Stanley Townsend
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 20, 1961 (age 65)
- Birthplace
- Dublin, Ireland
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.
Known For
Filmography
Another Turn of the Screw
Movie · as Henry James
The Life of Reilly
Movie
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
Movie · as Harry Conway
The Uprising
Movie · as Chief Justice Belknap
National Theatre Live: Golden Boy
Movie · as Mr. Bonaparte
National Theatre Live: Retrograde
Movie · as Mr Parks
Jay Kelly
Movie · as First Voice (voice)
The Teacher
Movie · as Simon Cohen
Blackshore
TV · as Bill McGuire · 6 eps
The Regime
TV · as Emil Bartos · 6 eps
KAOS
TV · as President Minos · 6 eps
The Gentlemen
TV · as Pat Gallagher · 1 ep
Kinked
Movie
Phil Lynott: The Long Goodbye
Movie · as Narrator
Becoming Elizabeth
TV · as Anthony Denny · 2 eps
Andor
TV · as Commandant Jayhold Beehaz · 1 ep
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
Movie · as Addison Dewett
A Girl from Mogadishu
Movie · as Joe Costello
The Song of Names
Movie · as Gilbert
Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar
Movie · as Sir Constance
Resistance
TV · as Senator Daniel Shea · 5 eps
The Spy
TV · as General Ad-Din · 2 eps
Traitors
TV · as Henry · 6 eps
Psychomanteum
Movie · as Narrator
The Current War
Movie · as Franklin Pope
Florence Foster Jenkins
Movie · as Phineas Stark
Galavant
TV · as King of Valencia · 14 eps
Standby
Movie · as Paul
The Voices
Movie · as Sheriff Weinbacher
National Theatre Live: King Lear
Movie · as The Earl of Kent
Quirke
TV · as Inspector Hackett · 3 eps
Fleming
TV · as Colonel William Donovan · 4 eps
New Worlds
TV · as Colonel Blood · 1 ep
Der Medicus
TV · as Bar Kappara · 2 eps
Burton and Taylor
Movie · as Milton Katselas
Lovely Louise
Movie · as Bill
The Physician
Movie · as Bar Kappara
One Chance
Movie · as Luciano Pavarotti
Toast of London
TV · 1 ep
Titanic: Blood and Steel
TV · as Rex Riley · 1 ep
Ripper Street
TV · as Aiden Galvin · 1 ep
Call the Midwife
TV · as Father Joe · 1 ep
The Hollow Crown
TV · as Warwick · 2 eps
Killing Bono
Movie · as Danny Machin
Cars 2
Movie · as Victor Hugo / Vladimir Trunkov / Ivan the Tow Truck (voice)
Zen
TV · as Moscati · 3 eps
Fresh Meat
TV · as John Frobisher · 1 ep
The Pizza Miracle
Movie · as Gianni
Sherlock
TV · as Angelo · 1 ep
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
Movie · as Theseus
Holy Water
Movie · as Inspector Brian Hogan
Hilde
Movie · as David O. Selznick
Happy-Go-Lucky
Movie · as Tramp
Whistleblower
TV · as Michael Neary · 2 eps
Ashes to Ashes
TV · as Sacks · 1 ep
Flawless
Movie · as Henry
Saddam's Tribe
Movie · as Saddam
The Nativity Story
Movie · as Zechariah
Thin Lizzy: Outlawed - The Real Phil Lynott
Movie · as Narrator
Dot.Kill
Movie · as Capt. Tommy Byrnes
Isolation
Movie · as Garda Hourigan
Omagh
Movie · as Sam Pollock
The Libertine
Movie · as Keown
Wondrous Oblivion
Movie · as Victor
Fallen
Movie · as Mara
Inside I'm Dancing
Movie · as Interview Panelist
Murder City
TV · 1 ep
Hustle
TV · as Johnny Keyes · 1 ep
Monsieur N.
Movie · as Dr. O'Meara
Mystics
Movie · as Mickey Mac
Byron
Movie · as Turkish Governor
What a Girl Wants
Movie · as Bride's Father
The Commander
TV · 2 eps
Coming Up
TV · as Yevgeny Sukhov · 1 ep
Spooks
TV · as Roy Woodring · 1 ep
Wire in the Blood
TV · 1 ep
Foyle's War
TV · as Jose De Perez · 1 ep
Station Jim
Movie · as Matapan
Waking the Dead
TV · as DI Bailey · 2 eps
24
TV · as Anatol Stolnavich · 5 eps
Best of Both Worlds
TV · as Paddy · 3 eps
Altmann's Tongue
Movie · as Narrator
Rat
Movie · as Newsreader
The Ambassador
TV · 1 ep
Jonathan Creek
TV · as Det. Inspector Barrison · 2 eps
My Friend Joe
Movie · as Mr. Doyle
The Van
Movie · as Des, Health Inspector
Ballykissangel
TV · as Micky Keeler · 3 eps
Beyond Reason
Movie · as John Horan
Jake's Progress
TV · as Consultant · 6 eps
In the Name of the Father
Movie · as Hooker's Driver
The Snapper
Movie · as Anaesthetist
Peak Practice
TV · as Keith Johnson · 1 ep
Heartbeat
TV · as Igor Saukas · 1 ep
The Miracle
Movie · as Washington, Destry Rides Again
Parnell & the Englishwoman
TV · as Thomas Sexton · 4 eps
Taffin
Movie · as Les
Ink
Movie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Constable · 1 ep