Stuart Townsend (born 15 December 1972) is an Irish actor. His most
notable portrayals are of the characters Lestat de Lioncourt in the
2002 film adaptation of Anne Rice's Queen of the Damned, and Dorian
Gray in the 2003 film adaptation of Alan Moore's The League of
Extraordinary Gentlemen.Townsend was born in Howth, County Dublin, the
son of Lorna Hogan, an Irish model, and Peter Townsend, an English
professional golfer.He attended the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin
where he made his non-professional stage debut in the school's 1993
production of Colin Teevan's Tear Up The Black Sail. His professional
stage debut was in 1994's True Lines, directed by John Crowley. True
Lines was first performed in Kilkenny; it later moved to the Dublin
Theatre Festival and on to the Bush Theatre in London.
notable portrayals are of the characters Lestat de Lioncourt in the
2002 film adaptation of Anne Rice's Queen of the Damned, and Dorian
Gray in the 2003 film adaptation of Alan Moore's The League of
Extraordinary Gentlemen.Townsend was born in Howth, County Dublin, the
son of Lorna Hogan, an Irish model, and Peter Townsend, an English
professional golfer.He attended the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin
where he made his non-professional stage debut in the school's 1993
production of Colin Teevan's Tear Up The Black Sail. His professional
stage debut was in 1994's True Lines, directed by John Crowley. True
Lines was first performed in Kilkenny; it later moved to the Dublin
Theatre Festival and on to the Bush Theatre in London.
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