Stanley Townsend
Acting
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.
Born: August 20, 1961
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Known For
Filmography
as Mr Parks
as President Minos
as Simon Cohen
as Emil Bartos
as Bill McGuire
as Commandant Jayhold Beehaz
as Anthony Denny
as Narrator
as Gilbert
as Sir Constance
as Joe Costello
as General Ad-Din
as Addison Dewett
as Senator Daniel Shea
as Narrator
as Franklin Pope
as Phineas Stark
as King of Valencia
as Paul
as The Earl of Kent
as Colonel Blood
as Inspector Hackett
as Colonel William Donovan
as Sheriff Weinbacher
as Bar Kappara
as Luciano Pavarotti
as Bill
as Milton Katselas
as Aiden Galvin
as Warwick
as Rex Riley
as Father Joe
as John Frobisher
as Victor Hugo / Vladimir Trunkov / Ivan the Tow Truck (voice)
as Danny Machin
as Moscati
as Angelo
as Gianni
as Inspector Brian Hogan
as Theseus
as David O. Selznick
as Michael Neary
as Tramp
as Henry
as Zechariah
as Narrator
as Garda Hourigan
as Sam Pollock
as Capt. Tommy Byrnes
as Mara
as Interview Panelist
as Keown
as Victor
as Johnny Keyes
as Mickey Mac
as Turkish Governor
as Bride's Father
as Dr. O'Meara
as Jose De Perez
as Roy Woodring
as Anatol Stolnavich
as DI Bailey
as Newsreader
as Det. Inspector Barrison
as Des, Health Inspector
as Mr. Doyle
as Micky Keeler
as Consultant
as John Horan
as Hooker's Driver
as Anaesthetist
as Keith Johnson
as Igor Saukas
as Washington, Destry Rides Again
as Les
as Constable
as Harry Conway