Stanley Townsend
Acting
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Acting Credits
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, Nightshad...
Known For
Filmography
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
2026
as Harry Conway
The Uprising
2026
as Robert Bealknap
National Theatre Live: Golden Boy
2026
as Mr. Bonaparte
National Theatre Live: Retrograde
2025
as Mr Parks
Jay Kelly
2025
as First Voice (voice)
The Teacher
2024
as Simon Cohen
Blackshore
2024
as Bill McGuire
The Regime
2024
as Emil Bartos
KAOS
2024
as President Minos
The Gentlemen
2024
as Pat Gallagher
Kinked
2023
Phil Lynott: The Long Goodbye
2022
as Narrator
Becoming Elizabeth
2022
as Anthony Denny
Andor
2022
as Commandant Jayhold Beehaz
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
2019
as Addison Dewett
A Girl from Mogadishu
2019
as Joe Costello
The Song of Names
2019
as Gilbert
Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar
2019
as Sir Constance
Resistance
2019
as Senator Daniel Shea
The Spy
2019
as General Ad-Din
Traitors
2019
as Henry
Psychomanteum
2018
as Narrator
The Current War
2018
as Franklin Pope
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016
as Phineas Stark
Galavant
2015
as King of Valencia
Standby
2014
as Paul
The Voices
2014
as Sheriff Weinbacher
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2014
as The Earl of Kent
Quirke
2014
as Inspector Hackett
Fleming
2014
as Colonel William Donovan
New Worlds
2014
as Colonel Blood
Der Medicus
2014
as Bar Kappara
Burton and Taylor
2013
as Milton Katselas
Lovely Louise
2013
as Bill
The Physician
2013
as Bar Kappara
One Chance
2013
as Luciano Pavarotti
Toast of London
2013
Titanic: Blood and Steel
2012
as Rex Riley
Ripper Street
2012
as Aiden Galvin
Call the Midwife
2012
as Father Joe
The Hollow Crown
2012
as Warwick
Killing Bono
2011
as Danny Machin
Cars 2
2011
as Victor Hugo / Vladimir Trunkov / Ivan the Tow Truck (voice)
Zen
2011
as Moscati
Fresh Meat
2011
as John Frobisher
The Pizza Miracle
2010
as Gianni
Sherlock
2010
as Angelo
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
2009
as Theseus
Holy Water
2009
as Inspector Brian Hogan
Hilde
2009
as David O. Selznick
Happy-Go-Lucky
2008
as Tramp
Whistleblower
2008
as Michael Neary
Ashes to Ashes
2008
as Sacks
Flawless
2007
as Henry
Saddam's Tribe
2007
as Saddam
The Nativity Story
2006
as Zechariah
Thin Lizzy: Outlawed - The Real Phil Lynott
2006
as Narrator
Dot.Kill
2005
as Capt. Tommy Byrnes
Isolation
2005
as Garda Hourigan
Omagh
2005
as Sam Pollock
The Libertine
2004
as Keown
Wondrous Oblivion
2004
as Victor
Fallen
2004
as Mara
Inside I'm Dancing
2004
as Interview Panelist
Murder City
2004
Hustle
2004
as Johnny Keyes
Monsieur N.
2003
as Dr. O'Meara
Mystics
2003
as Mickey Mac
Byron
2003
as Turkish Governor
What a Girl Wants
2003
as Bride's Father
The Commander
2003
Spooks
2002
as Roy Woodring
Wire in the Blood
2002
Foyle's War
2002
as Jose De Perez
Station Jim
2001
as Matapan
Waking the Dead
2001
as DI Bailey
24
2001
as Anatol Stolnavich
Best of Both Worlds
2001
as Paddy
Altmann's Tongue
2000
as Narrator
Rat
2000
as Newsreader
The Ambassador
1998
Jonathan Creek
1997
as Det. Inspector Barrison
My Friend Joe
1996
as Mr. Doyle
The Van
1996
as Des, Health Inspector
Ballykissangel
1996
as Micky Keeler
Beyond Reason
1995
as John Horan
Jake's Progress
1995
as Consultant
In the Name of the Father
1993
as Hooker's Driver
The Snapper
1993
as Anaesthetist
Peak Practice
1993
as Keith Johnson
Heartbeat
1992
as Igor Saukas
The Miracle
1991
as Washington, Destry Rides Again
Parnell & the Englishwoman
1991
as Thomas Sexton
Taffin
1988
as Les
Ink
1988
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Constable