
Stanley Townsend
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
In the Name of the Father
Hooker's Driver
Cars 2
Victor Hugo / Vladimir Trunkov / Ivan the Tow Truck (voice)
The Physician
Bar Kappara
Florence Foster Jenkins
Phineas Stark
The Voices
Sheriff Weinbacher
The Current War
Franklin Pope
What a Girl Wants
Bride's Father
Flawless
Henry
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Filmography
Acting (91)
Movies (55)
The Uprising
2026 UpcomingNov 16
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
2026 Upcomingas Harry Conway
Apr 17
Jay Kelly
2025as First Voice (voice)
National Theatre Live: Retrograde
2025as Mr Parks
The Teacher
2024as Simon Cohen
Kinked
2023
Phil Lynott: The Long Goodbye
2022as Narrator
A Girl from Mogadishu
2019as Joe Costello
The Song of Names
2019as Gilbert
Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar
2019as Sir Constance
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
2019as Addison Dewett
The Current War
2018as Franklin Pope
Psychomanteum
2018as Narrator
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016as Phineas Stark
The Voices
2014as Sheriff Weinbacher
Standby
2014as Paul
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2014as The Earl of Kent
The Physician
2013as Bar Kappara
One Chance
2013as Luciano Pavarotti
Burton and Taylor
2013as Milton Katselas
Lovely Louise
2013as Bill
Cars 2
2011as Victor Hugo / Vladimir Trunkov / Ivan the Tow Truck (voice)
Killing Bono
2011as Danny Machin
The Pizza Miracle
2010as Gianni
Hilde
2009as David O. Selznick
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
2009as Theseus
Holy Water
2009as Inspector Brian Hogan
Happy-Go-Lucky
2008as Tramp
Flawless
2007as Henry
Saddam's Tribe
2007as Saddam
Thin Lizzy: Outlawed - The Real Phil Lynott
2006as Narrator
The Nativity Story
2006as Zechariah
Omagh
2005as Sam Pollock
Isolation
2005as Garda Hourigan
Dot.Kill
2005as Capt. Tommy Byrnes
The Libertine
2004as Keown
Fallen
2004as Mara
Inside I'm Dancing
2004as Interview Panelist
Wondrous Oblivion
2004as Victor
What a Girl Wants
2003as Bride's Father
Monsieur N.
2003as Dr. O'Meara
Byron
2003as Turkish Governor
Mystics
2003as Mickey Mac
Station Jim
2001as Matapan
Rat
2000as Newsreader
Altmann's Tongue
2000as Narrator
The Van
1996as Des, Health Inspector
My Friend Joe
1996as Mr. Doyle
Beyond Reason
1995as John Horan
In the Name of the Father
1993as Hooker's Driver
The Snapper
1993as Anaesthetist
The Miracle
1991as Washington, Destry Rides Again
Taffin
1988as Les
Ink
1988Another Turn of the Screw
as Henry James
Television (36)
KAOS
2024as President Minos
The Regime
2024as Emil Bartos
Blackshore
2024as Bill McGuire
Andor
2022as Commandant Jayhold Beehaz
Becoming Elizabeth
2022as Anthony Denny
The Spy
2019as General Ad-Din
Resistance
2019as Senator Daniel Shea
Galavant
2015as King of Valencia
Fleming
2014as Colonel William Donovan
Quirke
2014as Inspector Hackett
New Worlds
2014as Colonel Blood
Toast of London
2013
Call the Midwife
2012as Father Joe
Ripper Street
2012as Aiden Galvin
The Hollow Crown
2012as Warwick
Titanic: Blood and Steel
2012as Rex Riley
Death in Paradise
2011as Bruce Garrett
Fresh Meat
2011as John Frobisher
Zen
2011as Moscati
Sherlock
2010as Angelo
Whistleblower
2008as Michael Neary
Hustle
2004as Johnny Keyes
Murder City
2004
The Commander
2003
Foyle's War
2002as Jose De Perez
Spooks
2002as Roy Woodring
Wire in the Blood
2002
24
2001as Anatol Stolnavich
Waking the Dead
2001as DI Bailey
The Ambassador
1998
Jonathan Creek
1997as Det. Inspector Barrison
Ballykissangel
1996as Micky Keeler
Jake's Progress
1995as Consultant
Peak Practice
1993as Keith Johnson
Heartbeat
1992as Igor Saukas
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951as Constable
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