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. 스탠리 타운젠드(1961년생, Dublin, Ireland) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 플로렌스, 해피 고 럭키, 리버틴이 있으며, 그 외에도 24, 콜 더 미드와이프, Foyle's War, 스타워즈: 안도르, 셜록, 스푹스, Peak Practice, Waking the Dead, 리퍼 스트리트, 허슬, 카 2, Heartbeat 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. 특히 2026년에는 업라이징에도 참여해서 활동중이다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2026년 National Theatre Live: Golden Boy에서 Mr. Bonaparte 역을 맡았다. 2026년 업라이징에서 Chief Justice Belknap 역을 맡았다. 2026년 Once Upon a Time in a Cinema에서 Harry Conway 역을 맡았다.