Stuart Townsend, Irish actor
Stuart Townsend (born 15 December 1972) is an Irish actor and director. He portrayed Lestat de Lioncourt in the film adaptation of Anne Rice's Queen of the Damned (2002), and Dorian Gray in Alan Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003). In 2007, he made his directorial debut with Battle in Seattle. Townsend co-stars with Mena Suvari in the 2021 drama Grace and Grit, which is based on the true story by Ken Wilber, won four awards at the L.A. Film Festival and was acquired by Quiver Distribution.