1961-08-20 Dublin, Ireland
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.
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National Theatre Live: Retrograde | Mr Parks | 2025-09-09 |
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المعلم | Simon Cohen | 2024-05-16 |
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Kinked | 2023-03-11 | |
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Phil Lynott: The Long Goodbye | Narrator | 2022-02-01 |
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Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar | Sir Constance | 2019-12-15 |
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National Theatre Live: All About Eve | Addison Dewett | 2019-03-11 |
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The Song of Names | Gilbert | 2019-12-25 |
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A Girl From Mogadishu | Joe Costello | 2019-11-14 |
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The Current War | Franklin Pope | 2018-02-01 |
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Psychomanteum | Narrator | 2018-07-26 |
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Florence Foster Jenkins | Phineas Stark | 2016-05-06 |
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National Theatre Live: King Lear | The Earl of Kent | 2014-05-01 |
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The Voices | Sheriff Weinbacher | 2014-01-19 |
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Standby | Paul | 2014-11-14 |
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One Chance | Luciano Pavarotti | 2013-09-09 |
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Burton and Taylor | Milton Katselas | 2013-07-22 |
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The Physician | Bar Kappara | 2013-12-25 |
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Lovely Louise | Bill | 2013-09-05 |
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Cars 2 | Victor Hugo / Vladimir Trunkov / Ivan the Tow Truck (voice) | 2011-06-11 |
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Killing Bono | Danny Machin | 2011-04-01 |
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The Pizza Miracle | Gianni | 2010-06-18 |
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National Theatre Live: Phèdre | Theseus | 2009-06-25 |
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Holy Water | Inspector Brian Hogan | 2009-07-01 |
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Hilde | David O. Selznick | 2009-03-11 |
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Happy-Go-Lucky | Tramp | 2008-04-18 |
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Saddam's Tribe | Saddam | 2007-05-09 |
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Flawless | Henry | 2007-09-01 |
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The Nativity Story | Zechariah | 2006-11-30 |
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Thin Lizzy: Outlawed - The Real Phil Lynott | Narrator | 2006-08-01 |
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Dot.Kill | Capt. Tommy Byrnes | 2005-03-08 |
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Isolation | Garda Hourigan | 2005-09-10 |
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Omagh | Sam Pollock | 2005-03-23 |
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Inside I'm Dancing | Interview Panelist | 2004-10-15 |
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The Libertine | Keown | 2004-09-16 |
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Wondrous Oblivion | Victor | 2004-04-23 |
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Fallen | Mara | 2004-11-30 |
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What a Girl Wants | Bride's Father | 2003-03-27 |
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Byron | Turkish Governor | 2003-09-27 |
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Mystics | Mickey Mac | 2003-12-12 |
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Monsieur N. | Dr. O'Meara | 2003-01-15 |
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Station Jim | Matapan | 2001-12-30 |
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Altmann's Tongue | Narrator | 2000-05-02 |
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Rat | Newsreader | 2000-10-06 |
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The Van | Des, Health Inspector | 1996-11-29 |
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My Friend Joe | Mr. Doyle | 1996-08-29 |
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Beyond Reason | John Horan | 1995-01-01 |
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The Snapper | Anaesthetist | 1993-08-06 |
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In the Name of the Father | Hooker's Driver | 1993-12-12 |
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The Miracle | Washington, Destry Rides Again | 1991-04-05 |
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Ink | 1988-01-01 | |
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Taffin | Les | 1988-02-26 |
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One Night Only | Harry Conway | |
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Another Turn of the Screw | Henry James |
