Stanley Townsend

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Stanley Townsend
Born Dublin, Ireland
Occupation Actor

Stanley Townsend is an award-winning Irish actor.

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[edit] Personal life

Townsend was born in Dublin, Ireland[1].

[edit] Theatre

Townsend's work in theatre includes: Remember This[2] and Guys and Dolls at the National Theatre, London; The Alice Trilogy[3], Shining City[4] (for which he won the Irish Times Best Actor Award[5]), Under the Blue Sky[6] and The Weir at the Royal Court, London; The Wake[7], Trinity for Two and Sacred Mysteries at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin; The Gingerbread Mix-up at St Andrews Lane, Dublin; Prayers of Sherkin[8] at the Old Vic, London; Someone to Watch Over Me at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; The Plough and the Stars[9] at the Young Vic, London; Democracy[10] at the Bush Theatre, London; 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 Country Wife, Nightshade and 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 can currently be seen appearing in Happy Now?, a new play by Lucinda Coxon at the National Theatre, London[11].

[edit] Television

Townsend's television credits include: The Whistleblowers, He Kills Cops, Prosperity, Saddam's Tribe[12], Rough Diamond[13], Waking The Dead, Spooks[14], The Virgin Queen, Hustle[15], Omagh (film), The Brief, Murder Squad, Fallen, Wire in the Blood, The Commander, Menace[16], Seventh Stream, Heartbeat, Station Jim, Table 12, Casualty, Best of Both Worlds, Active Defence, DDU (Making the Cut), Ballykissangel, Peak Practice, Jonathan Creek, A Touch of Frost, The Governor[17], The Bill, Parnell, Nighthawks, Fortycoats & Co., Lost Belongings, Lapsed Catholic and Glenroe.

[edit] Film

Film includes: Happy-Go-Lucky[18], Nativity[19], Flawless[20], The Tiger's Tale, Isolation[21], The Libertine[22], Inside I'm Dancing[23], Tulse Luper II, Suzie Gold[24], Wondrous Oblivion[25], American Girl, Monsieur N, Mystics[26], The Van, My Friend Joe[27], Moll Flanders[28], Jake's Progress, Beyond Reason, Good Girls, In the Name of the Father[29], Blue Ice, The Miracle[30] and Taffin[31].

[edit] References

  1. ^ BBC - Press Office - Rough Diamond: Stanley Townsend plays Charlie Carrick
  2. ^ National Theatre : Productions : Remember This
  3. ^ The Stage / Reviews / The Alice Trilogy
  4. ^ Shining City, Royal Court, London | | guardian.co.uk Arts
  5. ^ BBC - Press Office - Rough Diamond: Stanley Townsend plays Charlie Carrick
  6. ^ The Royal Court Theatre / Under The Blue Sky
  7. ^ The Wake. (Abbey Theater, Dublin, Ireland) (theater reviews) | Variety | Find Articles at BNET.com
  8. ^ Theatre: First night review - Prayers of Sherkin Old Vic, London | Independent, The (London) | Find Articles at BNET.com
  9. ^ Young Vic > What's On > Archive > Production Details
  10. ^ thebushtheatre
  11. ^ National Theatre : Productions : Happy Now?
  12. ^ Sam Wollaston on last night's TV | Media | The Guardian
  13. ^ RTÉ Television - Rough Diamond
  14. ^ BBC - Spooks - Series 4, Episode 5 Credits
  15. ^ BBC - Drama - Hustle - Characters & Actors
  16. ^ Menace Credits
  17. ^ La Plante Productions - The Governor
  18. ^ Happy-Go-Lucky Movie Review From The Berlin Film Festival
  19. ^ The Nativity Story Movie Review (2006) from Channel 4 Film
  20. ^ Flawless - Cast - New York Times
  21. ^ Isolation Movie Review (2005) from Channel 4 Film
  22. ^ The Libertine - Cast - New York Times
  23. ^ 'Inside I'm Dancing' - Cinema, Movie, Film Reviews - Review by Garreth Murphy | Entertainment.ie Ireland
  24. ^ Suzie Gold - Cast - New York Times
  25. ^ Wondrous Oblivion - Cast - New York Times
  26. ^ RTÉ.ie Entertainment: Mystics
  27. ^ My Friend Joe - Cast - New York Times
  28. ^ Moll Flanders - Cast - New York Times
  29. ^ In the Name of the Father - Cast - New York Times
  30. ^ The Miracle - Cast - New York Times
  31. ^ Taffin - Cast - New York Times
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