Biography
Stuart Townsend is an Irish actor. Born on 15 December 1972 in Howth, County Dublin, he trained at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin and began his career with stage work and student films before making his feature debut in Trojan Eddie (1996).
He is known for his performances as Lestat de Lioncourt in Queen of the Damned (2002) and as Dorian Gray in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003). Townsend has also appeared in films including Trapped (2002), Æon Flux (2005) and Chaos Theory (2008), and directed the 2007 film Battle in Seattle.
