Stuart Townsend is an Irish actor, director and screenwriter, best known for his early career starring in About Adam (2000) alongside Kate Hudson and then as Lestat de Lioncourt in the 2002 fantasy horror film Queen of the Damned Aaliyah, which was a sequel to Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) starring Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Antonio Banderas and Kirsten Dunst.

Stuart also had notable roles in the film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) with veteran Hollywood actor Sean Connery and series Shadows (2003), Chaos Theory (2008) with Ryan Reynolds and Sarah Chalke and Will & Grace in 2005 with Eric McCormack, Debra Messing and Megan Mullally. He also appeared in TV series like Nightstalker (2005-2006), Robot Chicken (2005-2011), Betrayal (2013-2014) and Salem (2015) since its 2nd season as the character of Dr. Samuel Wainwright. Stuart wrote and directed a film called Battle in Seattle2007 with Jennifer Carpenter and Woody Harrelson as well as Charlize Theron, Stuart’s girlfriend at the time.

Born name

Stuart Peter Townsend

nickname

Stu

Sun sign

Protect

Place of birth

Howth, County Dublin, Ireland

Residence

Costa Rica

nationality

training

Stuart attended the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, Ireland where he studied acting and made his first non-professional acting debut in 1993.

occupation

Actor, director, writer

family

• Father – Peter Townsend (professional golfer)
• Mother – Lorna née Hogan Townsend (Model) (Deceased 1994)
• Siblings – Dylan Townsend (Younger Brother), Chloe Townsend (Younger Sister)
• Others – Neville A. Townsend (Paternal Grandfather), Joan Edith Geeson (Paternal Grandmother), George Saward Geeson (Paternal Grandfather), Hannah Lydia Glidewell (Paternal Grandmother), Hugo Townsend (Younger Half-Sister), Ella Townsend (Younger Half-Sister)

Manager

Stuart Townsend is represented by –

• Innovative Artists (Talent Agent), Santa Monica, Kalifornien, USA
• Silver Lining Entertainment (II) (Manager), Beverly Hills, Kalifornien, USA
• Jonathan Arun Talent (Talent Agent), London, England, UK

Genre

Traditional

instruments

Life

labels

unknown

To build

Athletic

Height

5 feet 11 inches or 180.5 cm

weight

78 kg or 172 lbs

girlfriend/spouse

Stuart Townsend dated –

1. Parker Posey (1997-1998) – He dated American actress Parker Posey for about a year from 1997 to February 1998.
2. Charlize Theron (2001-2010) – His most prominent relationship was with a well-known South African Hollywood actress, Charlize Theron, which began in August 2001 and lasted until January 2010. Stuart and Charlize met on the set of the film Trapped in 2002 and later co-starred in Head in the Clouds (2004) as well. Although not officially married, the two considered each other husband and wife as they did not need any bureaucracy to do so. In January 2010, after returning to Mexico after just 2 days from what was originally a 10-day trip, the rumors began and later proved true – they called it layoffs.
3. Agatha Araya (2013-2018) – Stuart settled in Costa Rica in 2013 and took a break from acting. During this time he met Agatha and the two later had two children, daughter Ezra Townsend and son Desmond Townsend, as a result of their relationship. In late December 2018 or early January 2019, the couple separated for undisclosed reasons.

race/ethnicity

White

He is of Irish descent on his mother’s side and English descent on his father’s side.

hair colour

dark brown

eye color

hazel

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

• Often has stubble on his face
• hazel eyes
• Long hair
• muscle building

brand promotion

He hasn’t endorsed any brands yet.

Religion

Catholicism

Known for

• After portraying the role of Dorian Gray in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
• Starring as Lestat de Lioncourt in Queen of the Damned (2002)
• Writing and directing a film titled Battle in Seattle (2007)
• Starring as Buddy Endrow in Chaos Theory (2008)
• Prominent roles in TV series Treason (2013-2014), Elementary (2015) and Salem (2015)

As a singer

He performed a song titled O the Brickley Bush in the crime drama film Trojan Eddie in 1996.

first movie

Stuart Townsend made his big screen debut as Dermot in the 1995 film Trojan Eddie .

First TV show

Stuart Townsend made his TV show debut as himself on an episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn on April 7, 2004.

Personal trainer

Even though he didn’t reveal much about his exact workout routine, he always cared about his looks and physique. Stuart is a big fan of cardio and cardio exercises like CrossFit and hiking, and both help him stay in shape.

When it comes to his diet, he’s a fan of both worlds – both superfoods and raw food, ayahuasca brewing and food in general, but also treating with chocolate or truffles.

Stuart Townsend favorite things

• Interests – shamanism, mythology, photography, environment, conspiracy theories, creation myths
• Professions – technology, alternative media, geopolitics, economics
• Historical Civilizations – Babylon, Ancient Egypt, Atlantis
• Activity – crossfit, hiking, trekking, traveling, journaling
• Feste – Burning Man, Coachella
• Tennis player – Rafael Nadal
• Music – Electronic
• Place – Bordeaux, France
• People – James Turrell, Andy Goldsworthy, CJ Jung, Ice-T
• Quote – “Acting is great. You spend your whole life trying to get it right. “

Stuart Townsend facts

1. He had an uncredited appearance as Monican in On the Flux (2005) with Charlize Theron, his then-girlfriend.
2. He lived in Costa Rica for a number of years and is very passionate about the environment, such as the switch from plastic to hemp in industry and healthy, natural medicine from the Amazon, Peru. Stuart promotes the saving of other pristine places in the world as well as endangered species.
3. His father was a professional golfer who played Ryder Cups games in 1969 and 1971.
4. Stuart has had an interest in conspiracy theories for a long time. One of these was a so-called “10-year challenge” in January 2019, and whether it was a trick to teach AI for the perfect facial recognition, as well as the problems related to various NASA spacecraft missions in the past and whether this data were truthful.
5. He and his friends formed an amateur theater company in Dublin, Ireland with the aim of recreating scenes from The Magic Roundabout (1964) children’s television show. He played Ermintrude the Cow and later said it was a lot of fun.
6. Stuart was originally cast as Aragorn in the first film in a long line – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001). However, after a few days of shooting, he was replaced by Viggo Mortensen as they realized he was too young to play the role.
7. He became for the. Nominated IFTA Award for “Best Script for Film” in 2008 for Battle in Seattle (2007), which he directed and wrote the screenplay for.
8. He received a Gold Remi Award in 2013 in the Best Actor category for XIII: The Series (2011), where he played the characters XIII and Tesla until 2012.
9. Stuart was set to play Fandral in a film Thor (2011) starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Idris Elba and Kat Dennings but was replaced by Josh Dallas.
10. He had a notable appearance in a play entitled Orpheus Descending at the London Stage Theater alongside Helen Mirren.
11. Follow him on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.