Stanley Townsend
| Stanley Townsend | |
|---|---|
| Born | Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Awards | Irish Times Best Actor Award 2004 Shining City |
Stanley Townsend is an award-winning Irish actor.
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[edit] Personal life
Townsend was born in Dublin, Ireland.[1]
[edit] Career
[edit] Theatre
Townsend's work in theatre includes: Remember This,[2] Guys and Dolls, Phedre and Happy Now? at the National Theatre, London; The Alice Trilogy,[3] Shining City[4] (for which he won the Irish Times Best Actor Award),[1] Under the Blue Sky[5], The Weir and Tribes at the Royal Court, London; The Wake,[6] Trinity for Two and Sacred Mysteries at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin; The Gingerbread Mix-up at St Andrews Lane, Dublin; Prayers of Sherkin[7] at the Old Vic, London; Someone Who'll Watch Over Me at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; The Plough and the Stars[8] at the Young Vic, London; Democracy[9] 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 played Eddie Carbone in A View from the Bridge at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh in early 2011.
[edit] Television
Townsend's television credits include: Zen,[10] Whistleblower, He Kills Coppers, Prosperity, Saddam's Tribe,[11] Rough Diamond,[12] Waking The Dead, Spooks,[13] The Virgin Queen, Hustle,[14] Omagh (film), The Brief, Murder Squad, Fallen, Wire in the Blood, The Commander, Menace,[15] 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,[16] The Bill, Parnell, Nighthawks, Fortycoats & Co., Lost Belongings, Lapsed Catholic and Glenroe, Ashes to Ashesand Sherlock (TV series)
[edit] Film
Film includes: Killing Bono, Happy-Go-Lucky,[17] Nativity,[18] Flawless,[19] The Tiger's Tale, Isolation,[20] The Libertine,[21] Inside I'm Dancing,[22] Tulse Luper II, Suzie Gold,[23] Wondrous Oblivion,[24] American Girl, Monsieur N, Mystics,[25] The Van, My Friend Joe,[26] Moll Flanders,[27] Jake's Progress, Beyond Reason, Good Girls, In the Name of the Father,[28] Blue Ice, The Miracle[29] and Taffin.[30]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Press Office – Rough Diamond: Stanley Townsend plays Charlie Carrick". BBC. 19 December 2006. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/12_december/19/diamond_townsend.shtml. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "Productions : Remember This". National Theatre. http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/Remember%20This+1261.twl. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ Alistair Smith (17 November 2005). "The Stage / Reviews / The Alice Trilogy". Thestage.co.uk. http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/10491/alice-trilogy. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ Michael Billington (10 June 2004). "Shining City, Royal Court, London | | guardian.co.uk Arts". Arts.guardian.co.uk. http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/review/0,,1235479,00.html. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ The Royal Court Theatre / Under The Blue Sky[dead link]
- ^ The Wake. (Abbey Theater, Dublin, Ireland) (theater reviews) | Variety | Find Articles at BNET.com[dead link]
- ^ Theatre: First night review – Prayers of Sherkin Old Vic, London | Independent, The (London) | Find Articles at BNET.com[dead link]
- ^ "> What's On > Archive > Production Details". Young Vic. 28 October 2011. http://www.youngvic.org/whats-on/archive?id=162. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ thebushtheatre
- ^ 22:30 (17 January 2011). "Drama – Zen". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x9x43. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ Sam Wollaston (11 May 2007). "Sam Wollaston on last night's TV | Media". The Guardian (UK). http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/may/11/tvandradio.comment. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "RTÉ Television – Rough Diamond". Rte.ie. http://www.rte.ie/tv/roughdiamond/. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "Spooks – Series 4, Episode 5 Credits". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/spooks/credits_series4_episode5.shtml. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "Drama – Hustle – Characters & Actors". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/hustle/guest_stars.shtml. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ Menace Credits[dead link]
- ^ La Plante Productions – The Governor[dead link]
- ^ Happy-Go-Lucky Movie Review From The Berlin Film Festival[dead link]
- ^ The Nativity Story Movie Review (2006) from Channel 4 Film
- ^ "Flawless – Cast – New York Times". Movies.nytimes.com. 1 November 2010. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/410056/Flawless/cast. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ Isolation Movie Review (2005) from Channel 4 Film
- ^ "The Libertine – Cast – New York Times". Movies.nytimes.com. 1 November 2010. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/305231/The-Libertine/cast. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "'Inside I'm Dancing' – Cinema, Movie, Film Reviews – Review by Garreth Murphy | Entertainment.ie Ireland". Entertainment.ie. http://entertainment.ie/movie_reviews/Inside-I'm-Dancing/3511.htm. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "Suzie Gold – Cast – New York Times". Movies.nytimes.com. 1 November 2010. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/301996/Suzie-Gold/cast. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "Wondrous Oblivion – Cast – New York Times". Movies.nytimes.com. 1 November 2010. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/292917/Wondrous-Oblivion/cast. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "RTÉ.ie Entertainment: Mystics". Rte.ie. 11 December 2003. http://www.rte.ie/arts/2003/1211/mystics.html. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "My Friend Joe (1996)". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/136268/My-Friend-Joe/cast.
- ^ "Moll Flanders – Cast – New York Times". Movies.nytimes.com. 1 November 2010. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/176980/Moll-Flanders/cast. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "In the Name of the Father – Cast – New York Times". Movies.nytimes.com. 1 November 2010. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/123216/In-the-Name-of-the-Father/cast. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "The Miracle – Cast – New York Times". Movies.nytimes.com. 1 November 2010. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/32799/The-Miracle/cast. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "Taffin – Cast – New York Times". Movies.nytimes.com. 1 November 2010. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/48393/Taffin/cast. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
