Stanley Townsend

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awards = Irish Times Best Actor Award 2004 "Shining City"

Stanley Townsend is an award-winning Irish actor.

Personal life

Townsend was born in Dublin, Ireland [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/12_december/19/diamond_townsend.shtml BBC - Press Office - Rough Diamond: Stanley Townsend plays Charlie Carrick] ] .

Theatre

Townsend's work in theatre includes: "Remember This" [ [http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/Remember%20This+1261.twl National Theatre : Productions : Remember This] ] and "Guys and Dolls" at the National Theatre, London; "The Alice Trilogy" [ [http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/10491/alice-trilogy The Stage / Reviews / The Alice Trilogy] ] , "Shining City" [ [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/review/0,,1235479,00.html Shining City, Royal Court, London | | guardian.co.uk Arts] ] (for which he won the "Irish Times" Best Actor Award [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/12_december/19/diamond_townsend.shtml BBC - Press Office - Rough Diamond: Stanley Townsend plays Charlie Carrick] ] ), "Under the Blue Sky" [ [http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/reviews/underthebluesky.html The Royal Court Theatre / Under The Blue Sky] ] and "The Weir" at the Royal Court, London; "The Wake" [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb1437/is_199802/ai_n5949656 The Wake. (Abbey Theater, Dublin, Ireland) (theater reviews) | Variety | Find Articles at BNET.com] ] , "Trinity for Two" and "Sacred Mysteries" at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin; "The Gingerbread Mix-up" at St Andrews Lane, Dublin; "Prayers of Sherkin" [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19970521/ai_n14110791 Theatre: First night review - Prayers of Sherkin Old Vic, London | Independent, The (London) | Find Articles at BNET.com] ] at the Old Vic, London; "Someone to Watch Over Me" at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; "The Plough and the Stars" [ [http://www.youngvic.org/whats-on/archive?id=162 Young Vic > What's On > Archive > Production Details] ] at the Young Vic, London; "Democracy" [ [http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/productions/democracy.html thebushtheatre] ] 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 can currently be seen appearing in "Happy Now?", a new play by Lucinda Coxon at the National Theatre, London [ [http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/happynow National Theatre : Productions : Happy Now?] ] .

Television

Townsend's television credits include: "Whistleblower", "He Kills Cops", "Prosperity", "Saddam's Tribe" [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/may/11/tvandradio.comment Sam Wollaston on last night's TV | Media | The Guardian] ] , "Rough Diamond" [ [http://www.rte.ie/tv/roughdiamond/ RTÉ Television - Rough Diamond] ] , "Waking The Dead", "Spooks" [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/spooks/credits_series4_episode5.shtml BBC - Spooks - Series 4, Episode 5 Credits] ] , "The Virgin Queen", "Hustle" [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/hustle/guest_stars.shtml BBC - Drama - Hustle - Characters & Actors] ] , "Omagh (film)", "The Brief", "Murder Squad", "Fallen", "Wire in the Blood", "The Commander", "Menace" [ [http://www.greenlit.co.uk/menace_credits.html Menace Credits] ] , "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" [ [http://www.laplanteproductions.com/dramas/uk_cast_lists/the_governor.phtml La Plante Productions - The Governor] ] , "The Bill", "Parnell", "Nighthawks", "Fortycoats & Co.", "Lost Belongings", "Lapsed Catholic" and "Glenroe".

Film

Film includes: "Happy-Go-Lucky" [ [http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&jump=review&id=2478&reviewid=VE1117936183&cs=1 Happy-Go-Lucky Movie Review From The Berlin Film Festival] ] , "Nativity" [ [http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=159260 The Nativity Story Movie Review (2006) from Channel 4 Film] ] , "Flawless" [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/410056/Flawless/cast Flawless - Cast - New York Times] ] , "The Tiger's Tale", "Isolation" [ [http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=160382 Isolation Movie Review (2005) from Channel 4 Film] ] , "The Libertine" [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/305231/The-Libertine/cast The Libertine - Cast - New York Times] ] , "Inside I'm Dancing" [ [http://entertainment.ie/movie_reviews/Inside-I'm-Dancing/3511.htm 'Inside I'm Dancing' - Cinema, Movie, Film Reviews - Review by Garreth Murphy | Entertainment.ie Ireland] ] , "Tulse Luper II", "Suzie Gold" [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/301996/Suzie-Gold/cast Suzie Gold - Cast - New York Times] ] , "Wondrous Oblivion" [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/292917/Wondrous-Oblivion/cast Wondrous Oblivion - Cast - New York Times] ] , "American Girl", "Monsieur N", "Mystics" [ [http://www.rte.ie/arts/2003/1211/mystics.html RTÉ.ie Entertainment: Mystics] ] , "The Van", "My Friend Joe" [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/136268/My-Friend-Joe/cast My Friend Joe - Cast - New York Times] ] , "Moll Flanders" [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/176980/Moll-Flanders/cast Moll Flanders - Cast - New York Times] ] , "Jake's Progress", "Beyond Reason", "Good Girls", "In the Name of the Father" [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/123216/In-the-Name-of-the-Father/cast In the Name of the Father - Cast - New York Times] ] , "Blue Ice", "The Miracle" [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/32799/The-Miracle/cast The Miracle - Cast - New York Times] ] and "Taffin" [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/48393/Taffin/cast Taffin - Cast - New York Times] ] .

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