Stanley Townsend
Birthday: Born in 1961-08-20 in Dublin, Ireland
Deathday: Alive
Stanley Townsend (born August 1961) is an Irish actor.
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Titanic: Blood and Steel
Character: Rex Riley
Belfast, 1909. The Harland and Wolff shipyard has been handed the greatest project in its history. It will build a great, unsinkable ship. And it will be called the RMS Titanic....
Heartbeat
Character: Igor Saukas
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines....
Spooks
Character: Roy Woodring
Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid....
Sherlock
Character: Angelo
A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London....
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Constable
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, ...
The Commander
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Determined and ambitious detective, Commander Clare Blake takes charge of the Serious Crime Group within the Metropolitan Police....
Zen
Character: Moscati
Zen is a British television mini series produced by Left Bank Pictures for the BBC, co-produced with WGBH Boston for its Masterpiece anthology series, Mediaset and ZDF. It stars Rufus Sewell and Caterina Murino and is based on the Aurelio Zen detective novels by Michael Dibdin. The series was filmed on location in Italy, but the dialogue is in English. The series, which comprises three 90-minute films, was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sunday evenings from 2 January 2011 on BBC One. The thr...
Galavant
Character: King of Valencia
Once upon a time, the dashing hero, Prince Galavant lost the love of his life, Madalena, to the evil King Richard. Now, our fallen hero is ready to take revenge and restore his “happily ever after.” But it won't be without a few twists and turns along the way in this fairytale musical....
Quirke
Character: Inspector Hackett
Quirke is the chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue – a charismatic loner whose job takes him into fascinating places as he investigates sudden deaths in 1950s Dublin. His pleasures in life are raw and deep, a drink, a smoke, good food, a woman: With one woman in particular – his adoptive brother's wife Sarah and the forbidden love that has shaped and dominated Quirke's life....
Ballykissangel
Character: Micky Keeler
Ballykissangel is a BBC television drama set in Ireland, produced in-house by BBC Northern Ireland. The original story revolved around a young English Roman Catholic priest as he became part of a rural community. It ran for six series, which were first broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2001....
Murder City
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Murder City is a British police drama that centres on two mismatched detectives who scour London solving complex cases....
Fresh Meat
Character: John Frobisher
A group of six students about to embark on the most exciting period of their lives so far: university!...
Hustle
Character: Johnny Keyes
A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings....
Toast of London
Character:
Steven Toast, an eccentric middle-aged actor with a chequered past, spends more time dealing with his problems off stage than performing on it....
Peak Practice
Character: Keith Johnson
Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton as Dr Beth Glover and Simon Shepherd as Dr Will Preston, though the roster of doctors would change many times over the course of the series. Cardale was based...
The Ambassador
Character:
The Ambassador is a British television drama series produced by the BBC written by Hugh Costello. The series starred Pauline Collins in the title role as Harriet Smith, the new British ambassador to Ireland and dealt with the personal and professional pressures in Harriet's life, as well as wider political themes. Other notable cast members were Denis Lawson and Peter Egan. Two series were made between 1998 and 1999....
Jonathan Creek
Character: Det. Inspector Barrison
Working from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek is a magician with a natural ability for solving puzzles. He soon puts this ability to the use of solving impossible crimes and mysterious murders....
Waking the Dead
Character: DI Bailey
A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases....
Wire in the Blood
Character:
Clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill's uncanny ability to see into the minds of murderers means he finds it difficult to distance himself from disturbing cases....
Death in Paradise
Character: Bruce Garrett
A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie....
Becoming Elizabeth
Character: Anthony Denny
The fascinating story of the early life of England’s most iconic Queen, Elizabeth Tudor, an orphaned teenager who became embroiled in the political and sexual politics of the English court on her journey to obtain the crown....
Ripper Street
Character: Aiden Galvin
A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The action centres around the notorious H Division – the police precinct from hell – which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic streets of Whitechapel. Ripper Street explores the lives of characters trying to recover from the Ripper's legacy, from crimes that have not only irretrievably altered their lives, but the very fabric of their city. At the drama's heart our detectives try to bring a litt...
