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name: "Stuart Townsend"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stuart-townsend"
fi1m_id: "stuart-townsend"
imdb_id: "nm0870204"
tmdb_id: 56778
wikidata_id: "Q363525"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 December 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T03:17:23.958448+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Stuart Townsend

## Identity

Stuart Townsend

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stuart-townsend
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stuart-townsend
- **IMDb ID:** nm0870204
- **TMDB ID:** 56778
- **Wikidata ID:** Q363525
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Townsend, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q363525, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0870204/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56778

Actor. Born 15 December 1972 in Howth, County Dublin, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 December 1972, Howth, County Dublin, Ireland
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Townsend, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q363525, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0870204/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56778

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*](https://film.one/film/the-league-of-extraordinary-gentlemen.md) (36)

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## 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.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen* (2003), Fi1m 36, as Dorian Gray — [page](https://film.one/film/the-league-of-extraordinary-gentlemen.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Into the Deep* (2025), as Daemon Benz
- *The Martini Shot* (2023), as Philip
- *Christmas at Castle Hart* (2021), as Aiden Hart
- *Apache Junction* (2021), as Jericho Ford
- *Grace and Grit* (2021), as Ken Wilber
- *Medicamentele străvechi* (2019), as Narrator
- *A Stranger in Paradise* (2013), as Paul
- *Shetland* (2013), series, as Ed Tulloch — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Del Gruner
- *23 Degrees, 5 Minutes* (2011), as Babbage
- *XIII: The Series* (2011), series, as XIII / Ross Tanner / Steve Rowland
- *Chaos Theory* (2008), as Buddy Endrow
- *Battle in Seattle* (2007), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Æon Flux* (2005), as Monican (uncredited)
- *Night Stalker* (2005), series, as Carl Kolchak
- *The Best Man* (2005), as Olly Pickering
- *Robot Chicken* (2005), series, as Ron Weasley / Defeccachi (voice), Lucky Charms Leprechaun (voice)
- *Head in the Clouds* (2004), as Guy Malyon
- *The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen* (2003), as Dorian Gray — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/the-league-of-extraordinary-gentlemen.md)
- *Shade* (2003), as Vernon
- *Trapped* (2002), as Will
- *Queen of the Damned* (2002), as Lestat de Lioncourt
- *About Adam* (2001), as Adam
- *The Escort* (1999), as Tom
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Declan Trask
- *The Venice Project* (1999), as Lark / Gippo the Fool
- *Wonderland* (1999), as Tim
- *Simon Magus* (1999), as Dovid Bendal
- *Will & Grace* (1998), series, as Edward - Pastry Chef
- *Resurrection Man* (1998), as Victor Kelly
- *Under the Skin* (1997), as Tom
- *Shooting Fish* (1997), as Jez
- *Trojan Eddie* (1996), as Dermot

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