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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

86

Gender

Male

Birthday

1961-08-20 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland

Also Known As

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.

Known For

Acting

Happy-Go-Lucky

2008

Happy-Go-Lucky

as

Tramp

The Nativity Story

2006

The Nativity Story

as

Zechariah

The Libertine

2004

The Libertine

as

Keown

Wondrous Oblivion

2004

Wondrous Oblivion

as

Victor

Dot.Kill

2005

Dot.Kill

as

Capt. Tommy Byrnes

Isolation

2005

Isolation

as

Garda Hourigan

Flawless

2007

Flawless

as

Henry

Altmann's Tongue

2000

Altmann's Tongue

as

Narrator

Holy Water

2009

Holy Water

as

Inspector Brian Hogan

Monsieur N.

2003

Monsieur N.

as

Dr. O'Meara

Killing Bono

2011

Killing Bono

as

Danny Machin

My Friend Joe

1996

My Friend Joe

as

Mr. Doyle

Mystics

2003

Mystics

as

Mickey Mac

The Pizza Miracle

2010

The Pizza Miracle

as

Gianni

The Miracle

1991

The Miracle

as

Washington, Destry Rides Again

Burton and Taylor

2013

Burton and Taylor

as

Milton Katselas

Psychomanteum

2018

Psychomanteum

as

Narrator

Lovely Louise

2013

Lovely Louise

as

Bill

The Teacher

2024

The Teacher

as

Simon Cohen

Taffin

1988

Taffin

as

Les

Standby

2014

Standby

as

Paul

The Voices

2014

The Voices

as

Sheriff Weinbacher

Cars 2

2011

Cars 2

as

Victor Hugo / Vladimir Trunkov / Ivan the Tow Truck (voice)

Rat

2000

Rat

as

Newsreader

Beyond Reason

1995

Beyond Reason

as

John Horan

In the Name of the Father

1993

In the Name of the Father

as

Hooker's Driver

The Physician

2013

The Physician

as

Bar Kappara

Fallen

2004

Fallen

as

Mara

Hilde

2009

Hilde

as

David O. Selznick

Byron

2003

Byron

as

Turkish Governor

Florence Foster Jenkins

2016

Florence Foster Jenkins

as

Phineas Stark

Station Jim

2001

Station Jim

as

Matapan

What a Girl Wants

2003

What a Girl Wants

as

Bride's Father

Omagh

2005

Omagh

as

Sam Pollock

National Theatre Live: King Lear

2014

National Theatre Live: King Lear

as

The Earl of Kent

The Van

1996

The Van

as

Des, Health Inspector

The Snapper

1993

The Snapper

as

Anaesthetist

Inside I'm Dancing

2004

Inside I'm Dancing

as

Interview Panelist

The Current War

2018

The Current War

as

Franklin Pope

One Chance

2013

One Chance

as

Luciano Pavarotti

A Girl From Mogadishu

2019

A Girl From Mogadishu

as

Joe Costello

The Song of Names

2019

The Song of Names

as

Gilbert

Ink

1988

Ink

as

Saddam's Tribe

2007

Saddam's Tribe

as

Saddam

Kinked

2023

Kinked

as

One Night Only

One Night Only

as

Harry Conway

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

as

Igor Saukas

Spooks

Spooks

as

Roy Woodring

Sherlock

Sherlock

as

Angelo

Zen

Zen

as

Moscati

Quirke

Quirke

as

Inspector Hackett

Galavant

Galavant

as

King of Valencia

Ballykissangel

Ballykissangel

as

Micky Keeler

Fresh Meat

Fresh Meat

as

John Frobisher

Hustle

Hustle

as

Johnny Keyes

Peak Practice

Peak Practice

as

Keith Johnson

Jonathan Creek

Jonathan Creek

as

Det. Inspector Barrison

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

as

DI Bailey

Becoming Elizabeth

Becoming Elizabeth

as

Anthony Denny

Ripper Street

Ripper Street

as

Aiden Galvin

Fleming

Fleming

as

Colonel William Donovan

Jake's Progress

Jake's Progress

as

Consultant

Call the Midwife

Call the Midwife

as

Father Joe

Whistleblower

Whistleblower

as

Michael Neary

Blackshore

Blackshore

as

Bill McGuire

The Regime

The Regime

as

Emil Bartos

Resistance

Resistance

as

Senator Daniel Shea

Andor

Andor

as

Commandant Jayhold Beehaz

The Spy

The Spy

as

General Ad-Din

KAOS

KAOS

as

President Minos

Foyle's War

Foyle's War

as

Jose De Perez

Production

Crew

Directing