Winston Rekert
- Acting
- June 10, 1949 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- September 14, 2012
Biography
Winston Houghton Rekert (June 10, 1949 – September 14, 2012) was a Canadian actor. He was best known for starring in the television series Adderly and Neon Rider. In 1985, he played the role of Detective Langevin in the American film Agnes of God. In the same year, he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at the 6th Genie Awards for his performance in the film Walls. From 1986 to 1988, he starred as the lead character in the Canadian television series Adderly, a comedy drama that was a spoof of the spy genre. In 1987, he won a Gemini Award for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Continuing Dramatic Role for his work on the series. Following Adderly's cancellation, Rekert's childhood friend, Danny Virtue, pitched him an idea for a television series that eventually became Neon Rider. The series ran from 1990 to 1995 and starred Rekert as Michael Terry, a therapist who ran a ranch for troubled adolescents. He also worked on the series as a writer, director and producer. Through the show, he became involved with a variety of youth groups and was named the national spokesman for Youth at Risk. In 2003, he won his second Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series for his appearance on the television series Blue Murder. In April 2012, he was awarded with the Sam Payne Lifetime Achievement Award—an annual award that "recognizes professional performers displaying humanity, artistic integrity and encouragement of new talent." He died on September 14, 2012, at the age of 63 after a three-year battle with cancer. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known for
Filmography
- Caprica · Obal Ferris
- Phantom Racer · Sheriff Tom Hodges
- Christmas Crash · Nick Stanley
- NYC: Tornado Terror · Dr. Lars Liggenhorn
- Trial by Fire · Hank
- The Art of War II: Betrayal · Reverend Tim
- The Secret of Hidden Lake
- Trapped Ashes · Dr. Larry (segment "The Girl with Golden Breasts")
- Honeymoon with Mom · Larry
- Supernatural · Jonah Greeley
- Eve's Christmas · William
- Star Wars: Droids - Treasure of the Hidden Planet · Mungo Baobab
- Battlestar Galactica · Priest
- The Collector
- Savage Island · Eliah Savage
- The L Word · Bon Sweeney
- Undercover Christmas · Joe Cunningham
- A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster · Fred
- Wicked Minds · Mason
- Before I Say Goodbye · Peter Lang
- Roughing It · The Stranger
- Cabin Pressure · Ty Corbett
- Murder at the Cannes Film Festival · Reed Halverson
- Andromeda · Zeus
- The Last Stop · Carl
- Secret Agent Man · Armstrong
- Higher Ground · General Robert Ruxton
- A Cooler Climate · Jack
- First Wave · Horace Burke
- Moonlight Becomes You · Sheriff Chet Brower
- Stargate SG-1 · Cordesh
- To Brave Alaska · Bill DeCreeft
- Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
- Freefall: Flight 174 · Rick Dion
- Sliders · Lt. General Thomas Beckett
- Loving Evangeline · Orrin Mercer
- Due South · Frank Orsini
- The World's Oldest Living Bridesmaid · Brian
- Glory! Glory! · Chet Madison
- Neon Rider · Michael Terry / The Nameless Stranger / Dr. Michael Terry, Creator
- High Stakes · Dorian Kruger
- Adderly
- Star Wars: Droids - The Great Heep · Mungo Baobab (Voice)
- Toby McTeague · Tom McTeague
- Danger Bay · Doug Field
- Agnes of God · Det. Larry Langevin
- Star Wars: Droids · Tig Fromm (Voice), Mungo Baobab (Voice)
- Night Heat
- Eternal Evil · Paul Sharpe
- Walls · Danny Baker
- Dead Wrong · Sean Phelan
- Love · John ("The Black Cat in the Black Mouse Socks")
- Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid · Antonio Montoya
- Suzanne · Nicky Callaghan
- Heartaches · Marcello
- Coming Out Alive · Cab Driver
- Who'll Save Our Children?