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Stuart Townsend Profile |
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Birth Date:
December 15, 1972
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Birth Place:
Howth, County Dublin, Ireland
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Birth
Name: Stuart Townsend
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Height:
5'11"
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Stuart Townsend
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Biography |
Stuart Townsend is an Irish actor and boxer. His father is a
Protestant and his mother is a Catholic, and he was raised
Catholic (in his mother's faith).
Like his fellow Irish actor, Colin Farrell, he attended the
Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin where he made his
non-professional stage debut in the school's production of
"Tear Up The Black Sail". His professional stage debut was
in 1994's True Lines, directed by John Crowley, who recently
directed Intermission. True Lines was first performed in
Kilkenny however it then moved to the Dublin Theatre
Festival and on to Bush Theatre in London.
He got his start in movies with roles in short Irish films
such as Godsuit and Summertime but it wasn't until he landed
a part in a 1996 UK / Ireland co-production called Trojan
Eddie that he got into feature length film. In 1997 he took
a lead role in the British film Shooting Fish and it was
with this part that his career started to take off.
After his appearance as the outrageous seductor in the title
role of About Adam he started to be noticed in the United
States by critics and the public alike. However, in the
summer of 2000 he briefly returned to the London stage in
the Tennessee Williams play Orpheus Descending, starring
himself as Val Xavier and Helen Mirren as Lady Torrance.
In recent years he has appeared in a number of big budget
films such as Queen of the Damned, opposite the late Aaliyah,
as the vampire Lestat de Lioncourt and The League of
Extraordinary Gentlemen as Dorian Gray.
He currently resides in Los Angeles with his long term
girlfriend Charlize Theron, whom he met while filming
Trapped in 2001. |
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Studied drama at the Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin,
Ireland.
Was originally cast as Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings: The
Fellowship of the Ring, but was replaced by Viggo Mortensen
after four days of shooting because they realized he was too
young for the role.
Son of Peter and Lorna Townsend
Due to his parents' professions, Stuart had to wait 13 years
for the birth of his younger brother Dylan, and 15 years for
the birth of little sister Chloe
Before fame, Stuart and his friends formed a theatre group
in Dublin, Ireland where they re-acted scenes from the kids'
show "Manège enchanté, Le" (1964) (The Magic Roundabout).
Stuart played Ermintrude the Cow.
He has a younger half-brother called Hugo (b. 2000)
Charlize Theron thanked him in her Oscar acceptance speech
(2004).
He has a younger half-sister called Ella (b. 2005)
Irish citizen.
Shares birthday with Geoff Stults and Don Johnson.
Made two movies with his fiancée Charlize Theron: Trapped
(2002) and Head in the Clouds (2004). They met on the set of
Trapped (2002). |
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