Over more than thirty-five years, Michael Wincott has gained the reputation of a respected and uncompromising actor. Born in Scarborough, Ontario to an English father and an Italian mother, he eventually moved to New York City where he graduated from Juilliard in 1986 and began a relationship with Joseph Papp's Public Theatre beginning with his creation of the role of 'Kent' in Eric Bogosian's Talk Radio. (He reprised the role for the 1988 Oliver Stone film.) He last appeared onstage in New York opposite John Malkovich in Sam Shepard's States of Shock originating the role of 'Stubbs.' He has worked with some of cinema's most gifted artists including Terrence Malick, Gary Oldman, Julian Schnabel, Sean Penn, Jim Jarmusch, Robert De Niro, Gerard Depardieu, Benicio Del Toro and Javier Bardem. He has written two screenplays, an original and an adaptation of a novel.
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