Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 30, 1942
Died
May 05, 2022
Place of Birth
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Credits
198 titles
Kenneth Welsh
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.
Known For
Filmography
Afterwards
Garen
Campton Manor
Lawrence
Midnight at the Paradise
Max
The Middle Man
Mr. Miller
PG: Psycho Goreman
Narrator & Judicator (voice)
And the Birds Rained Down
Boychuck
Lodge 49
Star Trek: Discovery
Senna Tal (voice)
Undercover Grandpa
Harry
Awakening the Zodiac
Ben
Chicanery
Pringle Hewitt
A Nutcracker Christmas
Dimitri
The Void
Dr. Richard Powell
The Expanse
Franklin Degraaf
The Ballad of Immortal Joe
Wet Bum
Ed
The Best Laid Plans
Angus McLintock
The Blacklist
Werner von Hauser
The Art of the Steal
'Uncle' Paddy MacCarthy
Rewind
President
The Story of Luke
Jonas
Cottage Country
Earl
The Riverbank
Joe Mason
XIII: The Series
Dr. Westlund
Haven
Cole Glendower
Survival of the Dead
Patrick O'Flynn
Human Target
Tony Belvilacqua
Grey Gardens
Max Gordon
The Listener
Albert Jacoby
Adoration
Morris
The Last Templar
Bill Vance
A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride
Jack
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Uncle Hendrick
The Trojan Horse
Randall Spear
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
Self
Bionic Woman
Prof. Howard Samuels
Silk
Mayor Joncour
Hamlet {Solo}
Self
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Dr. Jeff Wagner
Above and Beyond
Lord Beaverbrook
One Way
William Henderson
The Covenant
Provost Higgins
The Snow Queen
King
The Fog
Tom Malone
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Dr. Mueller
The Murdoch Mysteries: Under the Dragon's Tail
Inspector Ramsgate
Karol: A Man Who Became Pope
professor Wójcik
Four Brothers
Robert Bradford
Bailey's Billion$
Mouse Delaney
Our Fathers
Bishop Murphy