Wayne Best

Wayne Best


in New Brunswick, Canada

Movies for Wayne Best...

Richard III
Title: Richard III
Character: King Edward IV, Christopher Urswick
Released: April 16, 2023
Type: Movie
Charismatic, cunning, and utterly ruthless, Richard, Duke of Gloucester is the very embodiment of lethal ambition as he maneuvers and murders his way to the throne of England.
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The Tempest
Title: The Tempest
Character: Master
Released: April 13, 2019
Type: Movie
In Shakespeare’s great drama of loss and reconciliation, a long-deposed ruler uses magical arts to bring within her power the enemies who robbed her of her throne and marooned her on a remote island. But what revenge does she mean to take?
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Coriolanus
Title: Coriolanus
Character: Host / Doctor / Father / Sentinel #1
Released: March 23, 2019
Type: Movie
Staged at the Stratford Festival and named on many 2018 year-end critics “best of” lists, the Stratford Festival’s “riveting” and “exhilarating” (The New York Times) production of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, has been called “the show of the decade… a landmark production for the Stratford Festival. Maybe for William Shakespeare, too” (The Globe and Mail), and “the greatest contemporary staging of this play that I have ever seen” (Chicago Tribune).
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Title: Hudson & Rex
Character: Mac MacLennon
Released: February 25, 2019
Type: TV
Detective Charlie Hudson teams up with what he calls his "highly trained law enforcement animal" German Shepherd dog named Rex who he prefers to team up with because he doesn't talk his ear off.
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Henry VIII
Title: Henry VIII
Character: Duke of Suffolk
Released: January 20, 2019
Type: Movie
hurch and state collide when England’s king defies papal authority by seeking to divorce his wife, Katherine of Aragon. The consequences will be epochal for the country – and calamitous for the king’s adviser, Cardinal Wolsey, who has been playing a dangerous game of his own. Passion, political intrigue and personal faith drive the action as Shakespeare brings vividly to life the thrilling human drama behind a pivotal moment in history.
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Romeo and Juliet
Title: Romeo and Juliet
Character: Friar Laurence
Released: March 3, 2018
Type: Movie
A long-simmering animosity between two families of Verona, the Montague's and the Capulet's, has recently boiled over, with members of the rival households brawling in the streets. One night, Romeo, a Montague, crashes a party given by the Capulet's in order to meet up with a young woman called Rosaline, with whom he is infatuated. Thoughts of her vanish from his mind, however, when he catches sight of Juliet, daughter of the head of the Capulet household. Juliet is equally smitten with Romeo, but her father already has other plans for her.
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Title: Anne with an E
Character: John Blythe
Released: March 19, 2017
Type: TV
A coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and numerous challenges, fights for love and acceptance and for her place in the world. The series centers on a young orphaned girl in the late 1890’s, who, after an abusive childhood spent in orphanages and the homes of strangers, is mistakenly sent to live with an elderly woman and her aging brother. Over time, 13-year-old Anne will transform their lives and eventually the small town in which they live with her unique spirit, fierce intellect and brilliant imagination.
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The Adventures of Pericles
Title: The Adventures of Pericles
Character: Antiochus / Simonides / Mytilene Gentleman
Released: May 7, 2016
Type: Movie
A storm at sea brings love into the life of Pericles, Prince of Tyre – and another snatches it away. Filled with music and brilliant spectacle, this magical production of Shakespeare’s epic adventure is a delight for the eye and ear as it follows a fairy-tale hero on his miraculous journey to one of drama’s most poignant reunions. A story rarely told – and one you won’t soon forget.
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Stratford Festival: King John
Title: Stratford Festival: King John
Character: Hubert
Released: April 9, 2015
Type: Movie
When the King of France (Peter Hutt) demands that John (Tom McCamus) relinquish his crown in favor of his nephew, the young Prince Arthur, war is the inevitable result. Excommunication, attempted atrocity, rebellion and assassination all contribute to a political turmoil and personal grief for a mother who has lost her son.
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Title: Suits
Character: Robert Stamos
Released: June 23, 2011
Type: TV
While running from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant young college-dropout, slips into a job interview with one of New York City's best legal closers, Harvey Specter. Tired of cookie-cutter law school grads, Harvey takes a gamble by hiring Mike on the spot after he recognizes his raw talent and photographic memory.
