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Stuart Townsend - news / articles

Townsend quits Thor - 11 January 2010
-Irish actor Stuart Townsend has quit superhero blockbuster Thor just days before the movie was set to start shooting.- -It's the second time the Queen of The Damned star has missed out of a potentially major film franchise - he was replaced by Viggo Mortensen in the Lor

Stuart Townsend - what members say

Shooting Fish review by JediSi from Kent

Never trust a man with woman's hips. 20 January 2008
...ny times and never get sick of it. The casting is brilliant with Dan Futterman, Stuart Townsendand the amazing Kate Beckinsale in fantastic performances. The plot is quite ... Read customer review

About Adam review by Joi from Rochester

About Adam 18 June 2008
...s some time to get going.... but it does get going, with a cast of Kate Hudson, Stuart Townsend, Frances O'Connor, Charlotte Bradley, Rosaleen Linehan, Tommy Tiernan taking re... Read customer review

Queen of the Damned review by A customer from Manchester, England

Oh no no no 29 January 2004
...f Anne Rice's books DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE. It misses out vital characters and Stuart Townsend is awful, and what happened to Armand?!!! Apart from this, the movie is just p... Read customer review

Stuart Townsend - filmography

Chaos Theory (2007)
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Emily Mortimer, Stuart Townsend
Director: Marcos Siega
Certificate:
Frank Allen, celebrated author of the bestseller The Five Minute Efficiency Trainer, has perfected the art of living via a foolproof system of timetables and index cards. In fact, his daily "to do" lists are legendary. A man known for playing it safe, Frank doesn't believe in spontaneity. Every ..read more »

60% from 63 members
Currently unavailable

Battle in Seattle on DVD (2007)
Starring: Charlize Theron, Woody Harrelson, Ray Liotta
Director: Stuart Townsend
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Activists arrive in Seattle, Washington en masse to protest a meeting of the World Trade Organization. Riots and chaos ensue as demonstrators successfully stop the WTO meetings.

60% from 344 members

The Best Man on DVD (2006)
Starring: Seth Green, Stuart Townsend, Amy Smart
Director: Stefan Schwartz
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
This star-studded romantic comedy explores the lengths one man will go to in trying to prevent the marriage of his best friend's true love and his own mortal enemy.

56% from 12,037 members

Head In The Clouds on DVD (2004)
Starring: Charlize Theron, Penelope Cruz, Stuart Townsend
Director: John Duigan
Certificate:
A Parisian apartment is home to Gilda Besse, an aspiring photographer, Guy Malyon, an Irish teacher, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. When war breaks out, the three friends go their separate ways, seemingly forever...

54% from 3,122 members

The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Starring: Sean Connery, Peta Wilson, Stuart Townsend
Director: Stephen Norrington
Certificate:
Stephen Norrington's THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN begins in 1899 London where, due to some cataclysmic events in England and Germany, the world is on the brink of war. Mycroft Holmes (Richard Roxburgh) is sent by the British government to round up various figures from Victorian-era ..read more »

56% from 37,788 members
Not currently released

The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen - ... (2003)
Starring: Sean Connery, Peta Wilson, Stuart Townsend
Director: Stephen Norrington
Certificate:
Stephen Norrington's THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN begins in 1899 London where, due to some cataclysmic events in England and Germany, the world is on the brink of war. Mycroft Holmes (Richard Roxburgh) is sent by the British government to round up various figures from Victorian-era ..read more »

60% from 2,692 members

Trapped (2002)
Starring: Charlize Theron, Courtney Love, Stuart Townsend
Director: Luis Mandoki
Certificate:
Will and Karen Jennings find themselves fighting to save their daughter's life when they are held hostage. The twenty four hour plan sees them trapped in different cities...

