Editing Stuart Townsend (section)

{{Short description|Irish actor}}
{{for|the English rugby union player|Stu Townsend}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=February 2017}}
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| image            = StuartTownsend07TIFF.jpg
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| caption          = Townsend at the Beverly Hills special screening of ''Battle in Seattle'' on 22 September 2008.
| name             = Stuart Townsend
| birth_name       =
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1972|12|15}}
| birth_place      = [[Howth]], [[County Dublin]], Ireland
| nationality      =
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| occupation       = Actor
| years_active     = 1993&ndash;present
| partner          = [[Charlize Theron]] (2001–2009)
| children         = 2
| father           = [[Peter Townsend (golfer)|Peter Townsend]]
| relatives        = [[Hugo Townsend]] (half-brother)
}}
'''Stuart Townsend''' (born 15 December 1972) is an Irish actor. He portrayed [[Lestat de Lioncourt]] in the [[film adaptation]] of [[Anne Rice]]'s ''[[Queen of the Damned]]'' (2002), and [[Dorian Gray (character)|Dorian Gray]] in [[Alan Moore]]'s ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' (2003). In 2007, he directed the film ''[[Battle in Seattle]]''.