Fleming
Character: Colonel William Donovan
Set at the outbreak of WWII – mischievous playboy Ian Fleming is untroubled by the specter of impending war – chasing women, collecting rare books and living off his family fortune. Forever in the shadow of his brother Peter, and an eternal disappointment to his formidable mother Eve, Fleming dreams of becoming the ‘ultimate’ man – a hero, a lover, a brute and the one who always gets the girl. He is finally given some direction in his life when he’s recruited by the Director of Naval Intelligenc...
Jake's Progress
Character: Consultant
Jamie looks after his son Jake while his wife works all hours....
Call the Midwife
Character: Father Joe
Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth....
Whistleblower
Character: Michael Neary
Whistleblower is a two-part IFTA-winning fact-based RTÉ drama which focuses on the Michael Neary scandal that erupted in the 1990s. Neary is a retired Irish consultant obstetrician/gynaecologist who gained notoriety when it was discovered that he had performed what was considered an inordinate number of caesarian hysterectomies during his time at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth. A subsequent inquiry found that Neary had carried out 188 peripartum over a period of 25 years,...
Blackshore
Character: Bill McGuire
A police detective returns to her hometown and becomes involved in a missing person case, which is linked to her traumatic past and the town's dark history....
The Regime
Character: Emil Bartos
The story of one year within the walls of the palace of a modern European regime as it begins to unravel....
Resistance
Character: Senator Daniel Shea
This follow up to the Rebellion miniseries unfolds at the height of what became known as Ireland's War of Independence, and follows the lives of those caught up in the vicissitudes of history....
Star Wars: Andor
Character: Commandant Jayhold Beehaz
In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian Andor will discover the difference he can make in the struggle against the tyrannical Galactic Empire. He embarks on a path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero....
The Hollow Crown
Character: Warwick
A series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays....
The Spy
Character: General Ad-Din
In the 1960s, Israeli clerk-turned-secret agent Eli Cohen goes deep undercover inside Syria on a perilous, years-long mission to spy for Mossad....
KAOS
Character: President Minos
As discord reigns on Mount Olympus and almighty Zeus spirals into paranoia, three mortals are destined to reshape the future of humankind....
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Happy-Go-Lucky
Character: Tramp
A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her....
The Nativity Story
Character: Zechariah
Mary and Joseph make the hard journey to Bethlehem for a blessed event in this retelling of the Nativity story. This meticulously researched and visually lush adaptation of the biblical tale follows the pair on their arduous path to their arrival in a small village, where they find shelter in a quiet manger and Jesus is born....
The Libertine
Character: Keown
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work....
Wondrous Oblivion
Character: Victor
David Wiseman is eleven years old and mad about cricket. He has all the kit but none of the skill. When a Jamaican family moves in next door the father starts giving cricket lessons to David, and becomes close to David's mother. But this is 1960's London, and when the locals start making life difficult for the new arrivals, David has to choose between fitting and and standing up for his new friends...
Dot.Kill
Character: Capt. Tommy Byrnes
Charlie Daines is a morphine-addicted detective on the trail of a psychopath who is setting up murders and broadcasting them live on the internet. As he closes in on the killer, Charlie realises that he is to be the final victim....
Isolation
Character: Garda Hourigan
On a remote Irish farm, five people become unwilling participants in an experiment that goes nightmarishly wrong....
Flawless
Character: Henry
A female executive and a night janitor conspire to commit a daring diamond heist from their mutual employer, The London Diamond Corporation....
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
Character: Theseus
A new English adaptation of the classic French tragedy Phèdre by Jean Racine (1639-1699). It retells the ancient Greek tale of the wife of the Atenian King Theseus, who conceived a forbidden love for his son (by an earlier wife) Hyppolytus. All ends badly for all....
