Brian Downey

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.

  • Title: Brian Downey
  • Popularity: 1.757
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1944-10-31
  • Place of Birth: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
  • Homepage: http://www.briandowney.biz/
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Brian Downey Movies

  • 2007
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    Sybil

    Sybil

    6.5 2007 HD

    A true story of a young woman whose abusive childhood results in her developing a multiple personality disorder.

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  • 2006
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    Gary Moore & Friends: One Night in Dublin

    Gary Moore & Friends: One Night in Dublin

    7 2006 HD

    On August 19th, 2005, on what would have been the eve of his 56th birthday, a statue of Phil Lynott was unveiled in Dublin’s Grafton Street by...

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  • 2011
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    Hobo with a Shotgun

    Hobo with a Shotgun

    5.9 2011 HD

    A vigilante homeless man pulls into a new city and finds himself trapped in urban chaos, a city where crime rules and where the city's crime boss...

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  • 1997
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    Super Nova

    Super Nova

    4.5 1997 HD

    As things settle down on the Lexx, the crew realizes Kai needs a constant supply of proto-blood to continue to function in the real world. Stanley...

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  • 1996
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    I Worship His Shadow

    I Worship His Shadow

    7.6 1996 HD

    Fugitive security guard Stanley Tweedle, love slave Zev Bellringer, and love slave robot head 790 are thrown together by fate and on the run from His...

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  • 2012
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    The Disappeared

    The Disappeared

    5.5 2012 HD

    Six men. Two dories. The fight of their lives. Starring Billy Campbell, Shawn Doyle, Brian Downey. Directed by Shandi Mitchell. Filmed in Nova...

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  • 2011
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    Whirligig

    Whirligig

    1 2011 HD

    Floundering twenty-something Nicolas Sinclair attempts to win the heart of a married woman by befriending her 12-year-old son in this independent...

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  • 1997
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    Giga Shadow

    Giga Shadow

    7 1997 HD

    To resupply the protoblood that sustains Kai's life, the crew of the Lexx travel back to the Cluster but find the planet deserted. The population was...

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  • 1997
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    Eating Pattern

    Eating Pattern

    7 1997 HD

    Out of energy, the Lexx is forced to land on a planet to replenish its energy supply. Zev and Stan bury the apparently dead Kai, before they discover...

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  • 1986
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    The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood

    The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood

    8.5 1986 HD

    Faustus is a clerk in St. John's at the Newfoundland Department of Education. He dreams of becoming ruler of Newfoundland and seceding from Canada....

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  • 1989
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    George's Island

    George's Island

    6.5 1989 HD

    After telling his class about the ghost of Captain Kidd and his buried treasure on George’s Island, George is placed in a foster home. George...

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  • 1989
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    Norman's Awesome Experience

    Norman's Awesome Experience

    3.2 1989 HD

    Through the experiment of a crazy scientist, his colleague Norman, model Erica and her photographer are sent back in time to the Romans. They arrive...

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  • 2014
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    Beethoven's Treasure Tail

    Beethoven's Treasure Tail

    5.8 2014 HD

    After everyone's favorite St. Bernard gets fired from a movie, Beethoven begins the long journey home with his trainer, Eddie. On their way, they...

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  • 2013
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    Copperhead

    Copperhead

    5.262 2013 HD

    A family is torn apart during the American Civil War. Abner Beech (Billy Campbell), a righteous farmer from upstate New York, exercises his right to...

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  • 2023
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    The Story of Faustus Bidgood

    The Story of Faustus Bidgood

    1 2023 HD

    This is the story of The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood, a surreal comedy about a lowly bureaucrat and his fantasies of becoming president of an...

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  • 2014
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    Lizzie Borden Took an Ax

    Lizzie Borden Took an Ax

    5.8 2014 HD

    Lizzie Borden Took An Ax chronicles the scandal and enduring mystery surrounding Lizzie Borden, who was tried in 1892 for axing her parents to death....

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  • 1992
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    Secret Nation

    Secret Nation

    5.2 1992 HD

    A graduate history student returns to her native Newfoundland, searching for proof of a conspiracy surrounding the referendum that saw Newfoundland...

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  • 2017
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    The Healer

    The Healer

    7.16 2017 HD

    The film follows a man with an unwanted gift for healing who meets a teenager with cancer who helps him to find himself.

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  • 2007
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    Just Buried

    Just Buried

    5.9 2007 HD

    A young man inherits a nearly bankrupt funeral home from his estranged father. He falls in love with the alluring young mortician, only to find out...

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  • 2002
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    Little Dickie

    Little Dickie

    1 2002 HD

    A woman enters a bar and asks for a bit of conversation, but what she gets in return is a bunch of bad pickup lines sung to her by a cowboy and the...

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  • 2007
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    Snow Angels

    Snow Angels

    6.4 2007 HD

    Waitress Annie has separated from her suicidal alcoholic husband, Glenn. Glenn has become an evangelical Christian, but his erratic attempts at...

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  • 1997
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    Lexx

    Lexx

    7 1997 HD

    A Time Prophet predicted that Kai would be the one to destroy the divine order in the league of the 20,000 planets, someday that will happen, but not...

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  • 1996
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    Millennium

    Millennium

    7.6 1996 HD

    A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against...

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  • 1951
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.8 1951 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

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  • 1997
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    Lexx

    Lexx

    7 1997 HD

    A Time Prophet predicted that Kai would be the one to destroy the divine order in the league of the 20,000 planets, someday that will happen, but not...

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  • 2010
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    Haven

    Haven

    7.542 2010 HD

    FBI agent Audrey Parker arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine to solve a murder and soon discovers the town's many secrets—which also hold...

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  • 1996
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    Millennium

    Millennium

    7.6 1996 HD

    A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against...

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