Stanley Townsend

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…

Filmography

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The Uprising The Uprising 2026 Once Upon a Time in a Cinema ★ 10.0 Once Upon a Time in a Cinema 2026 Jay Kelly ★ 6.2 Jay Kelly 2025 National Theatre Live: Retrograde ★ 10.0 National Theatre Live: Retrograde 2025 KAOS ★ 7.3 KAOS 2024 The Teacher ★ 6.2 The Teacher 2024 The Regime ★ 6.1 The Regime 2024 Blackshore ★ 6.7 Blackshore 2024 Kinked Kinked 2023 Andor ★ 8.3 Andor 2022 Becoming Elizabeth ★ 6.6 Becoming Elizabeth 2022 Phil Lynott: The Long Goodbye Phil Lynott: The Long Goodbye 2022 The Song of Names ★ 6.7 The Song of Names 2019 Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar ★ 5.8 Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar 2019 A Girl from Mogadishu ★ 5.8 A Girl from Mogadishu 2019 The Spy ★ 7.4 The Spy 2019 National Theatre Live: All About Eve ★ 8.5 National Theatre Live: All About Eve 2019 Traitors ★ 6.2 Traitors 2019 Resistance ★ 6.2 Resistance 2019 Psychomanteum ★ 1.0 Psychomanteum 2018 The Current War ★ 6.7 The Current War 2018 Florence Foster Jenkins ★ 6.7 Florence Foster Jenkins 2016 Galavant ★ 7.3 Galavant 2015 Der Medicus Der Medicus 2014 Standby ★ 6.1 Standby 2014 National Theatre Live: King Lear ★ 7.1 National Theatre Live: King Lear 2014 New Worlds ★ 6.1 New Worlds 2014 Quirke ★ 5.9 Quirke 2014 Fleming ★ 6.8 Fleming 2014 The Voices ★ 6.3 The Voices 2014 The Physician ★ 7.3 The Physician 2013 Toast of London ★ 7.5 Toast of London 2013 One Chance ★ 6.7 One Chance 2013 Lovely Louise ★ 5.4 Lovely Louise 2013 Burton and Taylor ★ 6.2 Burton and Taylor 2013 Ripper Street ★ 7.4 Ripper Street 2012 The Hollow Crown ★ 7.5 The Hollow Crown 2012 Titanic: Blood and Steel ★ 7.2 Titanic: Blood and Steel 2012 Call the Midwife ★ 7.5 Call the Midwife 2012 Fresh Meat ★ 7.2 Fresh Meat 2011 Cars 2 ★ 6.2 Cars 2 2011 Killing Bono ★ 6.2 Killing Bono 2011 Zen ★ 7.1 Zen 2011 Sherlock ★ 8.5 Sherlock 2010 The Pizza Miracle ★ 5.0 The Pizza Miracle 2010 Holy Water ★ 5.7 Holy Water 2009 National Theatre Live: Phèdre ★ 7.8 National Theatre Live: Phèdre 2009 Hilde ★ 5.3 Hilde 2009 Whistleblower Whistleblower 2008 Happy-Go-Lucky ★ 6.6 Happy-Go-Lucky 2008 Ashes to Ashes ★ 7.7 Ashes to Ashes 2008 Flawless ★ 6.8 Flawless 2007 Saddam's Tribe Saddam's Tribe 2007 The Nativity Story ★ 6.9 The Nativity Story 2006 Thin Lizzy: Outlawed - The Real Phil Lynott ★ 7.0 Thin Lizzy: Outlawed - The Real Phil Lynott 2006 Isolation ★ 5.5 Isolation 2005 Omagh ★ 6.6 Omagh 2005 Dot.Kill ★ 4.3 Dot.Kill 2005 Fallen ★ 7.5 Fallen 2004 Inside I'm Dancing ★ 7.4 Inside I'm Dancing 2004 The Libertine ★ 5.9 The Libertine 2004 Wondrous Oblivion ★ 6.6 Wondrous Oblivion 2004 Murder City ★ 7.6 Murder City 2004 Hustle ★ 7.7 Hustle 2004 Mystics ★ 5.5 Mystics 2003 Byron ★ 4.8 Byron 2003 What a Girl Wants ★ 6.3 What a Girl Wants 2003 The Commander ★ 6.4 The Commander 2003 Monsieur N. ★ 6.3 Monsieur N. 2003 Wire in the Blood ★ 7.9 Wire in the Blood 2002 Foyle's War ★ 7.8 Foyle's War 2002 Spooks ★ 7.7 Spooks 2002 Station Jim ★ 7.5 Station Jim 2001 24 ★ 7.8 24 2001 Waking the Dead ★ 7.2 Waking the Dead 2001 Rat ★ 6.0 Rat 2000 Altmann's Tongue Altmann's Tongue 2000 The Ambassador ★ 6.5 The Ambassador 1998 Jonathan Creek ★ 7.5 Jonathan Creek 1997 The Van ★ 6.4 The Van 1996