Brian Downey (actor)

Brian Downey
Downey sitting with fellow guests at the second annual Sci-Fi on the Rock convention on 20 April 2008
Born	(1944-10-31) 31 October 1944 St. John's, Newfoundland
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	actor
Years active	1986–present

Brian Downey (born 31 October 1944 in St. John's, Newfoundland) is a Canadian actor best known for his portrayal of Stanley Tweedle in the science-fiction television series Lexx.

Career

Downey is a character actor who has appeared in various films and guest starring roles on TV, including Up at Ours and a recurring role on Millennium. His first film role was in a 1986 Andy Jones film called The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood, which features the entire cast of CODCO. Downey has enjoyed a long professional relationship with Lexx creator Paul Donovan, dating back at least to 1988, when Donovan cast Downey in the time travel adventure film Norman's Awesome Experience.

Downey would star on Lexx through four made-for-TV films and the subsequent three-season TV series. He also appeared as Cardinal Juan de Mella in Donovan's medieval TV thriller The Conclave. Downey has worked with Jessica Lange, JoBeth Williams, Sam Rockwell, and directors such as Joe Sargent. He won the only acting award at the 2010 Atlantic Film Festival for his role in Whirligig, directed by Chaz Thorne, with whom he has worked on two previous features. He played the evil gang leader "The Drake", who runs the town in the feature film Hobo with a Shotgun, starring Rutger Hauer and directed by Jason Eisener.

Downey is also a musician and writer. Before being recruited as an actor, he spent many years as a bass player, guitarist, and blues harmonica player. As of 2020, a Canadian talent management firm advertises him as a big band bandleader and drummer, playing swing music. He has been a writer for many stage plays and has led many scriptwriting workshops. His first full-length stage play, Peter's Other War, was produced during the summer of 2009.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood	Fred Bonia-Coombs
1986	John and the Missus	Burgess
1989	Norman's Awesome Experience	Dr. Nobbelmeyer
1989	George's Island	Mr. Beane
1992	Secret Nation	Charles Maddox
2002	Little Dickie	Bartender	Short Film
2006	The Conclave	Cardinal Juan De Mella
2007	Snow Angels	Frank Marchand
2007	Poor Boy's Game	Boxing Official
2007	Just Buried	Pickles
2010	Whirligig	Al
2011	Hobo with a Shotgun	Drake
2012	The Disappeared	Gerald
2013	Copperhead	Preacher Taggart
2014	Beethoven's Treasure Tail	Norman the Magician
2016	The Healer	Henry

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Up at Ours	Derek	TV mini series
1982	Joey	Captain Joe	TV movie
1986	The Beachcombers	Milo
1998	Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House	Ben Harrison	TV movie
1996-2002	Lexx	Stanley H. Tweedle	Main cast
1997-1998	Millennium	Medical Examiner, Mr. Dean	3 episodes
2003	Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion	Capt. Horatio Brannen	2 episodes
2006	Candles on Bay Street	Cee Jay	TV movie
2007	Sybil	Willard	TV movie
2009	G-Spot	Priest	1 episode
2010	Haven	Sal Fortuna	1 episode
2014	Lizzie Borden Took an Ax	Jury Foreman	TV movie
2015	The Lizzie Borden Chronicles	Jury Foreman	TV mini series
2017	Trailer Park Boys	Sonny	2 episodes
2017-2019	Pure	Bishop Bergen	7 episodes

External links

• Brian Downey at IMDb