Stanley Townsend
Acting
Born: August 20, 1961 (age 65) · Dublin, Ireland
Highest Rated
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
Cars 2
2011
Sherlock
2010
Andor
2022
In the Name of the Father
1993
The Voices
2014
24
2001
What a Girl Wants
2003
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016
The Physician
2013
The Current War
2018
Flawless
2007
Happy-Go-Lucky
2008
Photos (1)
Movies (52)
Cars 2
Victor Hugo / Vladimir Trunkov / Ivan the Tow Truck (voice)
Jay Kelly
First Voice (voice)
In the Name of the Father
Hooker's Driver
What a Girl Wants
Bride's Father
Flawless
Henry
Florence Foster Jenkins
Phineas Stark
The Physician
Bar Kappara
The Current War
Franklin Pope
The Voices
Sheriff Weinbacher
The Song of Names
Gilbert
One Chance
Luciano Pavarotti
Happy-Go-Lucky
Tramp
The Libertine
Keown
Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar
Sir Constance
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
Harry Conway
The Nativity Story
Zechariah
Taffin
Les
The Snapper
Anaesthetist
Inside I'm Dancing
Interview Panelist
Dot.Kill
Capt. Tommy Byrnes
Holy Water
Inspector Brian Hogan
Burton and Taylor
Milton Katselas
Killing Bono
Danny Machin
Rat
Newsreader
Omagh
Sam Pollock
Isolation
Garda Hourigan
Wondrous Oblivion
Victor
My Friend Joe
Mr. Doyle
Psychomanteum
Narrator
Fallen
Mara
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
Theseus
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
Addison Dewett
The Van
Des, Health Inspector
Monsieur N.
Dr. O'Meara
The Miracle
Washington, Destry Rides Again
Station Jim
Matapan
The Teacher
Simon Cohen
Standby
Paul
Hilde
David O. Selznick
Beyond Reason
John Horan
National Theatre Live: King Lear
The Earl of Kent
Byron
Turkish Governor
Mystics
Mickey Mac
A Girl from Mogadishu
Joe Costello
Lovely Louise
Bill
Thin Lizzy: Outlawed - The Real Phil Lynott
Narrator
National Theatre Live: Retrograde
Mr Parks
Saddam's Tribe
Saddam
The Pizza Miracle
Gianni
Kinked
2023
Phil Lynott: The Long Goodbye
Narrator
Ink
1988
TV Shows (38)
24
Anatol Stolnavich · 5 eps
Call the Midwife
Father Joe · 1 eps
Foyle's War
Jose De Perez · 1 eps
Andor
Commandant Jayhold Beehaz · 1 eps
Sherlock
Angelo · 1 eps
Spooks
Roy Woodring · 1 eps
Peak Practice
Keith Johnson · 1 eps
Waking the Dead
DI Bailey · 2 eps
Ripper Street
Aiden Galvin · 1 eps
Hustle
Johnny Keyes · 1 eps
Heartbeat
Igor Saukas · 1 eps
Jonathan Creek
Det. Inspector Barrison · 2 eps
KAOS
President Minos · 6 eps
Wire in the Blood
1 eps
The Spy
General Ad-Din · 2 eps
The Hollow Crown
Warwick · 2 eps
Ballykissangel
Micky Keeler · 3 eps
Fresh Meat
John Frobisher · 1 eps
Ashes to Ashes
Sacks · 1 eps
Galavant
King of Valencia · 14 eps
The Regime
Emil Bartos · 6 eps
Toast of London
1 eps
Titanic: Blood and Steel
Rex Riley · 1 eps
Der Medicus
Bar Kappara · 2 eps
The Commander
2 eps
Becoming Elizabeth
Anthony Denny · 2 eps
Blackshore
Bill McGuire · 6 eps
Traitors
Henry · 6 eps
Quirke
Inspector Hackett · 3 eps
Fleming
Colonel William Donovan · 4 eps
Resistance
Senator Daniel Shea · 5 eps
The Ambassador
1 eps
Murder City
1 eps
Zen
Moscati · 3 eps
New Worlds
Colonel Blood · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Constable · 1 eps
Jake's Progress
Consultant · 6 eps
Whistleblower
Michael Neary · 2 eps
