2010TV
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
Theseus
2009Movie
Holy Water
Inspector Brian Hogan
2009Movie
Hilde
David O. Selznick
2009Movie
Happy-Go-Lucky
Tramp
2008Movie
Whistleblower
Michael Neary
2008TV
Ashes to Ashes
Sacks
2008TV
Flawless
Henry
2007Movie
Saddam's Tribe
Saddam
2007Movie
The Nativity Story
Zechariah
2006Movie
Thin Lizzy: Outlawed - The Real Phil Lynott
Narrator
2006Movie
Dot.Kill
Capt. Tommy Byrnes
2005Movie
Isolation
Garda Hourigan
2005Movie
Omagh
Sam Pollock
2005Movie
The Libertine
Keown
2004Movie
Wondrous Oblivion
Victor
2004Movie
Fallen
Mara
2004Movie
Inside I'm Dancing
Interview Panelist
2004Movie
Murder City
2004TV
Hustle
Johnny Keyes
2004TV
Monsieur N.
Dr. O'Meara
2003Movie
Mystics
Mickey Mac
2003Movie
Byron
Turkish Governor
2003Movie
What a Girl Wants
Bride's Father
2003Movie
The Commander
2003TV
Spooks
Roy Woodring
2002TV
Wire in the Blood
2002TV
Foyle's War
Jose De Perez
2002TV
Station Jim
Matapan
2001Movie
Waking the Dead
DI Bailey
2001TV
24
Anatol Stolnavich
2001TV
Best of Both Worlds
Paddy
2001TV
Altmann's Tongue
Narrator
2000Movie
Rat
Newsreader
2000Movie
The Ambassador
1998TV
Jonathan Creek
Det. Inspector Barrison
1997TV
My Friend Joe
Mr. Doyle
1996Movie
The Van
Des, Health Inspector
1996Movie
Ballykissangel
Micky Keeler
1996TV
Beyond Reason
John Horan
1995Movie
Jake's Progress
Consultant
1995TV
In the Name of the Father
Hooker's Driver
1993Movie
The Snapper
Anaesthetist
1993Movie
Peak Practice
Keith Johnson
1993TV
Heartbeat
Igor Saukas
1992TV
The Miracle
Washington, Destry Rides Again
1991Movie
Parnell & the Englishwoman
Thomas Sexton
1991TV
Taffin
Les
1988Movie
Ink
1988Movie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Constable
1951TV
Another Turn of the Screw
Henry James
—Movie
Golden Boy
—Movie