Stanley Townsend
Age: N/A | From: Dublin, Ireland
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland
Homepage: https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Stanley-Townsend/
Movie Involvements: 35
TV Involvements: 19
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Sherlock
(2010) Angelo
Call the Midwife
(2012) Father Joe
Waking the Dead
(2001) DI Bailey
Peak Practice
(1993) Keith Johnson
Ripper Street
(2012) Aiden Galvin
Star Wars: Andor
(2022) Commandant Jayhold Beehaz
Spooks
(2002) Roy Woodring
The Hollow Crown
(2012) WarwickActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | President Minos | |
| Simon Cohen | ||
| Emil Bartos | ||
| Bill McGuire | ||
| 2023 | N/A | |
| 2022 | Commandant Jayhold Beehaz | |
| Anthony Denny | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 2019 | Gilbert | |
| Sir Constance | ||
| Joe Costello | ||
| General Ad-Din | ||
| Addison Dewett | ||
| Senator Daniel Shea | ||
| 2018 | Narrator | |
| Franklin Pope | ||
| 2016 | Phineas Stark | |
| 2015 | King of Valencia | |
| 2014 | Paul | |
| The Earl of Kent | ||
| Inspector Hackett | ||
| Colonel William Donovan | ||
| Sheriff Weinbacher | ||
| 2013 | Bar Kappara | |
| N/A | ||
| Luciano Pavarotti | ||
| Bill | ||
| Milton Katselas | ||
| 2012 | Aiden Galvin | |
| Warwick | ||
| Rex Riley | ||
| Father Joe | ||
| 2011 | Bruce Garrett | |
| John Frobisher | ||
| Victor Hugo / Vladimir Trunkov / Ivan the Tow Truck (voice) | ||
| Danny Machin | ||
| Moscati | ||
| 2010 | Angelo | |
| Gianni | ||
| 2009 | Inspector Brian Hogan | |
| Theseus | ||
| David O. Selznick | ||
| 2008 | Michael Neary | |
| Tramp | ||
| 2007 | Henry | |
| Saddam | ||
| 2006 | Zechariah | |
| 2005 | Garda Hourigan | |
| Sam Pollock | ||
| Capt. Tommy Byrnes | ||
| 2004 | Mara | |
| Interview Panelist | ||
| Keown | ||
| Victor | ||
| N/A | ||
| Johnny Keyes | ||
| 2003 | Mickey Mac | |
| Turkish Governor | ||
| Bride's Father | ||
| N/A | ||
| Dr. O'Meara | ||
| 2002 | N/A | |
| Roy Woodring | ||
| 2001 | Matapan | |
| DI Bailey | ||
| Newsreader | ||
| 2000 | Narrator | |
| 1998 | N/A | |
| 1997 | Det. Inspector Barrison | |
| 1996 | Des, Health Inspector | |
| Mr. Doyle | ||
| Micky Keeler | ||
| 1995 | Consultant | |
| John Horan | ||
| 1993 | Hooker's Driver | |
| Anaesthetist | ||
| Keith Johnson | ||
| 1992 | Igor Saukas | |
| 1991 | Washington, Destry Rides Again | |
| 1988 | Les | |
| N/A | ||
| 1951 | Constable | |
| Henry James | ||
| Harry Conway | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
