Stuart Townsend

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Birthday:

15 December 1972, Howth, County Dublin, Ireland

Height:

180 cm

Stuart Townsend was born in 1972 in Howth, County Dublin, Ireland, to Lorna (Hogan), an Irish model, and Peter Townsend, an English professional golfer. Stuart was determined to be an actor and began his career by appearing in a number of student films, while attending the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin. He supported himself by boxing until his first feature film debut in Trojan Eddie (1996). Although his part was small, Townsend attracted a London agent and began appearing in numerous stage and film productions in England and Ireland. America began to take notice of Stuart's talents when he appeared in two films featured in the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, in one of which, About Adam (2000), he took the title role. He also played Lestat de Lioncourt in Queen of the Damned (2002). Townsend was in a romantic relationship with actress Charlize Theron. Show less «

A lot of people ask me if it's intimidating because Tom Cruise was the star of the original and that kind of thing, but for me, it was just ...Show more »

A lot of people ask me if it's intimidating because Tom Cruise was the star of the original and that kind of thing, but for me, it was just such a different story, it was rock and roll (About Queen of the Damned (2002)). Show less «

You have no idea how much fun it is playing Ermentrude the Cow.

As Oscar Wilde said, golf is a waste of a good walk (On his father's profession).

Acting is great. You spend your whole life trying to get it right.