Scott Wentworth (born 1955) is an American actor and director who immigrated to Canada in 1986.
Early life Wentworth was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1955.
Career After starting his career in New York City, he began a long association with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in the 1985 production of The Glass Menagerie. He would later perform in a wide variety of roles at Stratford, such as Cliff in Cabaret, the title role in Macbeth, Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls, Shylock in Merchant of Venice and Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. He also directed Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2 in 2001 and The Adventures of Pericles in 2015.
He returned to New York in 1989 to appear in Welcome to the Club, and received a Tony nomination (Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical). As a director, he has worked at the Indiana Repertory Theatre, the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, and the Hillberry Theatre in Detroit.Scott Wentworth – Biography
Wentworth has co-written musicals with his wife Marion Adler and composer, Craig Bohmler. Their first collaboration, Gunmetal Blues, has been performed at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and the Colony Theatre in Burbank, California. Their second collaboration, Enter the Guardsman, based on the Ferenc Molnár play The Guardsman, was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award (Best Musical) in 1997.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1989SingFreddy1997The Ice StormPaul's Teacher1999Free FallScott Wallace2007Diary of the Dead Andrew Maxwell2015King LearGloucester2017Stratford Festival: MacbethBanquo
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1989TexasRecruit #32 episodes1988The Taming of the ShrewTranioTelevision film1989Saturday Night with Connie ChungTerry AndersonEpisode: "Terry Anderson"1993American ExperienceJack GreenbergEpisode: "Simple Justice"1994Janek: The Silent BetrayalStefanoTelevision film1994–1996Kung Fu: The Legend ContinuesDet. Kermit Griffin25 episodes1996Blazing DragonsSir Loungelot13 episodes2002Law & OrderSenator Elliot JudsonEpisode: "Missing"2004Elizabeth RexJack EdmundTelevision film2008The Trojan HorseCIA DirectorEpisode: "Part One"2009U.S. AttorneyJudge F. GarafolaTelevision film2009–2010The BorderMinister Jack Hardacre3 episodes2010–2011BaxterMr. Kingfield9 episodes2011XIII: The SeriesHarrisonEpisode: "The Train"2011She's the MayorBill Clarke13 episodes2011, 2013Murdoch MysteriesDr. Harwick2 episodes2014Bomb GirlsWillard GallowayEpisode: "Facing the Enemy"2016–2017Orphan BlackDr. Ian Van Lier5 episodes2017SuitsSnitzerEpisode: "Character and Fitness"2022Home for a Royal HeartFrankTelevision film
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