Stanley Townsend
Acting
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.
TV Shows(35)
KAOS
President Minos
2024
The Regime
Emil Bartos
2024
Blackshore
Bill McGuire
2024
Andor
Commandant Jayhold Beehaz
2022
Becoming Elizabeth
Anthony Denny
2022
The Spy
General Ad-Din
2019
Resistance
Senator Daniel Shea
2019
Galavant
King of Valencia
2015
New Worlds
Colonel Blood
2014
Quirke
Inspector Hackett
2014
Fleming
Colonel William Donovan
2014
Toast of London
2013
Ripper Street
Aiden Galvin
2012
The Hollow Crown
Warwick
2012
Titanic: Blood and Steel
Rex Riley
2012
Call the Midwife
Father Joe
2012
Fresh Meat
John Frobisher
2011
Zen
Moscati
2011
Sherlock
Angelo
2010
Whistleblower
Michael Neary
2008
Murder City
2004
Hustle
Johnny Keyes
2004
The Commander
2003
Wire in the Blood
2002
Foyle's War
Jose De Perez
2002
Spooks
Roy Woodring
2002
24
Anatol Stolnavich
2001
Waking the Dead
DI Bailey
2001
The Ambassador
1998
Jonathan Creek
Det. Inspector Barrison
1997
Ballykissangel
Micky Keeler
1996
Jake's Progress
Consultant
1995
Peak Practice
Keith Johnson
1993
Heartbeat
Igor Saukas
1992
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Constable
1951
Movies(55)
The Uprising
2026
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
Harry Conway
2026
Jay Kelly
First Voice (voice)
2025
National Theatre Live: Retrograde
Mr Parks
2025
The Teacher
Simon Cohen
2024
Kinked
2023
Phil Lynott: The Long Goodbye
Narrator
2022
The Song of Names
Gilbert
2019
Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar
Sir Constance
2019
A Girl from Mogadishu
Joe Costello
2019
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
Addison Dewett
2019
Psychomanteum
Narrator
2018
The Current War
Franklin Pope
2018
Florence Foster Jenkins
Phineas Stark
2016
Standby
Paul
2014
National Theatre Live: King Lear
The Earl of Kent
2014
The Voices
Sheriff Weinbacher
2014
The Physician
Bar Kappara
2013
One Chance
Luciano Pavarotti
2013
Lovely Louise
Bill
2013
Burton and Taylor
Milton Katselas
2013
Cars 2
Victor Hugo / Vladimir Trunkov / Ivan the Tow Truck (voice)
2011
Killing Bono
Danny Machin
2011
The Pizza Miracle
Gianni
2010
Holy Water
Inspector Brian Hogan
2009
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
Theseus
2009
Hilde
David O. Selznick
2009
Happy-Go-Lucky
Tramp
2008
Flawless
Henry
2007
Saddam's Tribe
Saddam
2007
The Nativity Story
Zechariah
2006
Thin Lizzy: Outlawed - The Real Phil Lynott
Narrator
2006
Isolation
Garda Hourigan
2005
Omagh
Sam Pollock
2005
Dot.Kill
Capt. Tommy Byrnes
2005
Fallen
Mara
2004
Inside I'm Dancing
Interview Panelist
2004
The Libertine
Keown
2004
Wondrous Oblivion
Victor
2004
Mystics
Mickey Mac
2003
Byron
Turkish Governor
2003
What a Girl Wants
Bride's Father
2003
Monsieur N.
Dr. O'Meara
2003
Station Jim
Matapan
2001
Rat
Newsreader
2000
Altmann's Tongue
Narrator
2000
The Van
Des, Health Inspector
1996
My Friend Joe
Mr. Doyle
1996
Beyond Reason
John Horan
1995
In the Name of the Father
Hooker's Driver
1993
The Snapper
Anaesthetist
1993
The Miracle
Washington, Destry Rides Again
1991
Taffin
Les
1988
Ink
1988
Another Turn of the Screw
Henry James