Stanley Townsend
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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
Credits
The Uprising (2026)
as Chief Justice Bealknap
Cars 2 (2011)
as Victor Hugo / Vladimir Trunkov / Ivan the Tow Truck (voice)
What a Girl Wants (2003)
as Bride's Father
In the Name of the Father (1993)
as Hooker's Driver
Jay Kelly (2025)
as First Voice (voice)
The Physician (2013)
as Bar Kappara
The Current War (2018)
as Franklin Pope
One Chance (2013)
as Luciano Pavarotti
The Song of Names (2019)
as Gilbert
The Voices (2014)
as Sheriff Weinbacher
The Nativity Story (2006)
as Zechariah
Flawless (2007)
as Henry
The Libertine (2004)
as Keown
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
as Phineas Stark
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
as Tramp
Inside I'm Dancing (2004)
as Interview Panelist
Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar (2019)
as Sir Constance
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema (2026)
as Harry Conway
National Theatre Live: King Lear (2014)
as The Earl of Kent
National Theatre Live: Golden Boy (2026)
as Mr. Bonaparte
Burton and Taylor (2013)
as Milton Katselas
Fallen (2004)
as Mara
Isolation (2005)
as Garda Hourigan
National Theatre Live: All About Eve (2019)
as Addison Dewett
Taffin (1988)
as Les
Holy Water (2009)
as Inspector Brian Hogan
A Girl from Mogadishu (2019)
as Joe Costello
The Snapper (1993)
as Anaesthetist
My Friend Joe (1996)
as Mr. Doyle
Killing Bono (2011)
as Danny Machin
Rat (2000)
as Newsreader
Omagh (2005)
as Sam Pollock
National Theatre Live: Phèdre (2009)
as Theseus
Wondrous Oblivion (2004)
as Victor
Monsieur N. (2003)
as Dr. O'Meara
The Van (1996)
as Des, Health Inspector
Dot.Kill (2005)
as Capt. Tommy Byrnes
The Teacher (2024)
as Simon Cohen
Psychomanteum (2018)
as Narrator
Station Jim (2001)
as Matapan
The Miracle (1991)
as Washington, Destry Rides Again
Hilde (2009)
as David O. Selznick
Mystics (2003)
as Mickey Mac
Thin Lizzy: Outlawed - The Real Phil Lynott (2006)
as Narrator
The Pizza Miracle (2010)
as Gianni
Byron (2003)
as Turkish Governor
Standby (2014)
as Paul
Another Turn of the Screw (—)
as Henry James
The Life of Reilly (—)
Actor
Saddam's Tribe (2007)
as Saddam
Beyond Reason (1995)
as John Horan
Lovely Louise (2013)
as Bill
Phil Lynott: The Long Goodbye (2022)
as Narrator
National Theatre Live: Retrograde (2025)
as Mr Parks
Altmann's Tongue (2000)
as Narrator
Kinked (2023)
Actor
Ink (1988)
Actor