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Heritage Minutes: Tommy Prince
Title: Heritage Minutes: Tommy Prince
Character: Colonel
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
A eulogy is given for Tommy Prince, Canada’s most-decorated Indigenous war veteran.
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Gracie's Choice
Title: Gracie's Choice
Character: English Teacher
Released: January 12, 2004
Type: Movie
For as long as she can remember, 16 year-old Gracie has been raising her four siblings, each of whom has a different, absent father and their mother is on the fast track to self-destruction. When these children's lives are about to be pulled apart, Gracie will have to do the impossible and make the ultimate sacrifices to keep her family together.
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Title: Mayday
Character: Captain Allan
Released: September 3, 2003
Type: TV
Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts.
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The Day Reagan Was Shot
Title: The Day Reagan Was Shot
Character: FBI Agent Kirkus
Released: December 9, 2001
Type: Movie
The Day Reagan Was Shot is a 2001 film made for television directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh. The film stars Richard Dreyfuss as Alexander Haig and Richard Crenna as Ronald Reagan.
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Title: Mutant X
Character: John Bishop
Released: October 6, 2001
Type: TV
Mutant X is a science fiction television series that debuted on October 6, 2001. The show was created by Avi Arad, and it centers around Mutant X, a team of "New Mutants" who possess extraordinary powers as a result of genetic engineering. The members of Mutant X were used as test subjects in a series of covert government experiments. The mission of Mutant X is to seek out and protect their fellow New Mutants. The series was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Even though the series had high ratings and was meant to be renewed for a fourth season, it was abruptly canceled in 2004 after the dismantling of Fireworks Entertainment, one of the show's production companies, ending the show on a cliffhanger.
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Maurice Sendak's Little Bear: The Movie
Title: Maurice Sendak's Little Bear: The Movie
Character: Mountain Lion
Released: August 7, 2001
Type: Movie
Little Bear and Father Bear go camping in the wilderness where Little Bear encounters all kinds of new sights and sounds: an eagle's flight, a wolf's howl... and a wild little bear named Cub fishing in a stream. Even though they're from different worlds, Little Bear and Cub become fast friends.
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Driven
Title: Driven
Character: Target Manager
Released: April 27, 2001
Type: Movie
Talented rookie race-car driver Jimmy Bly has started losing his focus and begins to slip in the race rankings. It's no wonder, with the immense pressure being shoveled on him by his overly ambitious promoter brother as well as Bly's romance with his arch rival's girlfriend Sophia. With much riding on Bly, car owner Carl Henry brings former racing star Joe Tanto on board to help Bly. To drive Bly back to the top of the rankings, Tanto must first deal with the emotional scars left over from a tragic racing accident which nearly took his life.
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Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot
Title: Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot
Character: George Smathers
Released: March 4, 2001
Type: Movie
They were more than Washington wives. They were part of an American dream known as Camelot. With strength and cunning they upheld their public image by concealing their private truths. Jackie, Ethel and Joan had little choice. They were Kennedy women. What really unfolded behind the monolith of Kennedy power is revealed for the first time: the true story of the Kennedy reign told through the eyes of the three women who lived it.
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Tribulation
Title: Tribulation
Character: Morgan
Released: January 14, 2000
Type: Movie
Tom Canboro is a police detective with a Christian sister, Eileen, a brother, Calvin, a wife, Susan, and eccentric brother-in-law, Jason. One night, Jason seemingly goes insane and tries to kill Eileen, calling her a "hater". Tom soon realises this may be a conspiracy going as far as devil worship, but as he speeds in his car to get help, he suddenly looses control and crashes. Waking up in a strange hospital, he finds years have passed and people all over the world are wearing the mark of 666 on their right hands, and all those who don't are being killed off. Franco Macalusso, the believer in world peace Jason was fond of, now controls the world, and is trying to bring the world together as it was at the tower of Babel. Meanwhile, the "Haters" or Christians are hiding out and airing TBN tapes on the air for people to realise the Messiah is really the Antichrist, but their leader, Helen Hannah, is arrested... Written by The Extra in the Background
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Life in a Day
Title: Life in a Day
Character: Detective Ed Carlisle
Released: May 20, 1999
Type: Movie
A scientific experiment in rapid-cell growth goes awry when a lab assistant steals the developed serum and injects it into his pregnant girl friend. The result is a child that grows through adulthood and will die within days, if a cure cannot be found.
