Winston Rekert

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1949-06-10

Deathday 2012-09-14 (63 years old)

Place of Birth Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Winston Rekert

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

Actor

2010
Caprica

as Obal Ferris

2009
Phantom Racer

as Sheriff Tom Hodges

2009
Christmas Crash

as Nick Stanley

2008
NYC: Tornado Terror

as Dr. Lars Liggenhorn

2008
2008
2006
Trapped Ashes

as Dr. Larry

2006
2005
Supernatural

as Jonah Greeley

2004
Eve's Christmas

as William

2004
Savage Island

as Eliah Savage

2004
2004
The L Word

as Bon Sweeney

2003
Undercover Christmas

as Joe Cunningham

2003
Wicked Minds

as Mason

2003
Before I Say Goodbye

as Peter Lang

2001
Cabin Pressure

as Ty Corbett

2000
2000
Andromeda

as Zeus

2000
Higher Ground

as General Robert Ruxton

1999
1998
Moonlight Becomes You

as Sheriff Chet Brower

1998
First Wave

as Horace Burke

1997
Stargate SG-1

as Cordesh

1996
To Brave Alaska

as Bill DeCreeft

1995
1995
Loving Evangeline

as Orrin Mercer

1995
Sliders

as Lt. General Thomas Beckett

1994
Due South

as Frank Orsini

1989
Glory! Glory!

as Chet Madison

1986
High Stakes

as Dorian Kruger

1986
Star Wars: Droids - The Great Heep

as Mungo Baobab (voice)

1986
Toby McTeague

as Tom McTeague

1985
1985
Agnes of God

as Det. Larry Langevin

1985
Eternal Evil

as Paul Sharpe

1985
Danger Bay

as Doug Field

1985
Star Wars: Droids

as Tig Fromm (voice)

1984
Walls

as Danny Baker

1983
Dead Wrong

as Sean Phelan

1982
Love

as John ("The Black Cat in the Black Mouse Socks")

1981
1981
Suzanne

as Nicky Callaghan

1981
Heartaches

as Marcello

1980
Coming Out Alive

as Cab Driver

Creator

1990
Neon Rider

as Creator