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Twin Peaks actor Kenneth Welsh, who featured on the show as a villainous ex-FBI man obsessed with the occult, died Thursday at the age of 80 'surrounded by ...

He gushed: 'One of the main things I remember about David is that, of the many directors I’ve worked with, he was so supportive of his actors. David apparently 'would always say things like: "These actors are great." What is it that the character is thinking about? 'He lived a wonderful life, he was the best father I could have asked for, and he touched so many lives. I think he really does love actors. I’ve seen it both ways when actors go so far, but you have to think: "What is the motivation?"

The actor, who is best known as the evil ex FBI villain Windom Earle in the hit series, passed away on Thursday. His cause of death is unknown. His agent Pam ...

R.I.P." Union ACTRA Toronto paid tribute as they called the actor: "one of Canada's all-time great performers, with hundreds of memorable roles spanning decades. In 1985, he was nominated for Best Actor at the Genie Awards for his portrayal of Reno Colt in the film Reno and the Doc. Our condolences to his loved ones." Roland later said he chose the Twin Peaks star due to the similarities in looks, and said the character was meant to be a thinly-veiled dig of the environmental policies in George W. Bush's government. After he graduated, he auditioned for the Stratford Festival in Ontario and spent the first seven years of his acting career on stage.

Kenneth Welsh, the Canadian actor best known for his role as 'Twin Peaks' villain Windom Earle, has died at 80.

Over the course of his career, he was nominated for four Genie Awards, which are given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. He won the prize in 1996 for his supporting turn in Margaret's Museum. Welsh was also a regular on HBO's short-lived and critically adored Lodge 49. ACTRA, the national union of Canadian performers, honored Welsh's legacy on Friday, posting on Twitter, "Ken was one of Canada's all-time great performers, with hundreds of memorable roles spanning decades.

Welsh, who played Katharine Hepburn's father in 'The Aviator,' gave recent turns on series including 'Star Trek: Discovery' and the rebooted 'Charmed.'.

Among his key roles was his part as Windom Earle in Twin Peaks, featured prominently in the series’ second season. Welsh went on to star in numerous TV and film projects, many shot in his native Canada. He portrayed a number of historical figures over the course of his career and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for his performance as Thomas Edison in the 1998 TV movie Edison: The Wizard of Light. Kenneth Welsh, a Canadian actor known for his memorable villain from Twin Peaks, in addition to roles in such hit films as The Day After Tomorrow and The Aviator, has died.

Kenneth is perhaps best known for his role as FBI agent Windom Earle in Season 2 of Twin Peaks. He portrayed several historical figures throughout his ...

Kenneth Welsh, Kenneth Welsh, 'Twin Peaks' Actor, Dies at 80 Kenneth was a regular in TV films during the ’70s and ’80s primarily in Canada, also starring in films like Crocodile Dundee II” and the Twilight Zone revival, as well as The X-Files, Star Trek: Discovery and Lodge 49.

Kenneth Welsh, a prolific Canadian character actor with more than 200 screen credits, died Thursday evening. He was 80.

He was set to make a guest appearance in the Prime Video revival of Canadian sketch comedy series “The Kids in the Hall,” which will release later this month. In 2018, Welsh took on a notable recurring role in “Lodge 49,” where he played Larry Loomis, the leader of a fraternal order. After escaping captivity, he traveled to the titular town of Twin Peaks in hopes of unleashing the power of the supernatural Black Lodge. Welsh was cast as Windom Earle, one of the central villains on “Twin Peaks” Season 2, in 1990. Welsh’s first screen credit was as a performer in “Shoestring Theatre,” a 1963 CBC anthology series that saw a group of actors perform minimalist, experimental productions of plays. In 2006, he would play himself in an episode of “Slings & Arrows,” an acclaimed comedy series set in a fictional theater company modeled after Stratford.