Holy Water
Character: Inspector Brian Hogan
The village of Kilcoulins Leap was once a thriving spa town, and was home to a famous Holy Well, but now offers little by way of employment for its people, and its decline seems inexorable. When local Postie, Podger Byrnes, comes up with a plan to hijack a consignment of Viagra, and sell it on the open market in Amsterdam, his friends are desperate enough to try it. Not counting on the muscular response of Viagra's makers, the boys panic and hide the lorry load of Viagra down the town's Holy Wel...
Monsieur N.
Character: Dr. O'Meara
This film covers the last years of the Emperor's life, imprisoned by the British on St Helena, a remote island off the west coast of Africa. Napoleon retains a loyal entourage of officers who help him plot his escape and evade the attentions of the island's overzealous governor, Sir Hudson Lowe....
Killing Bono
Character: Danny Machin
The true story of Neil and Ivan McCormick, two Irish brothers who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their high school friends U2 become the biggest band in the world....
My Friend Joe
Character: Mr. Doyle
During the course of one summer, a young Irish lad named Chris befriends an American boy named Joe. The two couldn't be more different, yet they become inseparable. Things turn horribly wrong however, when Chris discovers his new best friend isn't a he, but a she. The sadness only begins as Chris learns why Joe's gender must be kept a secret....
Mystics
Character: Mickey Mac
A black comedy about two old-time conmen who pretend to be able to communicate with the dead....
The Pizza Miracle
Character: Gianni
A pizza chef's death causes his son to reconsider their relationship....
The Miracle
Character: Washington, Destry Rides Again
Two teenagers Jimmy and Rose spend their vacation at the small Irish sea-resort Bray. Out of boredom they observe other people and imagine wild stories about them. One day they observe the blonde Renee, and Jimmy is immediately fascinated by her and even follows her home. She, too, seems to like him, but for a mysterious reason keeps him at a distance....
Burton and Taylor
Character: Milton Katselas
Legendary acting duo and married couple Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor prepare for a 1983 theatrical production of the play "Private Lives."...
Phil Lynott: The Long Goodbye
Character: Narrator
Philip Parris Lynott took the world by storm when he dominated the stage with his most notable rock band Thin Lizzy. The Irish frontman battled his way to the top whilst fighting prejudice. He achieved fame and fortune whilst being a member of the band Thin Lizzy. Their hit songs such as Whiskey In The Jar, The Boys are Back and many more solidified their names in musical history. Philip was a consistent member of the renowned band Thin Lizzy and was arguably the driving force for its success. D...
Psychomanteum
Character: Narrator
A portmanteau style feature length film made up of several very different short horror films shot in the UK....
Lovely Louise
Character: Bill
André, 55, lives with his mother Louise, 80, and leads an unspectacular life. He works as a taxi driver while the elderly diva dreams of bygone days as an actress in Hollywood. One day the charismatic Bill, 50, an American, turns up on their doorstep - a stranger who will soon turn their quiet life upside down....
The Teacher
Character: Simon Cohen
A Palestinian school teacher struggles to reconcile his life-threatening commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one of his students and the chance of a new romantic relationship with a British volunteer worker....
Taffin
Character: Les
When a small Irish town is terrorized by a corrupt business syndicate, a lone hero wages an all out war....
Standby
Character: Paul
Twenty-something Alan (Gleeson) is down on his luck. Stood up at the altar and recently fired from his banking job, he finds himself working with his mother as a part-time tourist advisor at Dublin Airport. It's there he comes face to face with first love Alice (Paré), stuck on standby for a flight home to New York. Their summer romance ended eight years previously with Alan promising to return to the US one day. He never did, and they haven't spoken since. Seizing his chance, Alan convinces a r...
The Voices
Character: Sheriff Weinbacher
A mentally unhinged factory worker must decide whether to listen to his talking cat and become a killer, or follow his dog's advice to keep striving for normalcy....
Cars 2
Character: Victor Hugo / Vladimir Trunkov / Ivan the Tow Truck (voice)
Star race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race. But the road to the championship becomes rocky as Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage....
Rat
Character: Newsreader
After a night of drinking Guiness at the local watering hole, an ordinary, working-class, family man in Dublin's life is turned upside-down when he wakes up as a rat....
