Michael Wincott
Michael Wincott | |
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Born | Michael Anthony Claudio Wincott January 21, 1958 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Education | University of Toronto (BA) Juilliard School (GrDip) |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1976–present |
Family | Jeff Wincott (brother) |
Website | michaelwincott |
Michael Anthony Claudio Wincott (born January 21, 1958)[1][2] is a Canadian actor. His deep, raspy voice[2][3][4][5] has often led to his being cast in villainous roles.[3][4][6][7][8][9]
Some of his best-known roles include Guy of Gisborne in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991); Top Dollar, the main antagonist in The Crow (1994); music mogul Philo Gant in Strange Days (1995); mercenary Frank Elgyn in Alien: Resurrection (1997); and hacker Adrian Cross on the TV miniseries 24: Live Another Day (2014).[6][3][5][10]
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Early life and education
Wincott was born in Toronto and grew up in an east end suburb.[11][12] His father is English while his mother was from Piacenza, Italy.[12] Wincott also has two brothers,[12] one of whom is actor and martial artist Jeff Wincott, a star of the late 80s TV series Night Heat.[13]
In a 2014 interview with L'Uomo Vogue (the Italian edition of Men's Vogue) Wincott said he fell in love with cinema as a young child and took drama classes in High School.[12] He was educated at the Victoria University, a college of the University of Toronto then in 1982 he enrolled at the Juilliard School in New York City, graduating in 1986.[1][14] Wincott credited director Des McAnuff, as well as his father, with encouraging him to enroll at the prestigious acting school.[14]
Career
In 1976, Wincott starred in his first film, titled Earthbound, as Cole Buckley, a troubled teenager living in a small Saskatchewan town.[15][16][17] Actors Kate Reid and Gerard Parkes played his parents in the film.[15][16][17] The film aired on CBC-TV's Front Row Centre series in January 1977.[15][16][17]
In 1979 Wincott starred in the Canadian adventure drama film Wild Horse Hank alongside Linda Blair.[2] In 1981 he appeared in the Canadian drama film Circle of Two starring Richard Burton.[2] He also appeared on two episodes of the Canadian TV Series The Littlest Hobo in 1979 and 1981.[18]
After graduating from Juilliard, Wincott was cast in the 1987 film The Sicilian in the role of Corporal Silvestro Canio.[14] That same year he was also cast in the Eric Bogosian play Talk Radio as a stoned heavy metal fan named Kent.[1][14][19] The following year Wincott appeared in Oliver Stone's film based on the play.[1][11] In the 1980s he also appeared on such American TV series as Miami Vice, Crime Story and The Equalizer,[1][3] as well as Canadian police drama series Night Heat[18]—a series starring his brother Jeff.
Wincott's stage performances include the off-Broadway productions Road (1988) starring Joan Cusack and Kevin Bacon,[2][19] and the Sam Shepard play States of Shock (1991) starring John Malkovich.[2][20] He also appeared on Broadway starring in the play Serious Money (1988) alongside Kate Nelligan, Alec Baldwin and John Pankow,[1][2][21] as well as appearing in The Secret Rapture (1989) starring Blair Brown.[2][22]
Wincott again worked with Oliver Stone in 1989, appearing in the film Born on the Fourth of July as a bedridden Vietnam veteran,[11] then yet again in 1991 in the film The Doors where he played the role of Paul Rothchild, the producer of The Doors' first five albums.[1][6] In 1991 he also played the part of Guy of Gisborne in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, a henchman of the Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman) who is also the Sheriff's cousin in the film.[4][6]
In 1993 he appeared in the film Romeo Is Bleeding as Sal, a mafioso,[23] and also played the part of Rochefort in the Disney film The Three Musketeers starring Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen and Chris O'Donnell.[7] The following year Wincott starred as kingpin Top Dollar opposite Brandon Lee in The Crow.[6] In 1995 he appeared in Dead Man with Johnny Depp.[1] He played poet Rene Ricard in the 1996 biographical film Basquiat.[6] He also played the role of mercenary Frank Elgyn in the 1997 film Alien Resurrection.[1]
Wincott starred as a psychopathic kidnapper opposite Morgan Freeman in the 2001 film Along Came a Spider.[6][8] The following year he played Armand Dorleac, a sadistic prison warden in the 2002 film version of The Count of Monte Cristo starring Jim Caviezel.[24] In 2004 he played Julius Bicke, the brother of Samuel J. Bicke (played by Sean Penn) in The Assassination of Richard Nixon.[25] In 2006 Wincott appeared in the western film Seraphim Falls starring Pierce Brosnan and Liam Neeson.[26] He also appeared in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and What Just Happened in 2007 and 2008 respectively.[25]
In 2009 he starred in A Lonely Place for Dying as CIA project manager Anthony Greenglass.[27] In early 2012 he was cast as notorious serial killer Ed Gein in the biographical drama film Hitchcock.[5]
In 2014 Wincott played hacker Adrian Cross in the miniseries 24: Live Another Day.[28] The following year he starred in the Canadian western drama film Forsaken alongside Kiefer and Donald Sutherland.[29] In 2016 he also played the role of Old Bill in two episodes in season 1 of the science fiction western TV series Westworld.[30]
