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