Beyond Reason
Character: John Horan
Drama based on a real-life story of a love affair between a married army captain and a young female soldier. Susan Christie and Duncan McAllister have an affair, but Duncan ends the relationship when he's posted to Germany. Three days later, Susan and Duncan's wife, Penny, go for a walk in the woods in Northern Ireland. Fifteen minutes later, Penny is dead and Susan claims they were attacked by an unknown man....
In the Name of the Father
Character: Hooker's Driver
A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also implicated in the crime. He spends fifteen years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence....
The Physician
Character: Bar Kappara
England, 1021. Rob Cole, a boy born in a miserable mining town, swears to become a physician and vanquish disease and death. His harsh path of many years, a quest for knowledge besieged by countless challenges and sacrifices, leads him to the remote Isfahan, in Persia, where he meets Ibn Sina, the greatest healer of his time....
Hilde
Character: David O. Selznick
A biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany's biggest post-war stars....
Byron
Character: Turkish Governor
Life and adventures of lord George Gordon Byron. BBC dramatization of the poet's final thirteen years...
Florence Foster Jenkins
Character: Phineas Stark
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice....
What a Girl Wants
Character: Bride's Father
An American girl, Daphne, heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead of finding a British version of her bohemian mother, she learns the love of her mom's life is an uptight politician. The only problem now is that her long-lost dad is engaged to a fiercely territorial social climber with a daughter who makes Daphne's life miserable....
Omagh
Character: Sam Pollock
The movie starts at the 1998 bomb attack by the Real IRA at Omagh, Northern Ireland. The attack killed 31 people. Michael Gallagher one of the relatives of the victims starts an examination to bring the people responsible to court....
National Theatre Live: King Lear
Character: The Earl of Kent
An aged king decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, according to which of them is most eloquent in praising him. His favourite, Cordelia, says nothing. Simon Russell Beale, whose recent appearances at the National include Timon of Athens and Collaborators, takes the title role in Shakespeare’s tragedy....
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
Character: Addison Dewett
The story of Margo Channing. Legend. True star of the theatre. The spotlight is hers, always has been. But now there’s Eve. Her biggest fan. Young, beautiful Eve. The golden girl, the girl next door. But you know all about Eve…don’t you…?...
The Van
Character: Des, Health Inspector
In a working-class quarter of Dublin, 'Bimbo' Reeves gets laid off from his job and, with his redundancy payout, buys a van and sells fish and chips with his buddy, Larry. Due to Ireland's surprising success at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, their business starts off well, but the relationship between the two friends soon becomes strained as Bimbo behaves more like a typical boss....
The Snapper
Character: Anaesthetist
Sharon Curley is a 20-year-old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters in Dublin. When she gets pregnant and refuses to name the father, she becomes the talk of the town....
Inside I'm Dancing
Character: Interview Panelist
Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea moves in....
The Current War
Character: Franklin Pope
Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people....
One Chance
Character: Luciano Pavarotti
This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night....
A Girl From Mogadishu
Character: Joe Costello
The story of the life and times of Ifrah Ahmed, Somali-Irish campaigner against female genital mutilation and cutting....
The Song of Names
Character: Gilbert
A man searching for his childhood best friend — a Polish violin prodigy orphaned in the Holocaust — who vanished decades before on the night of his first public performance....
Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar
Character: Sir Constance
On an archaeological dig in Iraq, author Agatha Christie uncovers a series of murders....
Kinked
Character:
Having recently lost a close friend, a young woman explores her sexuality as a way of processing trauma, as well as joy. However, disrupting this life is a ghost haunting her home. In an obsessive pursuit to uncover the truth, Becca discovers something far stranger than she could have imagined....
Thin Lizzy: Outlawed - The Real Phil Lynott
Character: Narrator
A look at the life of Phil Lynott, lead singer of the band; a man whose talent was known worldwide, but whose early life was less well documented. This includes interviews with his mother, band members, and a lot of footage of the music....