Michael Anthony Claudio Wincott was born on January 21,1958 and is a Canadian actor.
21 Facts About Michael Wincott
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Michael Wincott has frequently worked with directors Oliver Stone and Julian Schnabel, and appeared in films by Ridley Scott, Terrence Malick, Michael Cimino and Jim Jarmusch.
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Michael Wincott's father is English while his mother was from Piacenza, Italy.
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Michael Wincott has two brothers, one of whom is actor and martial artist Jeff Michael Wincott, a star of the late-1980s TV series Night Heat.
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Michael Wincott was educated at the Victoria University, a college of the University of Toronto.
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Michael Wincott credited director Des McAnuff, as well as his father, with encouraging him to enroll at the prestigious acting school.
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In 1976, Michael Wincott starred in his first film, titled Earthbound, as Cole Buckley, a troubled teenager living in a small Saskatchewan town.
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In 1979, Michael Wincott starred in the Canadian adventure drama film Wild Horse Hank alongside Linda Blair.
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Michael Wincott appeared on two episodes of the Canadian TV Series, The Littlest Hobo in 1979 and 1981.
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Michael Wincott appeared on Broadway starring in the play Serious Money alongside Kate Nelligan, Alec Baldwin and John Pankow, as well as appearing in The Secret Rapture starring Blair Brown.
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Michael Wincott again worked with Oliver Stone in 1989, appearing in the film Born on the Fourth of July as a bedridden Vietnam veteran, then yet again in 1991 in the film The Doors where he played the role of Paul Rothchild, the producer of The Doors' first five albums.
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Michael Wincott played poet Rene Ricard in the 1996 biographical film Basquiat.
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Michael Wincott played the role of mercenary Frank Elgyn in the 1997 film Alien Resurrection.
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Michael Wincott starred as a psychopathic kidnapper opposite Morgan Freeman in the 2001 film Along Came a Spider.
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In 2006, Michael Wincott appeared in the western film Seraphim Falls starring Pierce Brosnan and Liam Neeson.
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Michael Wincott appeared in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and What Just Happened in 2007 and 2008 respectively.
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In 2014, Michael Wincott played hacker Adrian Cross in the miniseries 24: Live Another Day.
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Michael Wincott plays the part of Georgina, a transgender former porn director.
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Michael Wincott starred in Jordan Peele's 2022 thriller, Nope, as Antlers Holst, a cinematographer.
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In preparation for the role, Michael Wincott shadowed the film's director of photography, Hoyte van Hoytema.
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Michael Wincott provided the voice of Mr Big in the 2005 re-launch of the video game Narc.