Stanley Townsend is an Irish actor.

Early life and education Stanley 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.

Career

Screen Townsend's television work began on a number of shows for RTÉ in Dublin. After moving to London, television appearances have included Spooks, The Commander, Hustle, Waking the Dead, and Omagh Bombing.

Film 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 Tail and Michael Radford's Flawless.

Stage Townsend 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 Abbey Theatres in Dublin. In London, he has worked with such directors as Sam Mendes in The Plough and the Stars at the Young Vic, London, Richard Eyre in Guys and Dolls, and Rufus Norris in Under the Blue Sky.The Royal Court Theatre / 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 other theatre work includes: Remember This, Phèdre and Happy Now? at the National Theatre, London; The Weir and Tribes at the Royal Court, London; The Wake, Trinity for Two and Sacred Mysteries at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin; The Gingerbread Mix-up at St Andrews Lane, Dublin; Prayers of Sherkin at the Old Vic, London; Someone Who'll Watch Over Me at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; Democracy at the Bush Theatre, London;thebushtheatre Speed-the-Plow for Project Arts Centre, Dublin; Saint Oscar for Field Day Theatre Company, Derry; Sexual Perversity in Chicago, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, The White Devil for Rough Magic, Dublin; Who Shall Be Happy...? for Mad Cow Productions, Belfast, London, and tour; and Art in the West End. He played Eddie Carbone in A View from the Bridge at the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh in early 2011.

His portrayal of Sims in The Nether for director Jeremy Herrin at the Royal Court Theatre in July 2014 won critical acclaim.

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Television YearTitleRoleNotes1987Lapsed CatholicMickey GeraghtyTV filmFortycoats & Co.Ranny Gazoo1991Parnell and the EnglishwomanThomas SextonMiniseries, 4 episodes1992The BillJim KerrEpisode: "Counting the Cost"1993Screen TwoAnaesthetistEpisode: "The Snapper"1994Downwardly MobileSeamusEpisode: "Grapefruit and Roses"1995The GovernorPete (Carpenter)Episode: "Episode 6"La Plante Productions – The Governor Jake's ProgressConsultantMiniseriesBeyond ReasonJohn HoranTV film1998Jonathan CreekDetective Inspector Barrison2 episodesPeak PracticeKeith JohnsonEpisode: "Body and Soul"1998BallykissangelMicky Keeler3 episodes1999The AmbassadorDS SlaterEpisode: "Getting Away with Murder"DDU: District Detective UnitCiaran GregoryEpisode: "The Gates of Eden"2000In DefenceDr. Jack GowerEpisode: "Episode 4"2001Best of Both WorldsPaddy3 episodesTable 12GuidoEpisode: "Opera Lovers"Station JimMatapanTV filmCasualtyJoeEpisode: "Dirty Laundry"HeartbeatIgor SaukasEpisode: "Russian Roulette"The Seventh StreamConstableTV film2002MenaceFellnerMiniseries, 2 episodesMenace Credits 2003The CommanderDavid SperryByronTurkish GovernorTV filmWire in the BloodGeoffrey Markham2 episodes2004Murder CityEdward De VereEpisode: "Nothing Sacred"FallenMaraThe BriefCostas NicolaouEpisode: "So Long, Samantha"OmaghSam PollockTV film2005HustleJohnny KeyesEpisode: "Confessions"ProofPatrick Mooney4 episodesSpooksRoy WoodringEpisode: "The Book"The Virgin QueenKing Philip of Spain1 episode2007Waking the DeadDI Bailey2 episodesFoyle's WarJose De PerezEpisode: "Casualties of War"Rough DiamondCharlie Carrick6 episodesSaddam's Tribe: Bound by BloodSaddam HusseinTV filmProsperityEamonnEpisode: "Pala's Story"2008He Kills CoppersMickTV filmWhistleblowerMichael Neary2 episodesThe ClinicMichael Kinsella2 episodes2009New TricksDon MaddoxEpisode: "Shadow Show"2010Ashes to AshesJason Sacks1 episodeSherlockAngeloEpisode: "A Study in Pink"2011ZenMoscatiMiniseries, 3 episodesThe Shadow LineBulkat BaburMiniseries, 4 episodesAppropriate AdultSyd Young1 episode2012Call the MidwifeFather JoeEpisode: "The Browne Incident"Titanic: Blood and SteelRex RileyEpisode: "The 'Unsinkable' Sets Sail"Coming UpYevgeny SukhovEpisode: "If We Dead Awaken"Fresh MeatJohn Frobisher1 episode2013Mad DogsLazaro1 episodeBurton and TaylorMilton KatselasTV filmToast of LondonMr. FasiliEpisode: "Vanity Project"Ripper StreetAiden GalvenEpisode: "Dynamite and a Woman"2014Fleming : The Man Who Would Be BondColonel William Donovan2 episodesQuirkeInspector HackettMiniseries, 3 episodesNew WorldsColonel BloodMiniseries, 1 episode24: Live Another DayAnatol Stolnavich5 episodes2015-2016GalavantKing of Valencia13 episodes2016The Hollow CrownWarwick2 episodesThe TunnelMike Bowden7 episodesThe CollectionStanley Rossi3 episodes2017RedwaterPeter Dolan5 episodes2018InformerGeoffrey Boyce5 episodesFinding JoyJoy's Dad3 episodes2019RebellionSenator Daniel SheaMiniseries, 2 episodesResistanceMiniseries, 4 episodesTraitorsHenryMiniseries, 5 episodesThe SpyGeneral Ad-DinMiniseries, 6 episodesAgatha and the Curse of IshtarSir ConstanceTV film2021Death in ParadiseBruce GarrettEpisode: "Christmas in Paradise"2022Becoming ElizabethAnthony Denny2 episodesAndorCommandant Jayhold BeehazEpisode: "The Eye"Dangerous LiaisonsEduard Abbaye3 episodes2024The RegimeEmil BartosMiniseries, 4 episodesBlackshoreBill McGuire6 episodesKaosMinos6 episodes

