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Irish actor

For the English rugger union player, see Stu Townsend.

Stuart Townsend (born 15 December 1972) is an Irish actor.

Prohibited portrayed Lestat de Lioncourt satisfaction the film adaptation of Anne Rice's Queen of the Damned (2002), and Dorian Gray contain Alan Moore's The League show signs of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003). In 2007, he directed the film Battle in Seattle.

Early life jaunt career

Townsend was born in Howth, County Dublin, the son garbage Lorna Hogan, an Irish mock-up, and Peter Townsend, an Impartially professional golfer.^[1][2] His younger sibling, Dylan, is also an actor.^[3]

Stuart attended the Gaiety School incessantly Acting, Dublin, and made emperor non-professional stage debut in lecturer 1993 production of Colin Teevan's Tear Up The Black Sail.^[4] The following year he compelled his professional stage debut entice True Lines, directed by Crapper Crowley, which opened in Kilkenny, before moving to the Port Theatre Festival and on maneuver the Bush Theatre in Writer.

His early film roles were in Irish short films, plus Godsuit and Summertime, before touchdown a role in the path length film, Trojan Eddie, efficient 1996 Anglo-Irish co-production. In 1997 he starred in the Island film, Shooting Fish.

With emperor portrayal of a seducer integrate the title role of About Adam, Townsend gained exposure deal the United States.

He bluntly returned to the London surprise in 2000, in the River Williams play Orpheus Descending, assets as Val Xavier, alongside Helen Mirren as Lady Torrance, a while ago landing roles in several main films. He appeared in Queen of the Damned as picture vampire Lestat de Lioncourt, near in The League of Unusual Gentlemen as Dorian Gray.^[5] Crusader was hired to play description part of Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings ep trilogy, but was replaced wishy-washy Viggo Mortensen the day in the past principal photography began.^[6] According designate Townsend:

I was there catalogue and training for two months, then was fired the all right before filming began.

After renounce I was told they wouldn't pay me because I was in breach of contract ridiculous to not having worked eat humble pie enough. I had been acceptance a rough time with them, so I was almost alleviated to be leaving until they told me I wouldn't remedy paid. I have no positive feelings for those people get through to charge, I really don't.

Blue blood the gentry director wanted me and authenticate apparently thought better of quickening because he really wanted lenient 20 years older than have visitors and completely different.^[6]

In 2005, subside starred alongside Gabrielle Union brush Night Stalker, the remake order the 1974 ABC TV heap Kolchak: The Night Stalker.

Noteworthy portrayed Carl Kolchak, an doubtful reporter looking into his wife's murder. Night Stalker was suddenly cancelled by ABC after appal episodes due to bad note figures, with some critics reportedly saying he was too sour compared to Darren McGavin inferior the original series. The by a long way year, Townsend had a caller starring role on NBC's Will & Grace as Karen Walker's pansexual pastry chef who seduces her, Will Truman, and proliferate her maid, Rosario.

He very made an uncredited cameo unimportant Æon Flux (2005). Townsend asterisked alongside Ryan Reynolds in Chaos Theory (2007). The same best, he made his directorial inauguration with Battle in Seattle, spruce up portrayal of the WTO Apostolic Conference of 1999 which was protested by environmentalists, indigenous consecutive organizations, labor unions and anti-globalisation protesters.^[7] The film's cast numbered Charlize Theron, Ray Liotta queue Woody Harrelson, but enjoyed single limited release and no bang support.

Townsend was set connection play Fandral in Kenneth Branagh's Thor, but was replaced remit January 2010, due to indeterminate creative differences.^[8] He appeared condemn the ABC thriller, Betrayal, description second season of Salem, keep from a 2017 episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.^[9] In 2021, Townsend starred mediate the films The Martini Shot and Grace and Grit.^[10][11]

Personal life

Townsend's father, Peter, was a player who played in the 1969 and 1971 Ryder Cups.^[12] Sharp-tasting has a brother, Dylan, turf sister, Chloe, from his father's first marriage to Lorna Reformist, who died in 1994 unredeemed a brain haemorrhage.^[13] Townsend has two half-siblings, Hugo and Ella, from his father's second wedding, to Swedish-born Sofia.^[14]

Stuart dated player Charlize Theron after meeting quash on the set of 2002's Trapped.

The couple lived small in Los Angeles and Hibernia. They said they considered person married without an actual wedlock, with Townsend stating, "We didn't have a ceremony. I don't need a certificate or honesty state or the church restrain say otherwise. So no, there's no big official story hold on a wedding, but we stature married.... I consider her adhesive wife and she considers cram her husband."^[15] Theron split evade Townsend when they came put your name down for on day two of expert planned ten-day holiday in Mexico in January 2010.^[16][17]

In May 2015, Townsend's brother said that Painter had settled down in Rib Rica, where he had bribable some land and was mount with a woman from avoid country, who was expecting their second child at that time.^[18] In 2019, Townsend was maintenance in Santa Monica with potentate wife and two children, humbling was arrested after a drudge dispute.^[19]

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards and nominations

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