Stanley Townsend: movies and TV shows
Stanley Townsend has 95 credits in the archive: 56 films and 39 TV series, from 1951 to 2026. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2026 · busiest year: 2014 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Uprising | Film | — | 64 | |
| 2026 | Once Upon a Time in a Cinema | Harry Conway | Film | 8.0 | 64 |
| 2025 | Jay Kelly | First Voice (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 63 |
| 2025 | National Theatre Live: Retrograde | Mr Parks | Film | 10.0 | 63 |
| 2024 | KAOS | President Minos | TV | 7.3 | 62 |
| 2024 | The Regime | Emil Bartos | TV | 6.1 | 62 |
| 2024 | Blackshore | Bill McGuire | TV | 6.7 | 62 |
| 2024 | The Teacher | Simon Cohen | Film | 6.2 | 62 |
| 2023 | Kinked | Film | — | 61 | |
| 2022 | Andor | Commandant Jayhold Beehaz | TV | 8.3 | 60 |
| 2022 | Becoming Elizabeth | Anthony Denny | TV | 6.7 | 60 |
| 2022 | Phil Lynott: The Long Goodbye | Narrator | Film | — | 60 |
| 2019 | The Spy | General Ad-Din | TV | 7.4 | 57 |
| 2019 | Resistance | Senator Daniel Shea | TV | 6.2 | 57 |
| 2019 | Traitors | Henry | TV | 6.1 | 57 |
| 2019 | The Song of Names | Gilbert | Film | 6.7 | 57 |
| 2019 | Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar | Sir Constance | Film | 5.7 | 57 |
| 2019 | A Girl from Mogadishu | Joe Costello | Film | 5.8 | 57 |
| 2019 | National Theatre Live: All About Eve | Addison Dewett | Film | 8.5 | 57 |
| 2018 | The Current War | Franklin Pope | Film | 6.7 | 56 |
| 2018 | Psychomanteum | Narrator | Film | 1.0 | 56 |
| 2016 | Florence Foster Jenkins | Phineas Stark | Film | 6.7 | 54 |
| 2015 | Galavant | King of Valencia | TV | 7.3 | 53 |
| 2014 | New Worlds | Colonel Blood | TV | 6.1 | 52 |
| 2014 | Der Medicus | Bar Kappara | TV | 7.0 | 52 |
| 2014 | The Voices | Sheriff Weinbacher | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 2014 | Quirke | Inspector Hackett | TV | 5.9 | 52 |
| 2014 | Fleming | Colonel William Donovan | TV | 6.8 | 52 |
| 2014 | National Theatre Live: King Lear | The Earl of Kent | Film | 7.1 | 52 |
| 2014 | Standby | Paul | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 2013 | The Physician | Bar Kappara | Film | 7.3 | 51 |
| 2013 | Toast of London | TV | 7.4 | 51 | |
| 2013 | One Chance | Luciano Pavarotti | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 2013 | Burton and Taylor | Milton Katselas | Film | 6.2 | 51 |
| 2013 | Lovely Louise | Bill | Film | 5.4 | 51 |
| 2012 | Call the Midwife | Father Joe | TV | 7.5 | 50 |
| 2012 | Ripper Street | Aiden Galvin | TV | 7.4 | 50 |
| 2012 | The Hollow Crown | Warwick | TV | 7.4 | 50 |
| 2012 | Titanic: Blood and Steel | Rex Riley | TV | 7.2 | 50 |
| 2011 | Cars 2 | Victor Hugo / Vladimir Trunkov / Ivan the Tow Truck (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 49 |
| 2011 | Fresh Meat | John Frobisher | TV | 7.2 | 49 |
| 2011 | Zen | Moscati | TV | 7.1 | 49 |
| 2011 | Killing Bono | Danny Machin | Film | 6.2 | 49 |
| 2010 | Sherlock | Angelo | TV | 8.5 | 48 |
