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Mini Bio (1)

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.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Kim Hannigan

Trivia (13)

Studied drama at the Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin, Ireland.



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 Townsend



Before fame, Stuart and his friends formed a theatre group in Dublin, Ireland where they re-enacted scenes from the kids' show Le manège enchanté (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.





Split with Charlize Theron in January 2010 after 9 years together.

Was originally cast as Aragorn in the Lord of The Rings trilogy, but was replaced by Viggo Mortensen three days into shooting.



Has 2 children, Desmond and Ezra Townsend, with long time partner Agatha Araya. The two have been together since 2013 and resides in Costa Rica.



Personal Quotes (4)



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)).

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.

