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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Jay Kelly
Character:First Voice (voice)
Release Date:14/11/2025
National Theatre Live: Retrograde
Character:Mr Parks
Release Date:09/09/2025
The Teacher
Character:Simon Cohen
Release Date:16/05/2024
Kinked
Character:
Release Date:11/03/2023
Phil Lynott: The Long Goodbye
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/02/2022
The Song of Names
Character:Gilbert
Release Date:25/12/2019
Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar
Character:Sir Constance
Release Date:15/12/2019
A Girl from Mogadishu
Character:Joe Costello
Release Date:14/11/2019
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
Character:Addison Dewett
Release Date:11/03/2019
Psychomanteum
Character:Narrator
Release Date:26/07/2018
The Current War
Character:Franklin Pope
Release Date:01/02/2018
Florence Foster Jenkins
Character:Phineas Stark
Release Date:06/05/2016
Standby
Character:Paul
Release Date:14/11/2014
National Theatre Live: King Lear
Character:The Earl of Kent
Release Date:01/05/2014
The Voices
Character:Sheriff Weinbacher
Release Date:19/01/2014
The Physician
Character:Bar Kappara
Release Date:25/12/2013
One Chance
Character:Luciano Pavarotti
Release Date:09/09/2013
Lovely Louise
Character:Bill
Release Date:05/09/2013
Burton and Taylor
Character:Milton Katselas
Release Date:22/07/2013
Cars 2
Character:Victor Hugo / Vladimir Trunkov / Ivan the Tow Truck (voice)
Release Date:11/06/2011
Killing Bono
Character:Danny Machin
Release Date:01/04/2011
The Pizza Miracle
Character:Gianni
Release Date:18/06/2010
Holy Water
Character:Inspector Brian Hogan
Release Date:01/07/2009
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
Character:Theseus
Release Date:25/06/2009
Hilde
Character:David O. Selznick
Release Date:11/03/2009
Happy-Go-Lucky
Character:Tramp
Release Date:18/04/2008
Flawless
Character:Henry
Release Date:01/09/2007
Saddam's Tribe
Character:Saddam
Release Date:09/05/2007
The Nativity Story
Character:Zechariah
Release Date:30/11/2006
Thin Lizzy: Outlawed - The Real Phil Lynott
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/08/2006
Isolation
Character:Garda Hourigan
Release Date:06/11/2005
Omagh
Character:Sam Pollock
Release Date:23/03/2005
Dot.Kill
Character:Capt. Tommy Byrnes
Release Date:08/03/2005
Fallen
Character:Mara
Release Date:30/11/2004
Inside I'm Dancing
Character:Interview Panelist
Release Date:15/10/2004
The Libertine
Character:Keown
Release Date:16/09/2004
Wondrous Oblivion
Character:Victor
Release Date:23/04/2004
Mystics
Character:Mickey Mac
Release Date:12/12/2003
Byron
Character:Turkish Governor
Release Date:27/09/2003
What a Girl Wants
Character:Bride's Father
Release Date:27/03/2003
Monsieur N.
Character:Dr. O'Meara
Release Date:15/01/2003
Station Jim
Character:Matapan
Release Date:30/12/2001
Rat
Character:Newsreader
Release Date:06/10/2000
Altmann's Tongue
Character:Narrator
Release Date:02/05/2000
The Van
Character:Des, Health Inspector
Release Date:29/11/1996
My Friend Joe
Character:Mr. Doyle
Release Date:29/08/1996
Beyond Reason
Character:John Horan
Release Date:01/01/1995
In the Name of the Father
Character:Hooker's Driver
Release Date:12/12/1993
The Snapper
Character:Anaesthetist
Release Date:06/08/1993
The Miracle
Character:Washington, Destry Rides Again
Release Date:05/04/1991
Taffin
Character:Les
Release Date:26/02/1988
Ink
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1988
Television Appearances
KAOS
Character:President Minos
The Regime
Character:Emil Bartos
Blackshore
Character:Bill McGuire
Andor
Character:Commandant Jayhold Beehaz
Becoming Elizabeth
Character:Anthony Denny
The Spy
Character:General Ad-Din
Resistance
Character:Senator Daniel Shea
Galavant
Character:King of Valencia
New Worlds
Character:Colonel Blood
Quirke
Character:Inspector Hackett
Fleming
Character:Colonel William Donovan
Toast of London
Character:
Ripper Street
Character:Aiden Galvin
The Hollow Crown
Character:Warwick
Titanic: Blood and Steel
Character:Rex Riley
Call the Midwife
Character:Father Joe
Fresh Meat
Character:John Frobisher
Zen
Character:Moscati
Sherlock
Character:Angelo
Whistleblower
Character:Michael Neary
Murder City
Character:
Hustle
Character:Johnny Keyes
The Commander
Character:
Wire in the Blood
Character:
Foyle's War
Character:Jose De Perez
Spooks
Character:Roy Woodring
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Character:Anatol Stolnavich
Waking the Dead
Character:DI Bailey
The Ambassador
Character:
Jonathan Creek
Character:Det. Inspector Barrison
Ballykissangel
Character:Micky Keeler
Jake's Progress
Character:Consultant
Peak Practice
Character:Keith Johnson
Heartbeat
Character:Igor Saukas
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Constable
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