Brian Downey

DOB: 1944-10-31

DOD: -

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.

Starred In

2007
Movie

Sybil

1997
Movie

Super Nova

2012
Movie

The Disappeared

2011
Movie

Whirligig

1997
Movie

Giga Shadow

1997
Movie

Eating Pattern

1989
Movie

George's Island

2013
Movie

Copperhead

1992
Movie

Secret Nation

2017
Movie

The Healer

2007
Movie

Just Buried

2002
Movie

Little Dickie

2007
Movie

Snow Angels

2007
Movie

The Conclave

1997
Tv

Lexx

1996
Tv

Millennium

1997
Tv

Lexx

2010
Tv

Haven

1996
Tv

Millennium