Winston Rekert
Biography
Winston Rekert was a Canadian actor and a Vancouver native who first acted at 12 in Amahl and the Night Visitors. After high school he spent a year in a logging camp, then took time to try acting and joined the Arts Club Theatre Company. His first television role came in 1973 on The Beachcombers. In 1985 he played Detective Langevin in Agnes of God (1985) and earned a Genie Award nomination for Walls. He led the spy spoof Adderly from 1986 to 1988, winning a Gemini Award in 1987 for his continuing dramatic role. He starred in Neon Rider from 1990 to 1995 as a therapist running a ranch for troubled adolescents, and he also wrote, directed and produced for it. A guest role on Blue Murder brought a second Gemini in 2003. He appeared on many Canadian and American series shot in Vancouver. In 2012 the Union of B.C. Performers gave him the Sam Payne Lifetime Achievement Award.
63years old at death
- Born Vancouver
- Died Vancouver
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Also credited as Winston Houghton Rekert
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 23 years1985 to 2008
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First role
In 1973 Rekert got his first part on television, appearing in the comedy-drama The Beachcombers, after he became a member of the Arts Club Theatre Company.
Behind the award
In April 2012 the Union of B.C. Performers gave Rekert the Sam Payne Lifetime Achievement Award, an annual honor recognizing professional performers who show humanity, artistic integrity and support for new talent.
Winston Rekert movies on Netflix
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Scott Heindl appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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