Kenneth Welsh

Kenneth Welsh

Birthday: 1942-03-30

Deathday: 2022-05-05

Place of birth: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Also known as: Ken Welsh , Ken Walsh, Kenneth Walsh

imdb_id: nm0920564

Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

Piaf

Score: 8.0

Hiroshima

Score: 8.0

Kissinger and Nixon

Score: 7.9

The Conspiracy of Fear

Score: 7.5

Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks

Score: 7.4

Legends of the Fall

Score: 7.4

The Aviator

Score: 7.2

Karol: A Man Who Became Pope

Score: 7.1

And the Birds Rained Down

Score: 7.1

Miracle

Score: 7.1

Radio Days

Score: 7.0

A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story

Score: 7.0

Love & Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher

Score: 7.0

The Great Dinosaur Hunt

Score: 7.0

The Last Best Year

Score: 7.0

The Wrong Guy

Score: 6.9

The Story of Luke

Score: 6.9

Grey Gardens

Score: 6.9

Four Brothers

Score: 6.8

Haven

Score: 6.8

Another Woman

Score: 6.8

Wet Bum

Score: 6.7

Falling in Love

Score: 6.7

Absolute Power

Score: 6.6

Perfectly Normal

Score: 6.6

Margaret's Museum

Score: 6.6

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Score: 6.6

The Day After Tomorrow

Score: 6.5

A Nutcracker Christmas

Score: 6.5

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl

Score: 6.5

Focus

Score: 6.4

The Day Reagan Was Shot

Score: 6.4

Our Fathers

Score: 6.4

Eloise at Christmastime

Score: 6.4

The Freshman

Score: 6.3

Christmas on Division Street

Score: 6.2

The Art of the Steal

Score: 6.2

Whale Music

Score: 6.2

The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire

Score: 6.2

Eloise at the Plaza

Score: 6.1

Category 7: The End of the World

Score: 6.1

The Void

Score: 6.0

Grand Larceny

Score: 6.0

Riel

Score: 6.0

Mind Prey

Score: 6.0

The Middle Man

Score: 6.0

Lost!

Score: 6.0

Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story

Score: 6.0

Adrift

Score: 6.0

And Then You Die

Score: 6.0

Midnight at the Paradise

Score: 6.0

Dancing In The Dark

Score: 6.0

Chicanery

Score: 6.0

Timecop

Score: 6.0

Heartburn

Score: 6.0

PG: Psycho Goreman

Score: 6.0

The Man Who Saved Christmas

Score: 5.9

The House on Carroll Street

Score: 5.9

Dead Silence

Score: 5.9

Adoration

Score: 5.9

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Score: 5.9

Crocodile Dundee II

Score: 5.8

Bailey's Billion$

Score: 5.8

Vendetta

Score: 5.8

The Pentagon Papers

Score: 5.8

F.D.R.: The Last Year

Score: 5.8

Of Unknown Origin

Score: 5.8

Silk

Score: 5.8

Rewind

Score: 5.7

The War Boy

Score: 5.7

A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride

Score: 5.7

The Sign of Four

Score: 5.7

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Score: 5.6

Perfect

Score: 5.6

Undercover Grandpa

Score: 5.6

The Royal Scandal

Score: 5.6

Death Wish V: The Face of Death

Score: 5.6

The Covenant

Score: 5.6

Campton Manor

Score: 5.5

Who Killed Atlanta's Children?

