Highest rated movie: Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks (2007)
Lowest rated movie: The Fog (2005)
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Movies starring Kenneth Welsh have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average score of 57%.
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks - released in 2007 - is Kenneth Welsh's highest rated movie, with a score of 79% based on 4 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Kenneth Welsh is The Fog - released in 2005 - with a score of 30% based on 503 reviews.
Kenneth Welsh, CM (born March 30, 1942) is a Canadian film and television actor (sometimes credited as Ken Welsh). He is known to Twin Peaks fans as the multi-faceted villain Windom Earle, and has 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.
Kenneth Welsh has acted in films with Colm Feore, Daniel Kash, Richard Fitzpatrick and Victor A. Young.
Kenneth Welsh has worked with these film directors: Woody Allen, Kevin Lima, Steven Kostanski and Érik Canuel.
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