Stanley Townsend
Aug 20, 1961 (64)
Dublin, Ireland
41 Movies
32 Series
Stanley Townsend is an actor from Dublin, Ireland. They are internationally recognised for roles such as Victor Hugo / Vladimir Trunkov / Ivan the Tow Truck in Cars 2, Hooker's Driver in In the Name of the Father and Sheriff Weinbacher in The Voices. They have also starred in In the Name of the Father and The Voices. Their filmography spans 41 films and 32 TV productions across 38 years, working mainly across genres like drama, comedy.
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41Movies
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Stanley Townsend
41 Movies
32 Series
Stanley Townsend is an actor from Dublin, Ireland. They are internationally recognised for roles such as Victor Hugo / Vladimir Trunkov / Ivan the Tow Truck in Cars 2, Hooker's Driver in In the Name of the Father and Sheriff Weinbacher in The Voices. They have also starred in In the Name of the Father and The Voices. Their filmography spans 41 films and 32 TV productions across 38 years, working mainly across genres like drama, comedy.
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Movies
Cars 2
2011
What a Girl Wants
2003
One Chance
2013
The Physician
2013
The Libertine
2004
Jay Kelly
2025
In the Name of the Father
1993
The Nativity Story
2006
The Current War
2018
Flawless
2007
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
2026
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016
Happy-Go-Lucky
2008
The Song of Names
2019
Rat
2000
The Snapper
1993
My Friend Joe
1996
Killing Bono
2011
The Van
1996
The Miracle
1991
Isolation
2005
Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar
2019
Holy Water
2009
Wondrous Oblivion
2004
Taffin
1988
Dot.Kill
2005
A Girl from Mogadishu
2019
Monsieur N.
2003
Standby
2014
Omagh
2005
The Teacher
2024
Lovely Louise
2013
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
2009
Mystics
2003
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
2019
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2014
Hilde
2009
TV Shows
Jake's Progress
1995
Blackshore
2024
The Regime
2024
KAOS
2024
Traitors
2019
Resistance
2019
24
2001
Fleming
2014
Zen
2011
Quirke
2014
Ballykissangel
1996
Jonathan Creek
1997
Waking the Dead
2001
Becoming Elizabeth
2022
Whistleblower
2008
The Hollow Crown
2012
The Spy
2019
Der Medicus
2014
Titanic: Blood and Steel
2012
Heartbeat
1992
Spooks
2002
Sherlock
2010
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Hustle
2004
Peak Practice
1993
Ripper Street
2012
Call the Midwife
2012
Andor
2022
Foyle's War
2002
New Worlds
2014
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Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
Harry Conway
2026
Film
Jay Kelly
First Voice (voice)
2025
Film
National Theatre Live: Retrograde
Mr Parks
2025
Film
KAOS
President Minos
2024
TV
The Teacher
Simon Cohen
2024
Film
The Regime
Emil Bartos
2024
TV
Blackshore
Bill McGuire
2024
TV
Andor
Commandant Jayhold Beehaz
2022
TV
Becoming Elizabeth
Anthony Denny
2022
TV
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Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Stanley Townsend and where are they from?
Stanley Townsend is 64 years old, born on August 20, 1961 in Dublin, Ireland.
What are the most famous roles of Stanley Townsend?
Stanley Townsend is best known for roles in Cars 2, In the Name of the Father, The Voices.
How many movies has Stanley Townsend been in?
Over a 38-year career (since 1988), Stanley Townsend has appeared in 54 movies and 39 TV shows.
What was Stanley Townsend's first movie?
The career of Stanley Townsend began with Ink (1988).
What is Stanley Townsend's most recent movie or series?
Stanley Townsend's most recent release is Once Upon a Time in a Cinema, which premiered on May 1, 2026.
What TV shows has Stanley Townsend appeared in?
On television, Stanley Townsend has appeared in Sherlock, Andor, 24, KAOS.
Does Stanley Townsend have any upcoming projects?
Yes, Stanley Townsend's upcoming work includes: The Uprising (2026).
Stanley Townsend
1961-08-20 · Dublin, Ireland
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 The Gate and The Abbey Theatres in Dublin. In London, he has worked with such directors as Sam Mendes in The Plough and the Stars, Richard Eyre in Guys and Dolls and Rufus Norris in Under the Blue Sky. Theatre appearances at the Royal Court include The Alice Trilogy directed by Ian Rickson and Shining City directed by Conor McPherson, for which he won an Irish Theatre Award and was nominated for the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor in 2004.
Townsend's television work began on a number of shows for RTÉ in Dublin. Since moving to London, television appearances have included Spooks, The Commander, Hustle, Waking the Dead, and Omagh Bombing.
ilm credits include Mike Newell's Into the West, Jim Sheridan's In the Name of the Father with Daniel Day-Lewis, The Van by Stephen Frears, Peter Greenaway's The Tulse Luper Suitcases, The Libertine with Johnny Depp, Paul Morrison's Wondrous Oblivion with Delroy Lindo, John Boorman's The Tiger's Tale and Michael Radford's Flawless. He currently lives in London.