- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 20, 1961
- Place of Birth
- Dublin, Ireland
Stanley Townsend
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…
Filmography
movieThe Uprising
2026
movieOnce Upon a Time in a Cinema
2026 · Harry Conway
movieJay Kelly
2025 · First Voice (voice)
movieNational Theatre Live: Retrograde
2025 · Mr Parks
tvKAOS
2024 · President Minos
movieThe Teacher
2024 · Simon Cohen
tvThe Regime
2024 · Emil Bartos
tvBlackshore
2024 · Bill McGuire
movieKinked
2023
tvAndor
2022 · Commandant Jayhold Beehaz
tvBecoming Elizabeth
2022 · Anthony Denny
moviePhil Lynott: The Long Goodbye
2022 · Narrator
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
tvToast of London
2013
movieOne Chance
2013 · Luciano Pavarotti
movieLovely Louise
2013 · Bill
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
movieThe Pizza Miracle
2010 · Gianni
movieHoly Water
2009 · Inspector Brian Hogan
movieNational Theatre Live: Phèdre
2009 · Theseus
movieHilde
2009 · David O. Selznick
tvWhistleblower
2008 · Michael Neary
movieHappy-Go-Lucky
2008 · Tramp
tvAshes to Ashes
2008 · Sacks
movieFlawless
2007 · Henry
movieSaddam's Tribe
2007 · Saddam
movieThe Nativity Story
2006 · Zechariah
movieThin Lizzy: Outlawed - The Real Phil Lynott
2006 · Narrator
movieIsolation
2005 · Garda Hourigan
movieOmagh
2005 · Sam Pollock
movieDot.Kill
2005 · Capt. Tommy Byrnes
movieFallen
2004 · Mara
movieInside I'm Dancing
2004 · Interview Panelist
movieThe Libertine
2004 · Keown
movieWondrous Oblivion
2004 · Victor
tvMurder City
2004
tvHustle
2004 · Johnny Keyes
movieMystics
2003 · Mickey Mac
movieByron
2003 · Turkish Governor
movieWhat a Girl Wants
2003 · Bride's Father
tvThe Commander
2003
movieMonsieur N.
2003 · Dr. O'Meara
tvWire in the Blood
2002
tvFoyle's War
2002 · Jose De Perez
tvSpooks
2002 · Roy Woodring
Station Jim
movieStation Jim
2001 · Matapan
tv24
2001 · Anatol Stolnavich
tvWaking the Dead
2001 · DI Bailey
movieRat
2000 · Newsreader
Altmann's Tongue
movieAltmann's Tongue
2000 · Narrator
tvThe Ambassador
1998
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
Parnell & the Englishwoman
tvParnell & the Englishwoman
1991 · Thomas Sexton
movieTaffin
1988 · Les
movieInk
1988
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Constable
Another Turn of the Screw
movieAnother Turn of the Screw
— · Henry James
Golden Boy
movieGolden Boy
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