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Biography: Stuart Townsend

With the kind of dark, coolly seductive looks that lend themselves to playing either ladies' men or raving psychos, Stuart Townsend is one of the more compelling actors to have emerged from Ireland during the 1990s. A native of Dublin, Townsend was born to pro golfer Peter Townsend and Lorna Townsend, a well-known former model who died in 1994. He first became interested in performing through his then-girlfriend, who was studying at the Gaiety School of Acting. Townsend also enrolled at the school and made his stage debut in the school's production of Tear Up the Black Sail. He made his professional stage debut in John Crowley's True Lines. In 1996, Townsend broke onto the screen with his role in Gillies MacKinnon's Trojan Eddie. Portraying a seductive young man who steals away a bride from her groom on their wedding day, Townsend was afforded the opportunity to work with the legendary Richard Harris. His exposure in the film led to his first starring role, in Shooting Fish (1997), a successful comedy which cast him as a sweet-natured con man. That same year, Townsend had a supporting role in Carine Adler's acclaimed drama Under the Skin, engaging in emotional dysfunction and phone sex with the film's heroine. He also made a terrifying impression in the Irish crime thriller Resurrection Man, playing a psychotic killer. Townsend subsequently extended his talents to period drama, portraying an impoverished Jew in 19th century Silesia in Simon Magus (1998) and essaying a dual role in the 16th- and 20th century-set The Venice Project (1999). In 1999, he was also visible in Michael Winterbottom's Wonderland, an ensemble drama that screened at that year's Cannes Film Festival. The turnover to the new millennium found Townsend with some big shoes to fill as he stepped into the role of Anne Rice's staple bloodsucker Lestat (originally portrayed by Tom Cruise in Neil Jordan's Interview With the Vampire (1994)) in 2002. Baring his fangs alongside co-star and title character Aaliyah (who perished in an airplane crash shortly before the film opened in theaters) Townsend recieved a fair amount of praise for his role in the film, which was previously rumored to have been heading for a straight to video release. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide less

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Battle in Seattle (2007)
Tags: Docudrama Political Drama Drama Ensemble Film
Length: 98min
Actor-turned-filmmaker Stuart Townsend makes his screenwriting and directorial debut with this ensemble film set during the 1999 World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle and presenting the riots that swept through the streets during the five-day...
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Bloodsucking Cinema (2007)
Cast: John Carpenter Joel Schumacher
Tags: Film, TV & Radio Film & Television History
Length: 57min
Everyone loves a good, two-fanged fright flick, and from the silent screen to the 21st Century, vampire films have drawn moviegoers to theaters in droves. Much like the immortal monsters that stalk the night in search of precious blood, it seems that...
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Unhitched (2006)
Cast: Seth Green
Tags: Romantic Comedy Comedy
Length: 95min
A lovelorn man setting out to find his way in life finds his heart captured by the striking, soon-to-be-bride that he senses is his true soul-mate in this omantic comedy starring Stuart Townsend, Seth Green, and Amy Smart. Soon after causing some...
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Chaos Theory (2007)
Cast: Sarah Chalke Emily Mortimer
Tags: Comedy Drama Romantic Comedy
Length: 85min
After living his life with clockwork precision, a man throws any and all caution to the wind in this freewheeling comedy-drama. Frank Allen (Ryan Reynolds) is a successful motivational speaker and author whose book "The Five-Minute Efficiency Trainer"...
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Shade (2003)
Cast: Sylvester Stallone Jamie Foxx Melanie Griffith
Tags: Crime Thriller Crime
Length: 95min
Shade, the first feature film from real-life card shark Damian Nieman, who wrote and directed the picture, stars Gabriel Byrne and Thandie Newton as a duo of con artists looking to beat the "Dean" (Sylvester Stallone), a legendary card shark, in a...
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Cast: Sean Connery Peta Wilson Vic Armstrong Steve Norrington
Tags: Superhero Film Fantasy Adventure Action Fantasy
Length: 110min
Based on the comic book miniseries by Alan Moore, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen takes place in an alternate universe where the characters of several literary classics exist in reality. As if that weren't enough, they've been assembled together...
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Trapped (2002)
Cast: Kevin Bacon Richard Sylbert
Tags: Crime Thriller Crime Thriller
Length: 106min
A mother is caught in a race against time to save her child in this taut suspense thriller. Dr. Will Jennings (Stuart Townsend) and his wife, Karen (Charlize Theron), find their world has been turned upside down when they're taken hostage and held in...
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Head in the Clouds (2004)
Cast: Charlize Theron John Duigan Penélope Cruz
Tags: Romance Drama War Romance Period Film Romantic Drama
Length: 133min
Australian filmmaker John Duigan directs the omantic war drama Head in the Clouds. Charlize Theron stars as ambitious photographer Gilda Bessé, who lives in France during the 1930s. She shares her stylish luxury apartment in Paris with Cambridge...
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Queen of the Damned (2002)
Cast: Vincent Perez
Tags: Supernatural Horror Horror
Length: 101min
The second and third novels in author Anne Rice's popular book series -The Vampire Chronicles provide the inspiration for this horror sequel starring ill-fated actress and recording artist Aaliyah, who was killed in an airplane crash before the film's...
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About Adam (2000)
Tags: Romantic Comedy Comedy Drama Romantic Drama
Length: 105min
Gerard Stembridge directs this charming comedy about a handsome stranger who wreaks havoc on an entire family. Pub torch singer Lucy Owen (Kate Hudson) falls for Adam (Stuart Townsend) as soon as she lays eyes on him. Tired of a string of failed...
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