Stanley Townsend
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
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.
Born
Aug 20, 1961
Dublin, Ireland
Known For
Acting
Movies
57 acting
0 crew
Popularity
2.8
Known For
The Uprising
2026
as Chief Justice Bealknap
Cars 2
2011
as Victor Hugo / Vladimir Trunkov / Ivan the Tow Truck (voice)
Jay Kelly
2025
as First Voice (voice)
The Current War
2018
as Franklin Pope
The Song of Names
2019
as Gilbert
In the Name of the Father
1993
as Hooker's Driver
What a Girl Wants
2003
as Bride's Father
The Physician
2013
as Bar Kappara
One Chance
2013
as Luciano Pavarotti
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016
as Phineas Stark
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