60% from 2,897 members
Not currently released

Queen of the Damned on DVD (2002)
Starring: Stuart Townsend, Aaliyah, Marguerite Moreau
Director: Michael Rymer
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
A deep, dark, stylistic adaptation of the book by Anne Rice from her hugely popular series of vampire novels, THE QUEEN OF THE DAMNED is like a Nine Inch Nails rock video. Undernourished goth club kids are the focus of the film and they all look great with piercings, net t-shirts, tattoos, dyed ..read more »

54% from 4,485 members

About Adam on DVD (2000)
Starring: Stuart Townsend, Frances O'Connor, Charlotte Bradley
Director: Gerard Stembridge
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
Irish screenwriter, playwright, and director Gerard Stembridge's glib romantic comedy is a tale of familial sexual intrigue told from the multiple perspectives of three sisters and their brother. In stark contrast to rural cinematic visions of Ireland like WAKING NED DEVINE, Stembridge's story is ..read more »

51% from 1,689 member

The Escort on DVD (1999)
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Stuart Townsend, Noah Taylor
Director: Michael Blanc
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In Michel Blanc's THE ESCORT, Pierre (Daniel Auteuil) leaves his family and flees to London to work on a novel. There he meets Tom (Stuart Townsend), a male escort, who leads Pierre into his underground world of sex and money. However, the more time Pierre spends servicing unfulfilled women, the ..read more »

52% from 822 members

Simon Maguus / The Nine Lives Of Thomas Katz on DVD (1999)
Starring: Ian Holm, Rutger Hauer, Rutger Hauer
Director: Ben Hopkins
Certificate:
Simon Magus: A magical and uplifting tale set in 19th Century Europe. Believing him to be possessed by the Devil, Simon's fellow villagers taunt and persecute him. The community is in a state of crisis; all the through-trade has been taken away by the newly constructed railroad. Hase, a ruthless ..read more »

59% from 213 members

Resurrection Man on DVD (1998)
Starring: Stuart Townsend, Brenda Fricker, John Hannah
Director: Marc Evans
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Loosely based on real events in 1970s Belfast, Victor Kelly is a young Protestant man who hates Catholics so much that one night he begins to brutally murder them. Ryan, a reporter, soon tries to uncover the murderer and gain prestige for himself, while emerging as a local legend, Victor sinks ..read more »

57% from 382 members

Shooting Fish on DVD (1997)
Starring: Jane Lapotaire, Dan Futterman, Stuart Townsend
Director: Stefan Schwartz
Certificate:
Two young London con artists, one British, one American, live as lonely bachelors in their secret hideout apartment thinking of new ways to financially fleece their victims. When they hire Georgie, their new secretary, they don't take into account the effect she will have on their hearts. A great ..read more »

67% from 3,500 members

Trojan Eddie on DVD (1996)
Starring: Stuart Townsend, Brid Brennan, Sean Lawlor
Director: Gillies MacKinnon, Gillies Mackinnon
Certificate:
Eddie, a low-level flunky in a "family" of Irish swindlers, gets a case of torn loyalties after one of the junior members absconds with the willing, too-young bride of the family's boss--and with the dowry money, as well. While trying to clean up the mess, Eddie also contends with his own sloppy ..read more »

51% from 87 members

Stuart Townsend facts

5 most recent films

Chaos Theory - 3.0 stars
Battle in Seattle - 3.0 stars
The Best Man - 3.0 stars
Head In The Clouds - 2.5 stars
The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Shooting Fish - 3.5 stars
Trapped - 3.0 stars
Chaos Theory - 3.0 stars
The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Battle in Seattle - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

About Adam - 2.5 stars
Trojan Eddie - 2.5 stars
The Escort - 2.5 stars
Head In The Clouds - 2.5 stars
Queen of the Damned - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Charlize Theron - 3 times - show films
Jason Flemyng - 2 times - show films
Paul McGann - 2 times - show films
Kate Hudson - 2 times - show films
Richard Roxburgh - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Stefan Schwartz - 3 times - show films
Michael Rymer - 2 times - show films
Stephen Norrington - 2 times - show films
Gerard Stembridge - 2 times - show films
John Duigan - 1 times - show films