Rekert, Winston 1949- (Winston A. Rekert)

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Rekert, Winston 1949- (Winston A. Rekert)

PERSONAL

Born July 10, 1949, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; father, a logger.

Addresses:

Agent—Silver, Massetti and Szatmary Ltd., 8730 Sunset Blvd., Suite 440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Career:

Actor. Virtue/Rekert Productions, cofounder, partner, and producer, c. 1990-94. Also worked as a logger.

Awards, Honors:

Genie Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a leading role, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1981, for Suzanne; Genie Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a leading role, 1982, for Heartaches; Genie Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a leading role, 1985, and best actor, Critic's Choice Awards, Festival of Festivals, both for Walls; Genie Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a leading role, 1987, for The Blue Man; Gemini Award, best performance by a lead actor in a continuing dramatic role, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1987, Gemini Award nomination, best performance by a lead actor in a continuing dramatic role, 1988, both for Adderly; Sir Peter Ustinov Award, Banff Television Festival, 1993; Gemini Award nomination (with others), best dramatic series, 1993, 1995, Gemini Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a continuing leading dramatic role, 1994, all for Neon Rider; Gemini Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a guest role in a dramatic series, 2001, for Cold Squad; Gemini Award, best performance by an actor in a guest role in a dramatic series, 2003, for Blue Murder.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Prairie Landscapes, 1977.

Nicky Callaghan, Suzanne, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980.

Marcello DiStassi, Heartaches, 1981, then Motion Picture Marketing, 1982.

Antonio Montoya, Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid (also known as Finishing Touch, A Slow Descent into Hell, and L'ultime passion), Ambassador Film Distributors, 1981.

John, "The Black Cat in the Black Mouse Socks," Love, Coup Films, 1982.

Sean Phelan, Dead Wrong (also known as The Columbia Connection, Entrapment, and Death Fighter), Sounder Productions, 1983.

Danny Baker, Walls (also known as Lock Up), Jerico Films, 1984.

Detective Langevin, Agnes of God, Columbia, 1985.

Tom McTeague, Toby McTeague (also known as Toby), Filmline International, 1986.

Dorian Kruger, High Stakes, 1986.

Orrin Mercer, Harlequin's "Loving Evangeline" (also known as En quete de verite), 1998.

Carl, The Last Stop (also known as Dernier arret), Sterling Home Entertainment, 2000.

Eliah Savage, Savage Island (also known as Deadman's Island), Ardustry Home Entertainment, 2003.

Homeless man, Breakdown (short), Quat Media, 2006.

Dr. Larry, Trapped Ashes, 2006.

Larry, Honeymoon with Mom, Regent Worldwide Sales, 2006.

Television Appearances; Series:

Voice of Mungo Baobab, Droids (animated; also known as Droids: The Adventures of R2D2 and C3PO and Star Wars: Droids), ABC, 1985.

V. H. Adderly, Adderly, CBC and Disney Channel, 1986-87.

Michael Terry, Neon Rider, syndicated, 1990-94.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Max, Brothers by Choice, CBC, 1986.

Chet, Glory! Glory!, HBO, 1989.

The stranger, Roughing It (also known as Mark Twain's "Roughing It"), Hallmark Channel, 2002.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Who'll Save Our Children?, 1978.

Paul Sharpe, The Blue Man (also known as Eternal Evil), 1985.

Brian, The World's Oldest Living Bridesmaid, CBS, 1990.

Paul Gatlin, Voices from Within (also known as Silhouette), NBC, 1994.

Rick Dion, Falling from the Sky: Flight 174 (also known as Freefall: Flight 174), ABC, 1995.

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story, CBS, 1996.

Bill DeCreeft, To Brave Alaska, ABC, 1996.

Chet, Moonlight Becomes You, Family Channel, 1998.

Jack, A Cooler Climate, Showtime, 1999.

Reed Halverson, Murder at the Cannes Film Festival, E! Entertainment Television, 2000.

