Kenneth Welsh

Kenneth Welsh

Date of Birth:

Mar 30, 1942

Place of Birth:

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Kenneth Welsh, CM (March 30, 1942- May 5, 2022) was a Canadian film and television actor (sometimes credited as Ken Welsh). He was known to Twin Peaks fans as the multi-faceted villain Windom Earle, and had more recently played the father of Katharine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett) in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator. In 1984 he was nominated for a Genie Award as Best Actor for his portrayal of Reno Colt in the film "Reno and the Doc", written and directed by Charles Dennis. In 1997 Welsh directed Dennis in the latter's play "SoHo Duo" at the West Bank Theatre in New York City. Welsh was born in Edmonton, Alberta to a father who worked for the Canadian National Railway. He grew up in Alberta and studied drama at school. He later moved to Montreal and attended the National Theatre School. Following graduation, he auditioned for the Stratford Festival in Ontario and then spent the first seven years of his career on stage. Welsh has portrayed historical figures including Thomas E. Dewey, Colin Thatcher, Harry S. Truman (twice), Thomas Edison, James "Scotty" Reston, General Harry Crerar and James Baker. He has made guest appearances on the acclaimed TV series Due South and Slings and Arrows. In 2003, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. His role as the Vice-President of the United States in the 2004 environmental disaster film The Day After Tomorrow sparked some controversy due to his physical resemblance to Dick Cheney, who at the time was the real Vice President. Director Roland Emmerich later confirmed that he deliberately chose Welsh for that very reason. Emmerich stated that the character of the Vice-President in the film was intended to be a not-so-subtle criticism of the environmental policies of the Presidency of George W. Bush. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenneth Welsh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

filmography:

Boozecan Boozecan

1994

Covergirl Covergirl

1984

Vendetta Vendetta

1999

Lost! Lost!

1986

The Void The Void

2016

The Climb The Climb

1986

Sanctuary Sanctuary

2001

G-Saviour G-Saviour

1999

Mind Prey Mind Prey

1999

Rewind Rewind

2013

Focus Focus

2001

Hot Money Hot Money

1983

Haven Haven

2001

Perfect Perfect

1985

Radio Days Radio Days

1987

Heartburn Heartburn

1986

Dieppe Dieppe

1993

Phobia Phobia

1980

Piaf Piaf

1974

Habitat Habitat

1997

Silk Silk

2007

Timecop Timecop

1994

One Way One Way

2006

The Fog The Fog

2005

Witchblade Witchblade

2000

Adoration Adoration

2009

Miracle Miracle

2004

Hideaway Hideaway

1995

Chicanery Chicanery

2017

Loyalties Loyalties

1987

Piaf Piaf

1984

Wet Bum Wet Bum

2014

Adrift Adrift

1993

Hiroshima Hiroshima

1995

Loose Ends Loose Ends

1986

Afterwards Afterwards

2024

Vanished Vanished

1995

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