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Stuart Townsend
15 December 1972
Stuart Townsend played in 8 and created 1 movies in the Drama, Crime, Thriller, Horror, Music, Fantasy, Action, Sci-Fi, Music, Romance, War, Comedy genres.
Stuart Townsend got succeed with average imdb rating 12.8.
Studied drama at the Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin, Ireland.
Was originally cast as "Aragorn" in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), but was replaced by Viggo Mortensen after four days of shooting because they realized he was too young for the role.
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
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.
Shares birthday with Geoff Stults and Don Johnson.
Has made three movies with his fianc?e Charlize Theron: Trapped (2002), Head in the Clouds (2004) and Æon Flux (2005). He had an uncredited non-speaking opening scene with her in Æon Flux (2005). They met on the set of Trapped (2002).
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