| 2010 | The Pizza Miracle | Gianni | Film | 5.0 | 48 |
| 2009 | Holy Water | Inspector Brian Hogan | Film | 5.7 | 47 |
| 2009 | Hilde | David O. Selznick | Film | 5.3 | 47 |
| 2009 | National Theatre Live: Phèdre | Theseus | Film | 7.8 | 47 |
| 2008 | Ashes to Ashes | Sacks | TV | 7.7 | 46 |
| 2008 | Happy-Go-Lucky | Tramp | Film | 6.6 | 46 |
| 2008 | Whistleblower | Michael Neary | TV | — | 46 |
| 2007 | Flawless | Henry | Film | 6.8 | 45 |
| 2007 | Saddam's Tribe | Saddam | Film | — | 45 |
| 2006 | The Nativity Story | Zechariah | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 2006 | Thin Lizzy: Outlawed - The Real Phil Lynott | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 2005 | Isolation | Garda Hourigan | Film | 5.5 | 43 |
| 2005 | Dot.Kill | Capt. Tommy Byrnes | Film | 4.3 | 43 |
| 2005 | Omagh | Sam Pollock | Film | 6.6 | 43 |
| 2004 | Hustle | Johnny Keyes | TV | 7.7 | 42 |
| 2004 | The Libertine | Keown | Film | 5.9 | 42 |
| 2004 | Murder City | TV | 7.6 | 42 | |
| 2004 | Inside I'm Dancing | Interview Panelist | Film | 7.4 | 42 |
| 2004 | Fallen | Mara | Film | 7.5 | 42 |
| 2004 | Wondrous Oblivion | Victor | Film | 6.6 | 42 |
| 2003 | What a Girl Wants | Bride's Father | Film | 6.3 | 41 |
| 2003 | The Commander | TV | 6.4 | 41 | |
| 2003 | Byron | Turkish Governor | Film | 4.8 | 41 |
| 2003 | Monsieur N. | Dr. O'Meara | Film | 6.3 | 41 |
| 2003 | Mystics | Mickey Mac | Film | 5.5 | 41 |
| 2002 | Spooks | Roy Woodring | TV | 7.7 | 40 |
| 2002 | Foyle's War | Jose De Perez | TV | 7.9 | 40 |
| 2002 | Wire in the Blood | TV | 7.9 | 40 | |
| 2001 | 24 | Anatol Stolnavich | TV | 7.8 | 39 |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | DI Bailey | TV | 7.2 | 39 |
| 2001 | Station Jim | Matapan | Film | 7.5 | 39 |
| 2000 | Rat | Newsreader | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 2000 | Altmann's Tongue | Narrator | Film | — | 38 |
| 1998 | The Ambassador | TV | 6.5 | 36 | |
| 1997 | Jonathan Creek | Det. Inspector Barrison | TV | 7.6 | 35 |
| 1996 | Ballykissangel | Micky Keeler | TV | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1996 | The Van | Des, Health Inspector | Film | 6.4 | 34 |
| 1996 | My Friend Joe | Mr. Doyle | Film | 7.3 | 34 |
| 1995 | Jake's Progress | Consultant | TV | 4.5 | 33 |
| 1995 | Beyond Reason | John Horan | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1993 | Peak Practice | Keith Johnson | TV | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1993 | In the Name of the Father | Hooker's Driver | Film | 7.9 | 31 |
| 1993 | The Snapper | Anaesthetist | Film | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Igor Saukas | TV | 7.2 | 30 |
| 1991 | Parnell & the Englishwoman | Thomas Sexton | TV | — | 29 |
| 1991 | The Miracle | Washington, Destry Rides Again | Film | 5.9 | 29 |
| 1988 | Taffin | Les | Film | 5.6 | 26 |
| 1988 | Ink | Film | 10.0 | 26 | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Constable | TV | 8.8 | 10 |
| Golden Boy | Film | — | — | ||
| Another Turn of the Screw | Henry James | Film | — | — |