Michael Wincott
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Michael Wincott is a Canadian actor best known for his deep, gravelly voice.
Born on January 21, 1958[1], in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Wincott was raised in Scarborough, Canada which is a suburb of Toronto. He graduated from Juilliard Drama School in 1986.
Wincott is most identifiable playing either small, character roles in indie films or villains in more mainstream fare. His most recognizable role was the evil crime lord Top Dollar in 1994's The Crow. Other roles include Jean-Michel Basquiat's mentor Rene Ricard in Julian Schnabel's biopic Basquiat (1996), Guy of Gisbourne in Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves, Rochefort in the 1993 film Three Musketeers, Doors producer Paul A. Rothchild in Oliver Stone's The Doors, a sadistic prison warden in 2002's The Count of Monte Cristo, and the equally despicable villain of the 1997 Eddie Murphy movie Metro.
In 2007, Wincott will star in the movie adaption of Irvine Welsh's best-selling novel Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance.
[edit] Partial filmography
- The Sicilian (1987)—Cpl. Silvestro Canio
- Talk Radio (1988)—Kent/Michael/Joe
- The Doors (1991)—Paul A. Rothchild
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)—Guy of Gisbourne
- 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)—Adrian de Moxica
- The Three Musketeers (1993)—Rochefort
- The Crow (1994)—Top Dollar
- Dead Man (1995)—Conway Twill
- Strange Days (1996)—Philo Gant
- Basquiat (1996)—Rene Ricard
- Metro (1997)—Michael Korda
- Alien: Resurrection (1997)—Frank Elgyn
- Gunshy (1998)—Frankie McGregor
- Before Night Falls (1998)—Herberto Zorilla Ochoa
- Along Came a Spider (2001)—Gary Soneji
- The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)—Dorleac
- Treasure Planet (2002) (voice)—Scroop
- The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)—Julius Bicke
- Seraphim Falls (2006)—Hayes
[edit] Video Game Roles
- Halo 2 (2004)—Prophet of Truth
- NARC (2005)—Mr. Big
- Halo 3 {2007}—Prophet of Truth
[edit] External links
- Michael Wincott at the Internet Movie Database
- the many masques of Michael Wincott [2]
