Brian Downey

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, 1944-10-31

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1986	The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood	Fred Bonia-Coombs	85
2	1989	George's Island	Mr. Beane	65
3	1989	Norman's Awesome Experience	Dr. Nobbelmeyer	32
4	1992	Secret Nation	Chares Maddox	52
5	1996	I Worship His Shadow	Stanley Tweedle	76
6	1997	Super Nova	Stanley Tweedle	45
7	1997	Eating Pattern	Stanley H. Tweedle	70
8	1997	Giga Shadow	Stanley H. Tweedle	70
9	2002	Little Dickie	Bartender	0
10	2006	Gary Moore & Friends: One Night in Dublin	drums	69
11	2006	Candles on Bay Street	Cee Jay	61
12	2007	The Conclave	Cardinal Juan De Mella	62
13	2007	Snow Angels	Frank Marchand	64
14	2007	Sybil	Willard	65
15	2007	Just Buried	Pickles	59
16	2011	Hobo with a Shotgun	The Drake	59
17	2011	Whirligig	Al	0
18	2012	The Disappeared	Captain Gerald	55
19	2013	Copperhead	Preacher Taggart	50
20	2014	Lizzie Borden Took an Ax	Jury Foreman	58
21	2014	Beethoven's Treasure Tail	Norman the Magician	57
22	2017	The Healer	Henry	72
23	2023	The Story of Faustus Bidgood	archive footage	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Cee Jay	86
2	1996	Millennium		77
3	1996	Millennium	Mr. Dean	77
4	1997	Lexx	Stanley H. Tweedle	71
5	1997	Lexx	Brud Parsnip	71
6	2010	Haven	Sal Fortuna	76

Brian Downey

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Television