Colin Stinton

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::summary Canadian-American actor (born 1947) ::

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alma_mater	Northern Illinois University
occupation	Actor
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| name = | image = | | imagesize = 150px| | birth_date = | birth_place = Calgary, Alberta, Canada | alma_mater = Northern Illinois University | occupation = Actor Colin Stinton (born March 10, 1947) is a Canadian and American actor. He is widely known for his collaborations with playwright and filmmaker David Mamet, and has worked extensively in the United Kingdom since 1985. He is a Joseph Jefferson Award winner and a Drama Desk Award nominee.

Early life and education

Born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1947, Stinton moved to the United States as a child in 1952. He lived in a trailer with his family—traveling throughout the U.S. and finally settling in the Chicago area. There he attended Northern Illinois University, acting in several campus productions and joining an alumni group that performed in Chicago as the Dinglefest Theatre Company, which later established The Theatre Building. He spent several years as part of the Chicago theatre scene where he met and worked frequently with playwright-director David Mamet.

Career

Stinton lived in New York, 1978–1985, during which he created the title role in Mamet's Edmond, and received a Theatre World Award for his role in Mamet's The Water Engine, on Broadway. He moved to London in 1985, where he spent several years at the National Theatre in addition to work in the West End and in film, television and radio. He returned to New York to earn a Drama Desk Award nomination for his role in the U.S. premier of Richard Nelson's Some Americans Abroad, and played Mr. Robinson in both the London and New York stage versions of The Graduate.

He was in the original stage production of Rain Man in London and a West End revival of The Pajama Game in 2014. His stage work includes premieres of new plays by David Mamet, Jean-Claude van Itallie, Richard Nelson, Dusty Hughes, David Hare, John Osborne, and Tom Stoppard.

He played Neal Daniels in The Bourne Ultimatum. Other roles include President Arthur Coleman Winters in the Doctor Who episode "The Sound of Drums", US Secretary of State Al Haig in The Falklands Play, the US Ambassador to the United Kingdom in The Trial of Tony Blair, the United States Secretary of State Traynor Styles in Spooks, and Justice Robert H. Jackson in the BBC docudrama Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial.

He appeared as Dr. Dave Greenwalt in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies and the disbelieving Detective Cartert in the Arielle Kebbel horror vehicle Freakdog. He played opinionated news caster Anthony Markowitz in Broken News.

Stinton played the part of an American named Charles Lester in one of Agatha Christie's Poirot serials Poirot's Early Cases entitled "The Lost Mine". He also appears as the head judge in the 2001 music video, "Murder on the Dancefloor", by Sophie Ellis-Bextor.

He appeared as Lt Colonel Hoyt Jackson for the US Justice Department, tracking a Nazi war criminal in Foyle's War Series 8, Episode 3, "Sunflower" in 2013.

Personal life

Stinton now lives in Walthamstow, Greater London; and in Chicago.

Filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	The Verdict	Billy
1983	Daniel	Dale
1990	The Russia House	Henziger
1991	Homicide	Walter B Wells
1992	Flodders in America	Jack
1996	In Love and War	Tom Burnside
1997	Tomorrow Never Dies	Dr. Dave Greenwalt
1999	The Winslow Boy	Desmond Curry
2001	Spy Game	Henry Pollard
2002	Ali G Indahouse	US Delegate
Thunderpants	Foster
The Hours	Hotel Clerk
2003	Quicksand	Harbinson
Belly of the Beast	Jim Cox
2004	The Machinist	Inspector Rogers
Closer	Customs Officer
2005	The Jacket	Jury Foreman
Proof	Theoretical Physicist
2006	Second in Command	Ambassador George Norland
The Kovak Box	Encargado Consulado
Big Nothing	Max
2007	The Bourne Ultimatum	Neal Daniels
2008	TransSiberian	Embassy Official
Freakdog	Detective Cartert
2011	Captain America: The First Avenger	New York Taxi Driver	Uncredited
2012	City Slacker	Freddie
2013	Trimming Pablo		Short film
Rush	Teddy Mayer
2017	Borg vs McEnroe	Talk Show Host
The Current War	Daniel Burnham
2018	Beirut	Mr. Jones
Hunter Killer	Senator from Iowa
Show Dogs	NYPD Chief
2019	Adults in the Room	Steve
2020	Blithe Spirit	Cecil B. DeMille
Wonder Woman 1984	NORAD Colonel
2022	All the Old Knives	Moscow Station Chief
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	The American Short Story	Hotel Manager	Episode: "Paul's Case"
1987	Yesterday's Dreams	Ed Gutman	Recurring role; 2 episodes
1987	Still Crazy Like a Fox	Thurmond Richards	Television film
1988	A Very Peculiar Practice	Charlie Dusenberry	Recurring role; 6 episodes
1988	Lip Service	Salesman #2	Television film
1989	Saracen	Lou Grady	Episode: "Infidels"
Coded Hostile	Operator	Television film
Mother Love	Concert Hall Manager	Episode: "Episode 2"
The Ginger Tree	Bob Dale	Episode: "Episode 3"
1990	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Charles Lester	Episode: "The Lost Mine"
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story	Raymond Smith	Television film
1992	A Bit of Fry & Laurie	Judge	Episode: "Series 3, Episode 6"
Hostages	Mike Mulholland	Television film
Ghostwatch	Dr. Emilio Sylvestri	Television film
1993	Comedy Playhouse	Tony	Episode: "The 10%ers"
A Year in Provence	Bishop Brian Stanford	Miniseries; 2 episodes
Remember	Art Morgan	Television film
1994	99-1	Hanson	Episode: "Trust Me"
The 10%ers	Tony	Series regular; 7 episodes
1995	The Infiltrator	Aaron Breitbart	Television film
1997	Jonathan Creek	Scott Reisner	Episode: "Jack in the Box"
Strange but True?	Reconstruction Cast	Episode: "Remote Viewing (David Morehouse)"
2000	Dark Realm	Atwater	Episode: "Skin Deep"
2001	The Armando Iannucci Shows		Recurring role; 2 episodes
2002	The American Embassy	John Macavoy	Episode: "China Cup"
Waking the Dead	Larry Karp	Episode: "Special Relationship"
The Falklands Play	Alexander Haig	Television film
2003	Manchild	Plastic Surgeon	Episode: "Series 2, Episode 1"
Down to Earth	Mr. Simpich	Episode: "The Poseidon Effect"
Spine Chillers	Gangster	Episode: "Fairy Godfather"
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World	Walker 'Brig' Young	Episode: "The Hoover Dam"
Days That Shook the World	Voiceover	Episode: "The Assassination of JFK/The Resignation of Nixon"
2004	12 Days of Terror	Dr. John Nichols	Television film
Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets	Fred Duncan	Television film
2005	Broken News	Anthony Markowitz	Series regular; 6 episodes
2006	My Family	Dr. Buck Bukowski	Episode: "Bliss for Idiots"
Spooks	Traynor Styles	Episode: "World Trade"
A for Andromeda	Kaufman	Television film
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial	Justice Robert Jackson	Miniseries; 3 episodes
The Wild West	Lew Wallace	Episode: "Billy the Kid"
Wire in the Blood	Professor Sutton	Episode: "Hole in the Heart"
2007	Doctor Who	President Arthur Coleman Winters	Episode: "The Sound of Drums"
Consenting Adults	Alfred Kinsey	Television film
The Trial of Tony Blair	US Ambassador
2008	House of Saddam	US Journalist	Miniseries; 1 episode
Harley Street	Mr. Stanson	Episode: "Episode 4"
Wire in the Blood	Radio Announcer	Episode: "Prayer of the Bone"
2009	Moonshot	Robert R. Gilruth	Television film
2012	Trigger Point	Morgan	Recurring role
Chasing Leprechauns	Thorpe	Television film
2013	Foyle's War	Lieutenant Colonel Hoyt Jackson	Episode: "Sunflower"
2014	Veep	US Ambassador	Episode: "Special Relationship"
2017	Fearless	Jack Kretchmer	Miniseries; 5 episodes
Outlander	Dean Jackson	Episode: "The Battle Joined"
2018	Butterfly	Dr. Leonard Farrow	Miniseries; 2 episodes
2019	Absentia	Dr. Steven Mandel	Recurring role; 2 episodes
The Crown	Lawrence Spivak	Episode: "Bubbikins"
2020	Hanna	Tom Kaladski	Episode: "The Trial"
The Queen's Gambit	Chennault	Episode: "Adjournment"
2021	The Serpent	Bastien	Episode: "Episode Six"
2024	Silent Witness	Ted Holmes (voice)	Episode: "Kings Cross - Part 1"
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Video games

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Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
2010	Apache: Air Assault
2011	Battlefield 3	Overwatch
Anno 2070	Trenchcoat
2015	Blues and Bullets	Jim Dockers
Anno 2205	Emem Buhari	English version
Randal's Monday	Bruno / Narrator / Rod
2016	Deponia Doomsday	Junk Wizard / Zoon	English version
2021	Encased	Dean Rayhet
2023	RoboCop: Rogue City
2024	Wizardry Variants Daphne		English version
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Music videos

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Year	Title	Artist	Role	Notes
2024	Freedom of the Night	Sophie Ellis-Bextor	Judge	Uncredited
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Audio/podcast

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2024	Purple Heart Warriors	Col. Pence	BBC Radio drama
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References

References

1. "The Village". Walthamstow Village Residents' Association.

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