Film YearTitleRoleReference1988TaffinLes1991The MiracleWashington1992Blue IceInterrogator #1Into the WestRico1993In the Name of the Father Hooker's Driver1995UndercurrentBob Harris1996The VanHealth InspectorMy Friend JoeMr. DoyleMoll FlandersGambler2000RatNewsreader2002American Girl2003Wondrous OblivionVictor WisemanMonsieur NBarry O'MearaMysticsMickey MacWhat a Girl WantsBride's Father2004The Libertine KeownInside I'm DancingInterview PanelistTulse Luper IISuzie Gold Irving Gold2005IsolationGarda HouricanIsolation Movie Review (2005) from Channel 4 FilmDot.KillCaptain Tommy Byrnes2006NativityZechariahThe Nativity Story Movie Review (2006) from Channel 4 FilmThe Tiger's TailJim Brady2007FlawlessHenry2008Happy-Go-LuckyTrampHappy-Go-Lucky Movie Review From The Berlin Film Festival 2009HildeDavid O. SelznickHoly WaterInspector Brian HoganHappy Ever AftersMr. Maguire20101st NightPaolo Prodi2011Killing Bono DannyCars 2Vladimir Trunkov, Ivan, Victor HugoVoice A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.2013BillOne ChanceLuciano PavarottiThe PhysicianBar Kappara2014The VoicesSheriff Weinbacher2015UnderdogsThe AgentVoice2016Florence Foster JenkinsPhineas Stark2017The Current WarFranklin Pope2019A Girl from MogadishuJoe CostelloThe Song of NamesGilbert Simmonds2022About JoanDoug2023KinkedBulentThe TeacherSimon Cohen2025Jay KellyFirst Voice2026Once Upon a Time in a CinemaHarry ConwayPost-production

Video games YearTitleRole1997Independence War2001RuneScapeSaradominIndependence War 2: Edge of ChaosSmith2002Drakan: The Ancients' GatesVarious voices2004PowerdromeAmran Dachs / Angul2005Spartan: Total WarriorAresHarry Potter and the Goblet of FireMad-Eye Moody2007The WitcherAzar Javed2008WorldShiftJack the Crank2011Cars 2: The Video GameVictor Hugo2014Transformers UniverseRampartSacred 3Zane2017Mass Effect: AndromedaNakmor DrackXenoblade Chronicles 2Battle Narrator2018Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna – The Golden CountryWorld of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth2022Xenoblade Chronicles 3Consul Triton

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