Stinton, Colin 1947-

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Stinton, Colin 1947-

PERSONAL

Born March 10, 1947, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Addresses:

Agent—Lip Service Casting, Ltd., 4 Kingly St., Soho, London W1B 5PE United Kingdom.

Career:

Actor. Dinglefest Theatre Company, Chicago, IL, spent three years as actor, writer, and associate director.

Awards, Honors:

Theatre World Award, 1978, for The Water Engine and Mr. Happiness; Drama Desk Award nomination, outstanding actor in a play, 1990, for Some Americans Abroad.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Billy, The Verdict, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1982.

Dale, Daniel, Paramount, 1983.

Henziger, The Russia House, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1990.

Walter B. Wells, Homicide, Triumph, 1991.

Jack, Flodder in Amerika! (also known as Flodder 2 and Flodders in America), 1992.

Tom Burnside, In Love and War, New Line Cinema, 1996.

Dr. Dave Greenwalt, Tomorrow Never Dies, United Artists, 1997.

Desmond W. H. Curry, the solicitor, The Winslow Boy, Sony Pictures Classics, 1999.

Harbinson, Quicksand (also known as Un tueur aux trousses), Starmedia Home Entertainment, 2001.

Henry Pollard, Spy Game, Universal, 2001.

U.S. delegate, Ali G Indahouse (also known as Ali G in da House, Ali G, and Ali G Indahouse: The Movie), Universal Focus, 2002.

Foster, Thunderpants (also known as Donderbroek and L'incroyable histoire de Patrick Smash), Pathe, 2002.

Hotel clerk, The Hours, Paramount, 2002.

Jim Cox, Belly of the Beast, Columbia TriStar, 2003.

Inspector Rogers, El maquinista (also known as The Machinist), Paramount Classics, 2004.

Customs officer, Closer, Sony, 2004.

Jury foreman, The Jacket, Warner Bros., 2005.

Theoretical physicist, Proof, Miramax, 2005.

Ambassador George Norland, Second in Command (also known as The Adjutant), Sony, 2006.

Max, Big Nothing, Pathe, 2006.

Also appeared as Sam, Paul's Case; Barnum, Mr. Barnum; in Telzon.

Television Appearances; Series:

Charlie Dusenberry, A Very Peculiar Practice, BBC, 1986.

Tony, The 10 Percenters, ITV, 1993.

Anthony Markovitz—IBS, Broken News, BBC, 2005.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

The Ginger Tree, PBS, 1990.

Bishop Brian Stanford, A Year in Provence, Arts and Entertainment and BBC, 1993.

Art Morgan, Remember (also known as Barbara Taylor Bradford's "Remember"), NBC, 1993.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Thurmond Richards, Still Crazy Like a Fox (also known as Crazy Like a Fox: The Movie), CBS, 1987.

Operator, Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy (also known as Coded Hostile), HBO, 1989.

Raymond Smith, The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story (also known as Why Lockerbie?), HBO, 1990.

Dr. Emilio Sylvestri, Ghostwatch, BBC, 1992.

Mike Mulholland, Hostages, HBO, 1993.

Breitbart, The Infiltrator, HBO, 1995.

Alexander Haig (U.S. Secretary of State), The Falklands Play, BBC4, 2002.

Dr. John Nichols, 12 Days of Terror, Animal Planet, 2004.

Fred Duncan, Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets, BBC and Discovery Channel, 2004.

Kaufman, A for Andromeda, BBC, 2006.

U.S. ambassador, The Trial of Tony Blair, Channel 4, 2007.

Also appeared as Elliot, The Hamptons.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Salesman number two, Lip Service, HBO, 1988.

Concert hall manager, Mother Love, PBS, 1990.

Narrator, We Are Not Alone, The Learning Channel, 1998.

Narrator, When Dinosaurs Ruled: China, The Learning Channel, 2000.

Narrator, The Making of the Channel Tunnel, Discovery Channel, 2000.

Narrator, Lava Hunters, The Learning Channel, 2000.

Narrator, Black Box: Secrets Revealed, The Learning Channel, 2000.

Narrator, The Secrets of the Colosseum, Discovery Channel, 2001.

Narrator, Into the Flames: Poisoned Fire, The Learning Channel, 2001.

Narrator, Into the Flames: Fire at Sea, The Learning Channel, 2001.

Justice Robert Jackson, Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial (documentary), BBC, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Ed Gunman, Yesterday's Dreams, 1987.

Lou Grady, "Infidels," Saracen, Central TV, 1989.

Charles Lester, "The Lost Mine," Poirot (also known as Agatha Christie's "Poirot"), ITV and PBS, 1990.

Scott Reisner, "Jack in the Box," Jonathan Creek, BBC1 and PBS, 1997.

"Neighbours," The Armando Iannucci Shows, Channel 4, 2001.

"Imagination," The Armando Iannucci Shows, Channel 4, 2001.

John Macavoy, "China Cup," The American Embassy, Fox, 2002.

Larry Karp, "Special Relationships," Waking the Dead, BBC, 2002.

Plastic surgeon, Manchild, BBC and BBC America, 2003.

Mrs. Simpich, "The Poseidon Effect," Down to Earth, BBC, 2003.

Gangster, "Fairy Godfather," Spine Chillers, BBC, 2003.

Walker ‘Brig’ Young, "The Hoover Dam," Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, BBC, 2003.

Professor Sutton, Wire in the Blood, ITV, 2005.

Himself, The Play's the Thing, Channel 4, 2006.

Dr. Buck Bukowski, "Bliss for Idiots," My Family, BBC, 2006.

Traynor Styles, Spooks (also known as MI-5), BBC1 and Arts and Entertainment, 2006.

Stage Appearances:

(New York debut) Murray/announcer, The Water Engine, Public Theatre, New York Shakespeare Festival, 1971, later Plymouth, NY, 1977-78.

Glassnap, The Beaver Coat, Circle Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1980-81.

Feste, Twelfth Night, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1980-81.

McGahey, The Curse of an Aching Heart, Little Theatre, New York City, 1982.

Title role, Edmond, Provincetown Playhouse, New York City, 1982-83.

Angus McGrath, "Final Orders," Early Warnings, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage II, New York City, 1983.

Joe Taylor, Some Americans Abroad, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, New York City, 1990.

Hermocrate, The Triumph of Love, Almeida Theater, London, 1999.

Mr. Robinson, The Graduate, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 2002-2003.

Made stage debut as ensemble member, Verbatim, Body Politic Theatre/Dinglefest Theatre Company, Chicago, IL; also appeared in Guessworks and Tom Swift and His …, both Body Politic Theatre, Chicago, IL; The Invitational, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City; Futurists; Indian Ink; Mr. Happiness; Search and Destroy; Shoeshine; Speed-the-Plow; The Bay at Nice; The Cherry Orchard; The Father; The Lights; The Old Neighborhood; Vermont Sketches; Wrecked Eggs; as Cody the Horse Dreamer, Geography of a Horse Dreamer, Organic Theatre, Chicago, IL; Jake, Green Julia, Magic Circle Theatre, Chicago, IL; detective, Cop-Out, Hull House Theatre, Chicago, IL; Treetrunk Eel, Captain Marbles, St. Nicholas Theatre, Chicago, IL; card player, Prairie de Chien, Public Theatre, New York Shakespeare Festival, New York City; Buckley, Native Son; Nick Potter, Holiday; Van Brandt, Lone Canoe; Walter Burns, The Front Page; Derek Meadle, Quartermaine's Terms, Playhouse 91, New York City.