Kenneth Welsh
Gender: Male
Born: 30th March 1942 (currently 69 years old)
Nationality: Canada
TV programs: Twin Peaks, Northern Mysteries, Sherlock Holmes (CA), Dieppe, The Trojan Horse, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Royal Scandal, The Sign of Four
Movies: Miracle, The Fog, The Day After Tomorrow, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Habitat, Radio Days, Hiroshima, Above and Beyond, Death Wish V: The Face of Death, Crocodile Dundee II, Eloise at Christmastime, Loyalties, The Snow Queen, Revenge of the Land, The Sherlock Holmes Collection, Adoration, The Murder of Mary Phagan, George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead, Reno and the Doc , Margaret's Museum, Tell Me That You Love Me , The House on Carroll Street, The January Man, Booky and the Secret Santa, Hideaway, Bonds of Love, The Hound of the Baskervilles , Eloise at the Plaza, Who Killed Atlanta's Children?, Another Woman, Focus, Love Come Down, Our Fathers, The Wrong Guy, Broadway Theatre Archive: The School for Scandal, And Then There Was One, Cold Blooded, The Pentagon Papers, Mind Prey, Dieppe: Disc 1, Getting Gotti, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Mystery, Heartburn, Dead Silence, One Way, The Day Reagan Was Shot, A Very Merry Daughter Of the Bride, Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story, The Freshman, Of Unknown Origin, The Conspiracy of Fear, The Covenant, Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story, Escape Clause, The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire, The Sign of Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Royal Scandal, Karol: A Man Who Became Pope, Legends of the Fall, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Grey Gardens, The Story of Luke
Kenneth Welsh, CM (born March 30, 1942) is a Canadian film and television actor (sometimes credited as Ken Welsh). He is known to Twin Peaks fans as the multi-faceted villain Windom Earle, and has 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
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