Stanley Townsend

Stanley Townsend

Known for: Acting

Born: August 20, 1961

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

The Pizza Miracle
The Pizza Miracle
2010
Phil Lynott: The Long Goodbye
Phil Lynott: The Long Goodbye
2022
Another Turn of the Screw
 
Ink
Ink
1988
Saddam's Tribe
Saddam's Tribe
2007
Thin Lizzy: Outlawed - The Real Phil Lynott
Thin Lizzy: Outlawed - The Real Phil Lynott
2006
National Theatre Live: Retrograde
National Theatre Live: Retrograde
2025
Wondrous Oblivion
Wondrous Oblivion
2004
Psychomanteum
Psychomanteum
2018
Lovely Louise
Lovely Louise
2013
Standby
Standby
2014
Dot.Kill
Dot.Kill
2005
Altmann's Tongue
2000
My Friend Joe
My Friend Joe
1996
The Teacher
The Teacher
2024
Happy-Go-Lucky
Happy-Go-Lucky
2008
Burton and Taylor
Burton and Taylor
2013
The Libertine
The Libertine
2004
Mystics
Mystics
2003
Fallen
Fallen
2004
Florence Foster Jenkins
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016
Kinked
Kinked
2023
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
2026
The Nativity Story
The Nativity Story
2006
Isolation
Isolation
2005
The Voices
The Voices
2014
A Girl from Mogadishu
A Girl from Mogadishu
2019
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
2009
Omagh
Omagh
2005
National Theatre Live: King Lear
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2014
The Current War
The Current War
2018
Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar
Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar
2019
Golden Boy
 
Holy Water
Holy Water
2009
Inside I'm Dancing
Inside I'm Dancing
2004
Rat
Rat
2000
The Physician
The Physician
2013
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
2019
The Song of Names
The Song of Names
2019
The Uprising
The Uprising
2026
Monsieur N.
Monsieur N.
2003
Hilde
Hilde
2009
One Chance
One Chance
2013
Killing Bono
Killing Bono
2011
Flawless
Flawless
2007
Beyond Reason
Beyond Reason
1995
Station Jim
2001
What a Girl Wants
What a Girl Wants
2003
Byron
Byron
2003
Jay Kelly
Jay Kelly
2025
The Miracle
The Miracle
1991
The Van
The Van
1996
The Snapper
The Snapper
1993
Cars 2
Cars 2
2011
Taffin
Taffin
1988
In the Name of the Father
In the Name of the Father
1993
Titanic: Blood and Steel
Titanic: Blood and Steel
2012
Heartbeat
Heartbeat
1992
Spooks
Spooks
2002
Sherlock
Sherlock
2010
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Commander
The Commander
2003
Zen
Zen
2011
Quirke
Quirke
2014
Galavant
Galavant
2015
Murder City
Murder City
2004
Ballykissangel
Ballykissangel
1996
Hustle
Hustle
2004
Toast of London
Toast of London
2013
Peak Practice
Peak Practice
1993
The Ambassador
The Ambassador
1998
Jonathan Creek
Jonathan Creek
1997
Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead
2001
Wire in the Blood
Wire in the Blood
2002
Becoming Elizabeth
Becoming Elizabeth
2022
Ripper Street
Ripper Street
2012
Fleming
Fleming
2014
Jake's Progress
Jake's Progress
1995
Call the Midwife
Call the Midwife
2012
Whistleblower
Whistleblower
2008
Blackshore
Blackshore
2024
The Regime
The Regime
2024
Resistance
Resistance
2019
Andor
Andor
2022
The Hollow Crown
The Hollow Crown
2012
The Spy
The Spy
2019
KAOS
KAOS
2024
Foyle's War
Foyle's War
2002
24
24
2001
New Worlds
New Worlds
2014
Fresh Meat
Fresh Meat
2011
Ashes to Ashes
Ashes to Ashes
2008
Der Medicus
Der Medicus
2014
Traitors
Traitors
2019