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The Battle of Vimy Ridge
Title: The Battle of Vimy Ridge
Character: Claude Williams
Released: March 21, 1999
Type: Movie
A two-hour documentary which recreates for the viewer one of the greatest battles in Canadian military history. The film was made to show that Canadian character at its best, forging an identity for a country that before the First World War had been seen only as a British colony - an identity and a character that became recognized and respected throughout Europe.
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Summer of the Monkeys
Title: Summer of the Monkeys
Character: Mr. Patterson
Released: October 30, 1998
Type: Movie
One summer, Jay finds four chimps on the prairie who have fallen off a circus cart.
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Bone Daddy
Title: Bone Daddy
Character: Rodman
Released: July 19, 1998
Type: Movie
Doctor Palmer, a former pathologist, wrote a fictional book based on his real cases. In the book, the madman gets caught, but in reality he is still uncaught. After the book is released, Palmer's editor is kidnapped. Palmer soon is sent a present containing a page of his book, and a bone from his editor. Together with the police, Palmer tries to find his editor, who might still be alive. In addition, his own son becomes one of the main suspects. Written by Julian Reischl
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Title: Earth: Final Conflict
Character: Mark Rusk
Released: October 6, 1997
Type: TV
Years ago, the Taelons came to Earth, offering friendship and technology to humanity. But there are those who believe the Taelons have more sinister motives.
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Title: Once a Thief
Released: September 29, 1996
Type: TV
Once a Thief is a 1997 Canadian television show inspired by the 1996 film of the same name.
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Title: Due South
Character: Hall
Released: September 22, 1994
Type: TV
Constable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the Canadian consulate but works with Chicago Police Department to solve crimes.
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Sea of Love
Title: Sea of Love
Character: Hallway Cop
Released: September 15, 1989
Type: Movie
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.
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Short Circuit 2
Title: Short Circuit 2
Character: Officer O'Malley
Released: July 6, 1988
Type: Movie
Robot Johnny 5 moves to the city to help his friend Ben Jahrvi with his toy manufacturing enterprise, only to be manipulated by criminals who want to use him for their own nefarious purposes.
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Title: Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
Character: Commander Lorek
Released: September 20, 1987
Type: TV
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future is a 1987–88 Canadian-American science fiction/action television series, merging live action with animation based on computer-generated images, that ran for 22 episodes in Canadian and American syndication. A toy line was also produced by Mattel, and during each episode there was a segment that included visual and audio material which interacted with the toys.
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The High Price of Passion
Title: The High Price of Passion
Character: Keefe
Released: October 29, 1986
Type: Movie
A college professor becomes obsessed with a prostitute.
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Title: The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Mark Taylor
Released: September 29, 1985
Type: TV
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the classic 1955 series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
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Title: The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Spindle Cook
Released: September 29, 1985
Type: TV
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the classic 1955 series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
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The Hearst and Davies Affair
Title: The Hearst and Davies Affair
Character: Byron Sloane
Released: January 14, 1985
Type: Movie
Dramatization of the scandalous, long-time love affair between the powerful but married publisher and the chorus girl he helped turn into a Ziegfeld star and 1930s film personality.
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Heartsounds
Title: Heartsounds
Character: Intern 'Lover'
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: Movie
New York urologist Harold Lear gets a taste of his own medicine when he suffers a heart attack and is confronted with a medical institution which doesn't seem equipped to help. Wife Martha steps in to fight the system and get a measure of service and compassion. Ultimately the greatest battle is not waged against the medical profession, however, but against Lear's own failing body and his own mortal fears.
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Cougar
Title: Cougar
Released: January 7, 1984
Type: Movie
A flash flood sweeps a boy and his sister onto an island in the Mississippi River, where they are trapped with a cougar and her new born cubs. In an effort to escape the island, they find themselves threatened by two ruthless river-men who will stop at nothing to kidnap and hold the children for ransom.
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Summer's Children
Title: Summer's Children
Character: Bob
Released: September 7, 1979
Type: Movie
SUMMER'S CHILDREN is the story of a young man who tries to escape his troubled home and sister to find a new life for himself. He takes on a new job and enters into new relationships, but his sister pursues him in a cat and mouse game, getting into trouble in the city's seedy underground. In a series of flashbacks, we discover the reasons for his initial departure, as he and his sister try to find a peaceful resolution to their feelings about each other.