Maurice Dean Wint

Maurice Dean Wint
Wint in 2017
Born
(1964-05-01) 1 May 1964 (age 60)

Leicestershire, England
NationalityCanadian
English
OccupationActor
Years active1987–present
SpouseColette Stevenson

Maurice Dean Wint (born 1 May 1964) is a British-born Canadian actor who has starred in both films and television series.[1]

Life and career

Wint was born in Leicestershire, England, and moved to Canada in 1967 with his family.[1] He began his acting career performing in Toronto stage productions and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama from York University.[2]

Wint made his first appearance on television in the Canadian police crime series Night Heat in 1987.[2]

In 1995, Wint starred in two critically acclaimed films that screened at the Toronto International Film Festival: Rude and Curtis's Charm.[2] Rude received an honorable mention from the jury for the Best Canadian Film award at TIFF,[3][4] and also screened at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival,[5] while Curtis's Charm won a special jury citation for Best Canadian Feature Film.[6]

One of his most famous roles came two years later as Quentin in the 1997 cult favorite science fiction horror film Cube.[7]

His other notable work includes Sgt. Luther Robinson in the 2001 film Hedwig and the Angry Inch,[8] and numerous roles in various Canadian television series such as Tekwar, RoboCop: Prime Directives, Psi Factor, Hudson & Rex, Shoot the Messenger, and Diggstown.[1][2]

In 2022, Wint was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Lead Performance in a Web Program or Series at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards for the web series For the Record.[9]

In 2023, he starred in the popular television series SurrealEstate.[10]

In addition to performing on the screen and stage, Wint also works regularly as a voice actor.[11]

He was married to the actress Colette Stevenson.[citation needed]

Accolades

For his television work, Wint earned two Gemini Award nominations, and for his theatre work, he has won a Dora Award in 2011 for his performance in Courageous at the Tarragon Theatre.[1]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
1991 The Reckoning Curt
1992 The Swordsman Swordplay Fencer
1993 Trial & Error Mike Everett
1994 Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes Esteva
1994 TekWar Lt. Winger
1995 Rude General
1995 Curtis's Charm Curtis
1997 Cube Quentin
1998 The Sweetest Gift Booker
2000 The Best Girl Father
2001 Hedwig and the Angry Inch Sgt. Luther Robinson
2001 The Little Bear Movie Cub's Father (voice)
2001 On Their Knees Gimp Bartender
2001 Jane Doe Niles Armstrong
2002 Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl Narrator
2003 Nothing Narrator
2003 It All Happens Incredibly Fast The Stranger
2005 Burnt Toast Prosecution
2008 The Circuit Davis
2010 Tangled Paulo
2014 My Daughter Must Live Wagner
2018 Her Stolen Past Don
2018 Honey Bee Det. Walker
2020 The Kid Detective Constable Cleary
2021 Six Guns for Hire The Gunslinger
2022 Brother Samuel

Television

Selected television credits:

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes Onslaught
2000 Spawn: In the Demon's Hand Spawn, Brimstone [12]
2011 Warriors: Legends of Troy Rhesos [12]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Maurice Dean Wint". CBC.
  2. ^ a b c d Lucas, Ralph (11 February 2021). "Maurice Dean Wint - Biography". Northernstars.ca. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Film fest names winners". Edmonton Journal, 18 September 1995.
  4. ^ Jane Stevenson, "A Rude awakening". Hamilton Spectator, 27 July 1995.
  5. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Rude". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
  6. ^ "Film fest names winners". Edmonton Journal, September 18, 1995.
  7. ^ Gates, Anita (11 September 1998). "Cube (1997) FILM REVIEW; No Maps, Compasses Or Faith". The New York Times.
  8. ^ Holden, Stephen (20 July 2001). "Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) FILM REVIEW; Betwixt, Between On a Glam Frontier". The New York Times.
  9. ^ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
  10. ^ "'SurrealEstate' director: Network heard fans' demand for renewal - UPI.com". UPI. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Inside The Voice Actors Studio with Maurice Dean Wint ( Voice of Spawn )". Spreaker. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Maurice Dean Wint (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 30 September 2019. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)