Stanley Townsend
Biography
Stanley Townsend is an Irish actor who grew up in Dublin and studied civil engineering and mathematics at Trinity College, where he joined the Dublin University Players. His television career began with shows for RTÉ in Dublin, and after he moved to London he appeared in series including Spooks, The Commander, Hustle and Waking the Dead. His films include The Libertine (2004) with Johnny Depp and Michael Radford's Flawless (2007). On stage he co-founded the Rough Magic theater company with Declan Hughes and Lynne Parker, and he later performed at the Gate and Abbey theaters in Dublin and worked in London with directors Sam Mendes, Richard Eyre and Rufus Norris. His turn in Shining City at the Royal Court earned him an Irish Theatre Award, and in 2004 he received an Evening Standard Theatre Award nomination as Best Actor.
65years old
Turns 66 on August 20in 282 days
- Born Dublin
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Stanley William Townsend (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 19
- Career span
- 33 years1993 to 2026
First and latest
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Behind the camera
With writer and director Declan Hughes and theater director Lynne Parker, Townsend helped start the co-operative theater company Rough Magic. He acted in many of its productions, among them The Country Wife, Nightshade and Sexual Perversity in Chicago.
Early training
Townsend went to Wesley College in Dublin, then studied civil engineering and mathematics at Trinity College. There he became part of the Dublin University Players, the college's Amateur Dramatic Society.
Stanley Townsend movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Stephen Frears directed two of these films. Six actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Jonah Hauer-King's page
All films by Stephen Frears
Box office
What Stanley Townsend's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$209 million
12 of the 18 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 18 films: 12 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.
- 12Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 2Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$51M24.2% of the total
- 2$49M23.4% of the total
- 3$46M22.2% of the total
- 4$19M8.9% of the total
- 5$12M5.8% of the total
- 6$11M5.2% of the total
- 7$11M5.2% of the total
- 8$6.8M3.3% of the total
$3.8 millionfrom the other 4 films with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.