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.
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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1942-03-30
Place of birth
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Images
Cast
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
6.54
The Fog
2005
4.50
Witchblade
2000
5.36
Legends of the Fall
1994
7.40
One Way
2006
5.56
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005
6.60
Four Brothers
2005
6.81
Timecop
1994
6.02
The Hound of the Baskervilles
2000
5.90
Adoration
2009
5.90
The Covenant
2006
5.61
Chicanery
2017
6.00
Liberace: Behind the Music
1988
4.30
Hideaway
1995
5.20
Death Wish V: The Face of Death
1994
5.50
Survival of the Dead
2010
4.90
Miracle
2004
7.08
The Last Best Year
1990
7.00
Silk
2007
5.79
Our Fathers
2005
6.40
Of Unknown Origin
1983
5.81
Dancing In The Dark
1995
4.70
Eloise at the Plaza
2003
6.10
The Day Reagan Was Shot
2001
6.40
Straight Line
1989
2.80
Midnight at the Paradise
2023
0.00
Grey Gardens
2009
6.90
Margaret's Museum
1995
6.60
The Sign of Four
2001
5.60
Habitat
1997
5.06
The Royal Scandal
2001
5.60
Eloise at Christmastime
2003
6.33
The Snow Queen
2005
5.17
Loyalties
1987
5.00
Rowing Through
1996
3.50
And Then There Was One
1994
6.00
Loose Ends
1986
3.00
Hiroshima
1995
8.00
Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
2000
5.50
The Story of Luke
2013
6.90
Reno and the Doc
1984
5.00
And Then You Die
1987
6.00
Tell Me That You Love Me
1983
1.00
Kissinger and Nixon
1995
7.90
Vanished
1995
5.20
Afterwards
2024
0.00
Above and Beyond
2006
0.00
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
1998
4.00
Adrift
1993
6.00
Dead Silence
1997
5.80
Wet Bum
2014
6.30
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
2008
6.47
Escape Clause
1996
4.58
Champagne Charlie
1989
3.00
Piaf
1984
0.00
Whale Music
1994
5.60
The Big Slice
1991
3.67
Christmas in America
1989
0.00
The Art of the Steal
2013
6.20
F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980
5.83
Bonds of Love
1993
5.33
The Ballad of Immortal Joe
2015
0.00
Double Negative
1980
3.25
Piaf
1974
8.00
Campton Manor
2024
4.20
The Freshman
1990
6.30
The Widowmaker
1990
0.00
The Conspiracy of Fear
1996
7.50
The Void
2016
6.00
The Climb
1986
0.00
Deliberate Intent
2000
7.00
Cottage Country
2013
5.33
Portraits of a Killer
1996
2.30
The Aviator
2004
7.22
A Nutcracker Christmas
2016
6.50
Sanctuary
2001
3.30
Another Woman
1988
6.80
The January Man
1989
4.96
Awakening the Zodiac
2017
5.15
The Pentagon Papers
2003
5.79
Undercover Grandpa
2017
5.60
The War Boy
1985
5.70
Covergirl
1984
4.00
Love and Murder
2000
5.00
Boozecan
1994
5.00
Bye Bye Love
1993
4.00
The Good Fight
1992
3.50
Vendetta
1999
6.00
The House on Carroll Street
1988
5.77
Christmas on Division Street
1991
6.17
Lost!
1986
6.00
Harlequin: Another Woman
1994
4.60
Category 7: The End of the World
2005
6.13
Bailey's Billion$
2005
5.80
And the Birds Rained Down
2019
7.10
Love Come Down
2000
5.22
Absolute Power
1997
6.65
Perfectly Normal
1991
6.60
Physical Evidence
1989
5.10
The School for Scandal
1975
0.00
Cold Blooded
2000
4.30
Dead Husbands
1998
4.75
Falling in Love
1984
6.68
Karol: A Man Who Became Pope
2005
7.05
Perfect
1985
5.60
Crocodile Dundee II
1988
5.83
Phobia
1980
4.40
Dieppe
1993
0.00
Heartburn
1986
5.97
The Middle Man
2021
5.97
Radio Days
1987
7.05
Haven
2001
6.75
The Wild Guys
2004
4.00
The Riverbank
2012
4.20
A Stranger Waits
1987
5.00
Mind Prey
1999
6.00
G-Saviour
1999
4.60
Getting Gotti
1994
4.60
The Wrong Guy
1997
6.90
Murder Sees the Light
1986
0.00
The Man Who Saved Christmas
2002
5.90
Rewind
2013
5.70
PG: Psycho Goreman
2020
5.93
No More Hibakusha!
1983
0.00
Gary Carter Visits Japan
1983
0.00
Murder Times Seven
1990
0.00
Focus
2001
6.39
Murder in Black and White
1990
0.00
Hot Money
1983
2.00
Thunder Point
1998
4.50
Hamlet {Solo}
2007
0.00