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