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