Brian Downey

Brian Downey

Birthday: 1944-10-31

Place of birth: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0235978

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Brian Downey (born 31 October 1944 in Newfoundland, Canada) is a Canadian actor perhaps best-known for his portrayal of Stanley Tweedle, in the science-fiction television series Lexx. Downey is a character actor who has appeared in various films and guest starring roles on TV, including a recurring role on Millennium. His first film role was in a 1986 Andy Jones film called The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood, which features the entire cast of CODCO. Downey has enjoyed a long professional relationship with Lexx creator Paul Donovan, dating back at least to 1988, when Donovan cast Downey in the time travel adventure film, Norman's Awesome Experience. Downey appeared as Cardinal Juan de Mella in Donovan's upcoming medieval TV thriller, The Conclave. Downey has also worked with Jessica Lange, JoBeth Williams, Sam Rockwell, and directors such as Joe Sargent. He won the 2010 only acting award at the 2010 Atlantic Film Festival for his role in "Whirligig", directed by Chaz Thorne, with whom he has worked on 2 previous features. He played the evil gang leader "The Drake", who runs the town in the feature film, Hobo with a Shotgun, starring Rutger Hauer and directed by Jason Eisener. Downey is also a musician and writer. Before being recruited as an actor, he spent many years as a musician, as a bass player, guitarist, and blues harmonica player. He has been a writer for many stage plays, and has led many script writing workshops. His first full length stage play, "Peter's Other War", was produced during the summer of 2009. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Downey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Played in movies:

The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood

Score: 8.5

I Worship His Shadow

Score: 7.6

The Healer

Score: 7.2

Giga Shadow

Score: 7.0

Eating Pattern

Score: 7.0

Gary Moore & Friends: One Night in Dublin

Score: 6.9

George's Island

Score: 6.5

Sybil

Score: 6.5

Snow Angels

Score: 6.4

The Conclave

Score: 6.2

Candles on Bay Street

Score: 6.1

Just Buried

Score: 5.9

Hobo with a Shotgun

Score: 5.9

Lizzie Borden Took an Ax

Score: 5.8

Beethoven's Treasure Tail

Score: 5.7

The Disappeared

Score: 5.5

Secret Nation

Score: 5.2

Copperhead

Score: 5.0

Super Nova

Score: 4.5

Norman's Awesome Experience

Score: 3.2

Little Dickie

Score: 0.0

The Story of Faustus Bidgood

Score: 0.0

Whirligig

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Score: 8.6

Millennium

Score: 7.7

Millennium

Score: 7.7

Haven

Score: 7.6

Lexx

Score: 7.1

Lexx

Score: 7.1