Stanley Townsend
Acting
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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movieOnce Upon a Time in a Cinema
2026
Harry Conway
movieJay Kelly
2025
First Voice (voice)
tvKAOS
2024
President Minos
movieThe Teacher
2024
Simon Cohen
tvThe Regime
2024
Emil Bartos
tvBlackshore
2024
Bill McGuire
tvAndor
2022
Commandant Jayhold Beehaz
tvBecoming Elizabeth
2022
Anthony Denny
movieThe Song of Names
2019
Gilbert
movieAgatha and the Curse of Ishtar
2019
Sir Constance
movieA Girl from Mogadishu
2019
Joe Costello
tvThe Spy
2019
General Ad-Din
movieNational Theatre Live: All About Eve
2019
Addison Dewett
tvTraitors
2019
Henry
tvResistance
2019
Senator Daniel Shea
moviePsychomanteum
2018
Narrator
movieThe Current War
2018
Franklin Pope
movieFlorence Foster Jenkins
2016
Phineas Stark
tvGalavant
2015
King of Valencia
tvDer Medicus
2014
Bar Kappara
movieStandby
2014
Paul
movieNational Theatre Live: King Lear
2014
The Earl of Kent
tvNew Worlds
2014
Colonel Blood
tvQuirke
2014
Inspector Hackett
tvFleming
2014
Colonel William Donovan
movieThe Voices
2014
Sheriff Weinbacher
movieThe Physician
2013
Bar Kappara
movieOne Chance
2013
Luciano Pavarotti
movieBurton and Taylor
2013
Milton Katselas
tvRipper Street
2012
Aiden Galvin
tvThe Hollow Crown
2012
Warwick
tvTitanic: Blood and Steel
2012
Rex Riley
tvCall the Midwife
2012
Father Joe
tvFresh Meat
2011
John Frobisher
movieCars 2
2011
Victor Hugo / Vladimir Trunkov / Ivan the Tow Truck (voice)
movieKilling Bono
2011
Danny Machin
tvZen
2011
Moscati
tvSherlock
2010
Angelo
movieHoly Water
2009
Inspector Brian Hogan
movieHilde
2009
David O. Selznick
tvWhistleblower
2008
Michael Neary
tvAshes to Ashes
2008
Sacks
movieFlawless
2007
Henry
movieSaddam's Tribe
2007
Saddam
movieThe Nativity Story
2006
Zechariah
movieIsolation
2005
Garda Hourigan
movieOmagh
2005
Sam Pollock
movieDot.Kill
2005
Capt. Tommy Byrnes
movieFallen
2004
Mara
movieInside I'm Dancing
2004
Interview Panelist
tvHustle
2004
Johnny Keyes
movieMystics
2003
Mickey Mac
movieByron
2003
Turkish Governor
movieWhat a Girl Wants
2003
Bride's Father
movieMonsieur N.
2003
Dr. O'Meara
tvFoyle's War
2002
Jose De Perez
tvSpooks
2002
Roy Woodring
tv24
2001
Anatol Stolnavich
tvWaking the Dead
2001
DI Bailey
movieRat
2000
Newsreader
tvJonathan Creek
1997
Det. Inspector Barrison
movieThe Van
1996
Des, Health Inspector
movieMy Friend Joe
1996
Mr. Doyle
tvBallykissangel
1996
Micky Keeler
tvJake's Progress
1995
Consultant
movieBeyond Reason
1995
John Horan
movieIn the Name of the Father
1993
Hooker's Driver
movieThe Snapper
1993
Anaesthetist
tvPeak Practice
1993
Keith Johnson
tvHeartbeat
1992
Igor Saukas
movieThe Miracle
1991
Washington, Destry Rides Again
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Constable