BEST, Wayne

PERSONAL

Born in New Brunswick, Canada. Education: Graduated from Ryerson Theatre School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Career:

Actor. Appeared at the Stratford Festival, 1990–96; appeared in television commercials for Guardian Mutual Funds (Canada), 1998–99.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Bob, Summer's Children, 1979.

Officer O'Malley, Short Circuit 2, TriStar, 1988.

Hallway cop, Sea of Love, Universal, 1990.

Mr. Patterson, Summer of the Monkeys (also known as L'ete des singes), BWE Distribution, 1998.

Morgan, Tribulation, Artist View Entertainment, 2000.

Target manager, Driven (also known as A toute vitesse), Warner Bros., 2001.

Television Appearances; Series:

Voices of Ironbeak, Jabez Stump, and Skinpaw, Mattimeo: A Tale of Redwall (animated; also known as Brain Jacques' Mattimeo: A Tale of Redwall), Teletoon, PBS, and Nickelodeon UK, 2000.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Major McGregor, Louisiana (also known as Louisiane), Cinemax, 1984.

Cliff, Amerika, ABC, 1987.

Phil, Haven, CBS, 2001.

George Smathers, Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot (also known as Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Kennedy Woman), NBC, 2001.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Intern "Lover," Heartsounds, ABC, 1984.

Byron Sloane, The Hearst and Davies Affair, ABC, 1985.

Keefe, The High Price of Passion, PBS, 1986.

Harley Kingsley, Christmas Eve, NBC, 1986.

Dr. Fitzpatrick, No Blame, 1988.

First motorman, Babycakes, CBS, 1989.

Prison guard #2, Dogboys (also known as Dresses pour tuer and Tracked), The Movie Channel, 1998.

Rodman, Bone Daddy (also known as L'affaire Palmer and Palmer's Bones), HBO, 1998.

Icy Eyes, Mean Streak, Showtime, 1999.

Detective Ed Carlisle, Life in a Day (also known as Antidote), UPN, 1999.

FBI Agent Kirkus, The Day Reagan Was Shot, Showtime, 2001.

English teacher, Gracie's Choice, Lifetime, 2004.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Spider, Cougar!, ABC, 1984.

Winslow Homer, Winslow Homer: An American Original, HBO, 2000.

Edward Umfreville and Paul Kane, Empire of the Bay (documentary), PBS, 2000.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Price Wickett, "Passage," The Littlest Hobo, CTV and syndicated, 1983.

Joe Miller, "Looking Good," Seeing Things, CBC, 1984.

Mark, "Deathmate," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, USA Network, 1987.

Commander Lorek, "Pariah," Captain Power and the Soldiers of Future, 1987.

George Szabo, "A Powerful Prison Story," Street Legal, CBC, 1988.

Brad Farrell, "The Playhouse," Friday the 13th (also known as Friday the 13th: The Series), syndicated, 1989.

Spindle Cook, "Reunion," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, USA Network, 1989.

Adam Cole, "Stick It in Your Ear," Friday the 13th (also known as Friday the 13th: The Series), syndicated, 1989.

Paul Fox, "Night Moves," War of the Worlds, syndicated, 1989.

David Butler, "Friendly Persuasion," Katts and Dog, CTV and The Family Channel, 1990.

Brock Garrett, "Jack–in–the–Box," Friday the 13th (also known as Friday the 13th: The Series), syndicated, 1990.

Riker, "Conviction of His Courage," Matrix, USA Network, 1993.

Officer Wilcox, "Trouble in Delta City," Robocop, syndicated, 1994.

Bill Farr, "Heart's Desire," The Mighty Jungle, The Family Channel, 1994.

"Retribution," Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, syndicated, 1994.

Director, "Amateur Night," Forever Knight, USA Network and syndicated, 1995.

Hall, "The Blue Line," Due South, CBS and CTV, 1995.

Adam Trask, "Redemption," TekWar, USA Network, 1996.

Quirk, "A Shaolin Christmas," Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, syndicated, 1996.

John Wicke, "Mother," La Femme Nikita, USA Network, 1997.

Dave William, "True Blue," Once a Thief, syndicated, 1998.

Francis Xavier Byrne/The Chairman," "Forever and a Day: Part 2," Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal, syndicated, 1999.

Spike, "Field of Dweebs," The Famous Jett Jackson, The Disney Channel, 1999.

Professor De Morancy, "In the Beginning," The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, Sci–Fi Channel and syndicated, 2000.

Mark Rusk, "Trapped by Time," Earth: Final Conflict (also known as Gene Roddenberry's "Earth: Final Conflict"), syndicated, 2001.

Agent Morrison, "The Doorbell Rang," A Nero Wolfe Mystery, Arts and Entertainment, 2001.

Attorney Albert Irby, "Prisoner's Base: Part 2," A Nero Wolfe Mystery, Arts and Entertainment, 2001.

Attorney Frank Edey, "Eeny, Meeny, Murder, Moe," A Nero Wolfe Mystery, Arts and Entertainment, 2001.

Doug Parelli, "The Aftermath," Soul Food, Showtime, 2001.

Doug Parelli, "Life Lessons," Soul Food, Showtime, 2001.

Kenneth Reichert, Queer as Folk, Showtime, 2003.

Mr. Crawford, "Judgment Day," 1–800–Missing (also known as Missing), Lifetime, 2004.

John Bishop, "The Prophecy," Mutant X, 2004.

Also appeared in Night Heat.

Stage Appearances:

The Merchant of Venice, Avon Theatre, Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, 1996.

Duke of Cornwall, King Lear, Stratford Festival, 1996.

Fitting Confusion, Stratford Festival, 1996.

Inexpressible Island, Canadian Stage, Necessary Angel, Toronto, Ontario, 1997.

Leontes, The Winter's Tale, Stratford Festival, 1998.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Avon Theatre, Stratford Festival, 1998.

Heaven, Canadian Stage, Toronto, 2000.

Victor Prynne, Private Lives, Avon Theatre, 2001.

Fluellen, Henry V, Avon Theatre, 2001.

Ben Driver, Good Mother, Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford, 2001.

Enobarbus, Antony and Cleopatra, Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford Festival, 2003.

The Taming of the Shrew, Festival Theatre, Stratford Festival, 2003.

Jacob, Of the Fields, Max Bell Theatre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2004.

Also appeared in Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Cyrano de Bergerac, and A Midsummer Night's Dream, all Stratford Festival; The Affections of May, Theatre New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada; Odd Jobs, Canadian Stage; The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, The Saidye Bronfman Centre; McClure, Theatre Aquarius, Hamilton, Ontario.