Ty Corbett, Cabin Pressure (also known as Hijack'd), PAX, 2001.

Mason, Wicked Minds (also known as Espirits tordus), 2002.

Peter Lang, Before I Say Goodbye (also known as Mary Higgins Clark's "Before I Say Goodbye" and Mary Higgins Clark: "Avant de te dire adieu"), PAX, 2003.

Fred, A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster, Lifetime, 2003.

Joe Cunningham, Undercover Christmas (also known as L'amour en cadeau and Undercover Lover), CBS, 2003.

William, Eve's Christmas, Lifetime, 2004.

Wayne Newton, Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of "Diff'rent Strokes," NBC, 2006.

Frank Dolan, The Secret of Hidden Lake, Lifetime, 2006.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Voice of Mungo Baobab, The Great Heap, ABC, 1986.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

James, "Photo Finish," The Littlest Hobo, CTV and syndicated, 1981.

Kurt Malcolm, "Showdown," Night Heat, 1986.

"The Otters Return," Danger Bay, CBC and Disney Channel, 1987.

Tony Azzarella, "State of Mind," Street Legal, CBC, 1988.

Tony Azzarella, "A Powerful Prison Story," Street Legal, CBC, 1988.

Sheriff Clint Maitland, "Rebellion," Lonesome Dove: The Series, syndicated, 1995.

(As Winston A. Rekert) Frank Orsini, "Strange Bedfellows," Due South (also known as Un tandem de choc), CBS, 1997.

Cordesh, "The Tok'ra: Parts 1 & 2," Stargate SG-1 (also known as La porte des etoiles), Showtime and syndicated, 1998.

Himself, Terminal City, CBC, 1998.

Reed Callum, "Valentine," Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal, syndicated, 1999.

General Beckett, "The Return of Maggie Beckett," Sliders, Sci-Fi Channel, 1999.

Agent Armstrong, "Like Father, Like Monk," Secret Agent Man, UPN, 2000.

"Among My Souvenirs," Hollywood Off-Ramp, E! Entertainment Television, 2000.

General Robert Ruxton, "Attention Deficit," Higher Ground, 2000.

Horace Burke, "Skywatchers," First Wave, 2000.

Detective Pet Chorney, "Loyalties," Cold Squad, CTV, 2000.

Sergeant Pete Chorney, "Loose Ends: Parts 1 & 2," Cold Squad, CTV, 2001.

Reverend James Cole, "A Man of God," Mysterious Ways, PAX, 2002.

Zeus, "The Shards of Rimini," Andromeda (also known as Gene Roddenberry's "Andromeda"), syndicated, 2002.

"America's Most Wanted," Blue Murder (also known as En quete de preuves), Global, 2003.

Otis Hardwicke, "The Old Man," The Collector, City TV, 2004.

Young Blades, Independent Television, 2004.

Wade Carson—the celebrity, "Rubbing Shoulders," Godiva's, Bravo, 2006.

Priest, "Lay Down Your Burdens: Part 2," Battlestar Galactica, Sci-Fi Channel, 2006.

Priest, "Exodus: Part 2," Battlestar Galactica, Sci-Fi Channel, 2006.

Priest, "Collaborators," Battlestar Galactica, Sci-Fi Channel, 2006.

The L Word, Showtime, 2006.

Jonah Greeley, "Roadkill," Supernatural, The CW, 2007.

Also appeared as Sam Norris, "Bloodhounds Can't Fly," The Great Detective.

Television Work; Series:

Cocreator and executive producer, Neon Rider, syndicated, 1990.

Television Director; Episodic:

"The Good, the Bad and Eleanor," Neon Rider, syndicated, 1992.

"Brothers," Neon Rider, syndicated, 1992.

"Moving On: Parts 1 & 2," Neon Rider, syndicated, 1994.

WRITINGS

Television Episodes; Stories:

"The Good, the Bad and Eleanor," Neon Rider, syndicated, 1992.