Michael wincott net worth

Canadian actor (born )

Michael Anthony Claudio Wincott (born January 21, )^[1][2] is a Canadian actor. His deep, raspy voice^[2][3][4][5] has often led to his being cast in villainous roles.^{[3][4][6][7][8][9]}

Some of his best-known roles include Guy of Gisbourne in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (); Top Dollar, the main antagonist in The Crow (); music mogul Philo Gant in Strange Days (); mercenary Frank Elgyn in Alien Resurrection (); hackerAdrian Cross on the TV miniseries Live Another Day (); and cinematographer Antlers Holst in Nope ().^{[3][5][6][10][11]} He has frequently worked with directors Oliver Stone and Julian Schnabel, and appeared in films by Ridley Scott, Terrence Malick, Michael Cimino and Jim Jarmusch.

Early life and education

Wincott was born in Toronto and grew up in an east-end suburb.^[12][13] His father is English while his mother was from Piacenza, Italy.^[13] Wincott also has two brothers,^[13] one of whom is actor and martial artist Jeff Wincott, a star of the lates TV series Night Heat.^[14]

In a interview with L'Uomo Vogue (the Italian edition of Men's Vogue), Wincott said he fell in love with cinema as a young child and took drama classes in high school.^[13] He was educated at the Victoria University, a college of the University of Toronto.

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Then, in , he enrolled at the Juilliard School in New York City, graduating in ^[1][15] Wincott credited director Des McAnuff, as well as his father, with encouraging him to enroll at the prestigious acting school.^[15]

Career

In , Wincott starred in his first film, titled Earthbound, as Cole Buckley, a troubled teenager living in a small Saskatchewan town.^[16][17][18]Kate Reid and Gerard Parkes played his parents in the film.^[16][17][18] The film aired on CBC-TV's Front Row Centre series in January ^[16][17][18]

In , Wincott starred in the Canadian adventure drama filmWild Horse Hank alongside Linda Blair.^[2] In , he appeared in the Canadian drama film Circle of Two starring Richard Burton.^[2] He also appeared on two episodes of the Canadian TV Series, The Littlest Hobo in and ^[19]

After graduating from Juilliard, Wincott was cast in the film, The Sicilian in the role of Corporal Silvestro Canio.^[15] That same year he was also cast in the Eric Bogosian play Talk Radio as a stonedheavy metal fan named Kent.^[1][15][20] The following year Wincott appeared in Oliver Stone's film based on the play.^[1][12] In the s he also appeared on such American TV series as Miami Vice, Crime Story and The Equalizer,^[1][3] as well as Canadian police drama series Night Heat^[19]—a series starring his brother Jeff.

Wincott's stage performances include the off-Broadway productions Road () starring Joan Cusack and Kevin Bacon,^[2][20] and the Sam Shepard play, States of Shock (), starring John Malkovich.^[2][21] He appeared on Broadway starring in the play Serious Money () alongside Kate Nelligan, Alec Baldwin and John Pankow,^[1][2][22] as well as appearing in The Secret Rapture () starring Blair Brown.^[2][23]

Wincott again worked with Oliver Stone in , appearing in the film Born on the Fourth of July as a bedridden Vietnam veteran,^[12] then yet again in in the film The Doors where he played the role of Paul Rothchild, the producer of The Doors' first five albums.^[1][6] In , he played Guy of Gisborne in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, a henchman of the Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman) who is also the Sheriff's cousin in the film.^[4][6]

In , he appeared in the film Romeo Is Bleeding as Sal, a mafioso,^[24] and also played the part of Rochefort in the Disney film The Three Musketeers starring Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen and Chris O'Donnell.^[7] The following year Wincott starred as kingpin Top Dollar opposite Brandon Lee in The Crow.^[6] In he appeared in Dead Man with Johnny Depp.^[1] He played poet Rene Ricard in the biographical filmBasquiat.^[6] He also played the role of mercenary Frank Elgyn in the film Alien Resurrection.^[1]

Wincott starred as a psychopathickidnapper opposite Morgan Freeman in the film Along Came a Spider.^[6][8] The following year he played Armand Dorleac, a sadistic prison warden in the film version of The Count of Monte Cristo starring Jim Caviezel.^[25] In he played Julius Bicke, the brother of Samuel J.

Bicke (played by Sean Penn) in The Assassination of Richard Nixon.^[26]

In , Wincott appeared in the western film Seraphim Falls starring Pierce Brosnan and Liam Neeson.^[27] He also appeared in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and What Just Happened in and respectively.^[26]

In , he starred in A Lonely Place for Dying as CIA project manager Anthony Greenglass.^[28] In early he was cast as notorious serial killerEd Gein in the biographical drama film Hitchcock.^[5]

In , Wincott played hackerAdrian Cross in the miniseries Live Another Day.^[29] The following year he starred in the Canadian western drama film Forsaken alongside Kiefer and Donald Sutherland.^[30] In he also played the role of Old Bill in two episodes in season 1 of the science fictionwestern TV series Westworld.^[31]

In , he appeared in the MTG drama series Veni Vidi Vici.^[3][32] The Swedish series stars Danish actor Thomas Bo Larsen and centers around the porn industry.^[32] Wincott plays the part of Georgina, a transgender former porn director.^[3] The show was selected as one of the top new European series at the MIPDrama Screenings held annually in Cannes.^[32] The series was also streamed on Hulu in ^[32] Wincott starred in Jordan Peele's thriller, Nope, as Antlers Holst, a cinematographer.

In preparation for the role, Wincott shadowed the film's director of photography, Hoyte van Hoytema.^[11]

Wincott has also lent his voice to several characters in video games and animated features: In he provided the voice of Scroop, a malevolent spider/crab-like creature in the Disney animated film Treasure Planet;^[2] he also provided the voice of Scroop in the accompanying Sony PlayStation video game of the same name.^[19] In he provided the voice for the Prophet of Truth in the video game Halo 2.^[33] He also provided the voice of Mr.

Big in the re-launch of the video game Narc.^[34] In he provided the voices for several video game characters: Jules Merit in the game Syndicate, Griffin in the interactivegraphic novelInfex, and Death in the game Darksiders II.^[19][33][35]

Filmography

Film

Television

Self

Year	Title	Role	Notes
	The Making of The Three Musketeers	Himself
	The Making of Along Came a Spider	Himself
	Me and Graham: The Soundtrack of Our Lives	Himself
	Behind the Scenes of Seraphim Falls	Himself
	Jack is Back	Himself	The 'Making of' documentary
	The Making of Forsaken	Himself

Short film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
	Sketches from Great Gull	Narrator	Voice
	The Iceman	Mr. Softee	Test scene for The Iceman ()
	The Farewell	He

Video shorts

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Video games

Theatre

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