In 2017 he appeared in the MTG drama series Veni Vidi Vici.[3][31] The Swedish series stars Danish actor Thomas Bo Larsen and centers around the porn industry.[31] Wincott plays the part of Georgina, a transgender former porn director.[3] The show was selected as one of the top new European series at the MIPDrama Screenings held annually in Cannes.[31] The series was also streamed on Hulu in 2017.[31] Wincott starred in Jordan Peele's 2022 thriller, Nope, as Antlers Holst, a renowned cinematographer.[32] In preparation for the role, Wincott shadowed the film's director of photography, Hoyte van Hoytema.[32]
Wincott has also lent his voice to several characters in video games and animated features: In 2002 he provided the voice of Scroop, a malevolent spider/crab-like creature in the Disney animated film Treasure Planet;[2] he also provided the voice of Scroop in the accompanying Sony PlayStation video game of the same name.[18] In 2004 he provided the voice for the Prophet of Truth in the video game Halo 2.[33] He also provided the voice of Mr. Big in the 2005 re-launch of the video game Narc.[34] In 2012 he provided the voices for several video game characters: Jules Merit in the game Syndicate, Griffin in the interactive graphic novel Infex, and Death in the game Darksiders II.[18][33][35]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1979 | Title Shot | Robber | |
1980 | Nothing Personal | Peter | |
Wild Horse Hank | Charlie Connors | ||
1981 | Ticket to Heaven | Gerry | |
Circle of Two | Paul | ||
1983 | Curtains | Matthew | |
1987 | The Sicilian | Cpl. Silvestro Canio | |
1988 | Talk Radio | Kent/Michael/Joe | |
1989 | Suffering Bastards | Chazz | |
Bloodhounds of Broadway | Soupy Mike | ||
Born on the Fourth of July | Veteran | ||
1991 | The Doors | Paul A. Rothchild | |
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Guy of Gisbourne | ||
1992 | 1492: Conquest of Paradise | Adrián de Moxica | |
1993 | Romeo Is Bleeding | Sal | |
The Three Musketeers | Rochefort | ||
1994 | The Crow | Top Dollar | |
1995 | Dead Man | Conway Twill | |
Strange Days | Philo Gant | ||
Panther | Tynan | ||
1996 | Basquiat | Rene Ricard | |
Dead Girl | Mark in the Park | ||
1997 | Alien Resurrection | Captain Frank Elgyn | |
Metro | Michael Korda | ||
1998 | Gunshy | Frankie McGregor | |
1999 | Hidden Agenda | Larry Gleason | |
2000 | Before Night Falls | Herberto Zorilla Ochoa | |
2001 | Along Came a Spider | Gary Soneji | |
2002 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Armand Dorléac | |
Treasure Planet | Scroop | Voice | |
2004 | The Assassination of Richard Nixon | Julius Bicke | |
2006 | Seraphim Falls | Hayes | |
2007 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Fashion Photographer | |
2008 | What Just Happened | Jeremy Brunell | |
2009 | A Lonely Place for Dying | Anthony Greenglass | |
2012 | Hitchcock | Ed Gein | |
2013 | The Girl from Nagasaki | Goro | |
2014 | Grand Street | Reuben | |
2015 | Knight of Cups | Herb | |
Forsaken | Dave Turner | ||
2017 | Ghost in the Shell | Dr. Osmond | Uncredited |
2022 | Nope | Antlers Holst |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1976 | Earthbound | Cole Buckley | Television film directed by Mike Newell |
1979 | An American Christmas Carol | Choir Leader | Television film |
The Family Man | Charlie | Television film | |
1979–81 | The Littlest Hobo | Charlie, Jeff | 2 episodes |
1981 | Clown White | Peter | Television film |
1985 | Night Heat | Jack Tenelli | Episode: "Mother's Day" |
1987–88 | Crime Story | Bobby Meeker | 3 episodes |
1987–89 | The Equalizer | Jarrow, Jordan | 2 episodes |
1988 | Miami Vice | Wilson Cook | Episode: "Blood & Roses" |
1990 | The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story | Ulrich Weber | Television film |
1996 | Strangers | Arnaud | Episode: "Leave" |
2002 | The Red Phone: Manhunt | Hans Peter Van Eyck | Television film |
2014 | 24: Live Another Day | Adrian Cross | 8 episodes |
2016 | Westworld | Old Bill | 2 episodes |
2017 | Veni Vidi Vici | Georgina | series for Viaplay (Scandinavia) and Hulu (Australia and United States) |
Self
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1993 | The Making of The Three Musketeers | Himself | |
2001 | The Making of Along Came a Spider | Himself | |
2005 | Me and Graham: The Soundtrack of Our Lives | Himself | |
2007 | Behind the Scenes of Seraphim Falls | Himself | |
2014 | Jack is Back | Himself | The Making of Documentary |
2016 | The Making of Forsaken | Himself |
YouTube videos
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2013 | Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Frank Elgyn | Episode: Alien: Resurrection, Archive audio |
Short film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2008 | Sketches from Great Gull | Narrator | Voice |
2011 | The Iceman | Mr. Softee | Test Scene for The Iceman (2012) |
2011 | The Farewell | He |
Video shorts
- The Treasure Planet Read Along DVD (2003) - Scroop (voice)
Thanks
- The Iceman Movie (2012) - (special thanks)
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | Treasure Planet | Scroop | Voice |
2004 | Halo 2 | The Prophet of Truth | Voice |
2005 | Narc | Mr. Big[34] | Voice |
2012 | Infex | Griffin | Voice |
Syndicate | Jules Merit | Voice | |
Darksiders II | Death | Voice |
Theatre
- 1987 - Talk Radio - Kent
- 1988 - Serious Money - Grevett, Frosby, Jake Todd
- 1988 - Road - Eddy, DJ, Skin Lad
- 1989 - The Secret Rapture - Irwin Posner
- 1991 - State of Shock - Stubbs
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