Jesse Vint

Jesse Vint is an American actor who also works as a director and screenwriter. He grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and joined the Actors Studio in Los Angeles, where Bruce Dern spotted him and suggested him for Silent Running (1972). Vint appeared in Macon County Line (1974), Black Oak Conspiracy (1977) and Forbidden World (1982), and he acted under Arthur Penn in Little Big Man (1970) and Roman Polanski in Chinatown. He made three films with David Carradine, often playing rivals. His other honors include a win at the 1988 World Celebrity Chess Championship, a 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Portland Indie Film Awards, and induction into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 2022. Since 1982 he has held a voting membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and he has written several books, among them The Film Actor's Handbook.