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.
The Healer
as HenryThe film follows a man with an unwanted gift for healing who meets a teenager with cancer who...
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Beethoven's Treasure Tail
as Norman the MagicianAfter everyone's favorite St. Bernard gets fired from a movie, Beethoven begins the long journey...
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Snow Angels
as Frank MarchandWaitress Annie has separated from her suicidal alcoholic husband, Glenn. Glenn has become an...
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A vigilante homeless man pulls into a new city and finds himself trapped in urban chaos, a city...
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The Conclave
as Cardinal Juan De MellaIn 1458, five years after the fall of Constantinople to the Turk, eighteen cardinals meet to...
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Sybil
as WillardA true story of a young woman whose abusive childhood results in her developing a multiple...
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Lizzie Borden Took an Ax
as Jury ForemanLizzie Borden Took An Ax chronicles the scandal and enduring mystery surrounding Lizzie Borden,...
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Just Buried
as PicklesA young man inherits a nearly bankrupt funeral home from his estranged father. He falls in love...
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The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood
as Fred Bonia-CoombsFaustus is a clerk in St. John's at the Newfoundland Department of Education. He dreams of...
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Copperhead
as Preacher TaggartA family is torn apart during the American Civil War. Abner Beech (Billy Campbell), a righteous...
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I Worship His Shadow
as Stanley TweedleFugitive security guard Stanley Tweedle, love slave Zev Bellringer, and love slave robot head...
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George's Island
as Mr. BeaneAfter telling his class about the ghost of Captain Kidd and his buried treasure on George’s...
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Norman's Awesome Experience
as Dr. NobbelmeyerThrough the experiment of a crazy scientist, his colleague Norman, model Erica and her...
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Gary Moore & Friends: One Night in Dublin
as drumsOn August 19th, 2005, on what would have been the eve of his 56th birthday, a statue of Phil...
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The Disappeared
as Captain GeraldSix men. Two dories. The fight of their lives. Starring Billy Campbell, Shawn Doyle, Brian...
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Super Nova
as Stanley TweedleAs things settle down on the Lexx, the crew realizes Kai needs a constant supply of proto-blood...
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Whirligig
as AlFloundering twenty-something Nicolas Sinclair attempts to win the heart of a married woman by...
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The Story of Faustus Bidgood
as archive footageThis is the story of The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood, a surreal comedy about a lowly bureaucrat...
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Eating Pattern
as Stanley H. TweedleOut of energy, the Lexx is forced to land on a planet to replenish its energy supply. Zev and...
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Giga Shadow
as Stanley H. TweedleTo resupply the protoblood that sustains Kai's life, the crew of the Lexx travel back to the...
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Little Dickie
as BartenderA woman enters a bar and asks for a bit of conversation, but what she gets in return is a bunch...
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Secret Nation
as Chares MaddoxA graduate history student returns to her native Newfoundland, searching for proof of a...
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Millennium
as uncreditedA retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground...
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Millennium
as Mr. DeanA retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground...
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Haven
as Sal FortunaFBI agent Audrey Parker arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine to solve a murder and soon...
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Lexx
as Stanley H. TweedleA Time Prophet predicted that Kai would be the one to destroy the divine order in the league of...
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Lexx
as Brud ParsnipA Time Prophet predicted that Kai would be the one to destroy the divine order in the league of...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Cee JayHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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