Kenneth Welsh
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.
196 acting credits
Acting · 196
Law & Order
1990
The Blacklist
2013
Smallville
2001
The X-Files
1993
The Expanse
2015
Twin Peaks
1990
The Practice
1997
Stargate Atlantis
2004
Great Performances
1971
Star Trek: Discovery
2017
The Guardian
2001
The Twilight Zone
1985
Due South
1994
Haven
2010
The Outer Limits
1995
The Listener
2009
This Is Wonderland
2004
ReGenesis
2004
Human Target
2010
The Hunger
1997
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
Legends of the Fall
1994
Lodge 49
2018
Witchblade
2001
Soul Food
2000
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2007
The Aviator
2004
XIII: The Series
2011
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005
Bionic Woman
2007
Dead Man's Gun
1997
Tilt
2005
Four Brothers
2005
The Covenant
2006
Twitch City
1998
For the Record
1976
Crocodile Dundee II
1988
Timecop
1994
The Fog
2005
Absolute Power
1997
The Murder of Mary Phagan
1988
Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension
1998
The Void
2016
Heartburn
1986
Death Wish V: The Face of Death
1994
Miracle
2004
The Last Templar
2009
Love, Lies and Murder
1991
Cruel Doubt
1992
H2O
2004
The Freshman
1990
Falling in Love
1984
The Trojan Horse
2008
Silk
2007
Perfect
1985
The Art of the Steal
2013
The Third Twin
1997
Radio Days
1987
Above and Beyond
2006
Hideaway
1995
PG: Psycho Goreman
2020
Hiroshima
1995
Survival of the Dead
2010
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
2007
Karol: A Man Who Became Pope
2005
Undercover Grandpa
2017
Another Woman
1988
The House on Carroll Street
1988
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
2008
Haven
2001
Phobia
1980
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
1998
Grey Gardens
2009
The Wrong Guy
1997
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
1992
Dead Silence
1997
Of Unknown Origin
1983
Vendetta
1999
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1998
Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story
1995
The January Man
1989
Dieppe
1993
The Best Laid Plans
2014
Awakening the Zodiac
2017
Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story
1993
Rewind
2013
G-Saviour
1999
Our Fathers
2005
Physical Evidence
1989
Sherlock Holmes
2000
Habitat
1997
Karol: A Man Who Became Pope
2005
Eloise at the Plaza
2003
Hiroshima
1995
F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980
Chicanery
2017
Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way
1997
A Nutcracker Christmas
2016
Eloise at Christmastime
2003
Love & Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher
1989
Sanctuary
2001
Cottage Country
2013
The Last Best Year
1990
Champagne Charlie
1989
The Pentagon Papers
2003
The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire
2002
The Middle Man
2021
Escape Clause
1996
Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story
1993
Covergirl
1984
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
1992
The Story of Luke
2013
Kissinger and Nixon
1995
Riel
1979
Piaf
1984
Adrift
1993
Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
2000
One Way
2006
The Good Fight
1992
Straight Line
1989
Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story
1998
Wet Bum
2014
Adoration
2009
Cold Blooded
2000
Christmas on Division Street
1991
Another Woman
1994
Hot Money
1983
The Conspiracy of Fear
1996
Focus
2001
Getting Gotti
1994
And Then There Was One
1994
Liberace: Behind the Music
1988
Witchblade
2000
The Murdoch Mysteries: Under the Dragon's Tail
2005
Loose Ends
1986
A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride
2008
Double Negative
1980
The Riverbank
2012
Ice Bound
2003
Bailey's Billion$
2005
Portraits of a Killer
1996
The Man Who Saved Christmas
2002
And Then You Die
1987
Thunder Point
1998
The Day Reagan Was Shot
2001
Piaf
1974
The Hound of the Baskervilles
2000
Empire, Inc.
1983
Vanished
1995
Bonds of Love
1993
Deliberate Intent
2000
The Royal Scandal
2001
Whale Music
1994
Afterwards
2025
Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher
2002
Murder in Black and White
1990
Rowing Through
1996
Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story
1992
Love Come Down
2000
The Sign of Four
2001
Murder Times Seven
1990
And the Birds Rained Down
2019
Midnight at the Paradise
2022
Campton Manor
2024
Mind Prey
1999
Boozecan
1994
A Stranger Waits
1987
Margaret's Museum
1995
The Climb
1986
Murder Sees the Light
1986
Dead Husbands
1998
Loyalties
1987
Dancing in the Dark
1995
The Widowmaker
1990
The War Boy
1985
Hamlet {Solo}
2007
Love and Murder
2000
The Big Slice
1991
Grand Larceny
1991
Perfectly Normal
1991
The Wild Guys
2004
The School for Scandal
1975
Lost!
1986
The Snow Queen
2005
Christmas in America
1989
Turning April
1996
The Great Dinosaur Hunt
1993
The Ballad of Immortal Joe
2015
Bye Bye Love
1993
Reno and the Doc
1984
Gary Carter Visits Japan
1983
Edison : The Wizard of Light
1998
Dick Francis: Blood Sport
1989
No More Hibakusha!
1983
Tell Me That You Love Me
1983