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He has a tribal tattoo.
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He loves to play the guitar.
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Stuart was a boxer while in acting school.
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Stuart has been with his girlfriend, actress
Charlize Theron, for four years.
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There is a fairly large age gap between Stuart and his siblings. His brother, Dylan, is 13 years younger than him and his sister, Chloe, is 15 years younger.
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Stuart was ranked number 7 in Star magazine as to "Who's Got the Sexiest Man in Hollywood" with Charlize Theron being voted as to having the 7'th sexiest man in Hollywood of 2006.
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Stuart actually appeared in the movie Aeon Flux, however, he was uncredited.
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Despite getting a critical slating from Film reviewers, Queen Of The Damned was number one in the US charts for some time, and has been one of Stuart's greatest career achievements.
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Stuart was one of the top ten downloaded people in the world.
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Stuart's star sign is Sagittarius.
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His father remarried in 1997. Stuart's stepmother is Sofia, whom entered the family after Lorna (his birth mother) died.
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His mother died in 1994.
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Stuart has 2 brothers and a sister, called Dylan, Hugo and Chloe.
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Stuart has brown hair.
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Before fame, Stuart and his friends formed a theatre group in Dublin, Ireland where they re-enacted scenes from the kids' show "Manège enchanté, Le" (1964) (The Magic Roundabout). Stuart played Ermintrude the Cow.
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He is the son of Peter and Lorna Townsend.
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America began to take notice of Stuart's talents when he appeared in two films featured in the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.
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His first noticeable role was in ''Trojan Eddie'' where his performance attracted a London agent and he began appearing in n numerous stage and film productions in England and Ireland.
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Stuart is 5' 11" (1.80 m).
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Stuart has been a movie fanatic since he was just a small child.
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ABC pulled the plug on Stuart's show
Night Stalker after just six episodes.
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Stuart's father Peter is a professional golfer.
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Stuart attended the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, as did another famous Irish actor,
Colin Farrell.
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Stuart was born in Ireland and was raised Catholic.
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Stuart is engaged to Academy Award winning actress
Charlize Theron. They currently reside in Los Angeles.
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Stuart gained much recognition after he played "Lestat" in the movie Queen of the Damned.
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Stuart was cast to play Aragorn in
The Lord Of The Rings trilogy but was thought to be too young after shooting a few scenes. They brought in
Viggo Mortensen to replace him.