Score: 5.5

One Way

Score: 5.5

Witchblade

Score: 5.4

Cottage Country

Score: 5.3

Bonds of Love

Score: 5.3

Awakening the Zodiac

Score: 5.2

Love Come Down

Score: 5.2

The Snow Queen

Score: 5.2

Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster

Score: 5.2

Hideaway

Score: 5.2

Physical Evidence

Score: 5.1

Harlequin: Another Woman

Score: 5.1

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Score: 5.1

Vanished

Score: 5.1

A Stranger Waits

Score: 5.0

Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way

Score: 5.0

Boozecan

Score: 5.0

Love and Murder

Score: 5.0

Reno and the Doc

Score: 5.0

Loyalties

Score: 5.0

Habitat

Score: 4.9

Survival of the Dead

Score: 4.9

The January Man

Score: 4.9

Dead Husbands

Score: 4.8

Getting Gotti

Score: 4.6

G-Saviour

Score: 4.6

Escape Clause

Score: 4.6

And Then There Was One

Score: 4.6

The Fog

Score: 4.6

Thunder Point

Score: 4.5

Deliberate Intent

Score: 4.5

Phobia

Score: 4.4

Cold Blooded

Score: 4.3

Liberace: Behind the Music

Score: 4.3

The Riverbank

Score: 4.2

The Wild Guys

Score: 4.0

Bye Bye Love

Score: 4.0

Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story

Score: 4.0

Covergirl

Score: 4.0

Thanks of a Grateful Nation

Score: 4.0

Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher

Score: 4.0

The Big Slice

Score: 3.7

The Good Fight

Score: 3.5

Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story

Score: 3.5

Rowing Through

Score: 3.5

Sanctuary

Score: 3.3

Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story

Score: 3.2

Double Negative

Score: 3.2

Champagne Charlie

Score: 3.0

Loose Ends

Score: 3.0

Straight Line

Score: 2.8

Portraits of a Killer

Score: 2.3

Hot Money

Score: 2.0

Tell Me That You Love Me

Score: 1.0

Turning April

Score: 0.0

Hamlet {Solo}

Score: 0.0

Murder in Black and White

Score: 0.0

Murder Times Seven

Score: 0.0

Gary Carter Visits Japan

Score: 0.0

No More Hibakusha!

Score: 0.0

Murder Sees the Light

Score: 0.0

Dieppe

Score: 0.0

The Murdoch Mysteries: Under the Dragon's Tail

Score: 0.0

The School for Scandal

Score: 0.0

The Climb

Score: 0.0

The Widowmaker

Score: 0.0

The Ballad of Immortal Joe

Score: 0.0

Christmas in America

Score: 0.0

Piaf

Score: 0.0

Above and Beyond

Score: 0.0

Afterwards

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

This Is Wonderland

Score: 9.0

H2O

Score: 9.0

Twitch City

Score: 8.4

The X-Files

Score: 8.4

Twin Peaks

Score: 8.3

Smallville

Score: 8.2

The Expanse

Score: 8.1

Stargate Atlantis

Score: 8.0

Hiroshima

Score: 8.0

The Twilight Zone

Score: 7.7

The Outer Limits

Score: 7.7

The Practice

Score: 7.7

The Blacklist

Score: 7.6

Due South

Score: 7.5

Due South

Score: 7.5

Haven

Score: 7.5

ReGenesis

Score: 7.4

Law & Order

Score: 7.4

Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension

Score: 7.3

Tilt

Score: 7.2

Human Target

Score: 7.2

Star Trek: Discovery

Score: 7.0

Star Trek: Discovery

Score: 7.0

Witchblade

Score: 7.0

Soul Food

Score: 7.0

The Listener

Score: 6.8

The Guardian

Score: 6.8

The Ray Bradbury Theater

Score: 6.8

The Ray Bradbury Theater

Score: 6.8

Lodge 49

Score: 6.6

The Best Laid Plans

Score: 6.5

Bionic Woman

Score: 6.3

XIII: The Series

Score: 6.3

Above and Beyond

Score: 6.0

Karol: A Man Who Became Pope

Score: 6.0

The Hunger

Score: 6.0

The Murder of Mary Phagan

Score: 5.8

Great Performances

Score: 5.5

The Last Templar

Score: 5.3

The Third Twin

Score: 5.1

Dead Man's Gun

Score: 4.7

Cruel Doubt

Score: 4.4

The Trojan Horse

Score: 4.0

Empire, Inc.

Score: 0.0

For The Record

Score: 0.0

For The Record

Score: 0.0

For The Record

Score: 0.0

Sherlock Holmes

Score: 0.0