| Birth Date: | 10 March 1947 |
| Birth Place: | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Nationality: | Canadian American |
| Alma Mater: | Northern Illinois University |
| Occupation: | Actor |
Colin Stinton (born March 10, 1947) is a Canadian-American actor. He is widely known for his collaborations with playwright and filmmaker David Mamet, and has worked extensively in the United Kingdom since 1985. He is a Joseph Jefferson Award winner and a Drama Desk Award nominee.
Born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1947, Stinton moved to the United States as a child in 1952. He lived in a trailer with his family—traveling throughout the U.S. and finally settling in the Chicago area. There he attended Northern Illinois University, acting in several campus productions and joining an alumni group that performed in Chicago as the Dinglefest Theatre Company, which later established The Theatre Building. He spent several years as part of the Chicago theatre scene where he met and worked frequently with playwright-director David Mamet.
Stinton lived in New York, 1978–1985, during which he created the title role in Mamet's Edmond, and received a Theatre World Award for his role in Mamet's The Water Engine, on Broadway. He moved to London in 1985, where he spent several years at the National Theatre in addition to work in the West End and in film, television and radio. He returned to New York to earn a Drama Desk Award nomination for his role in the U.S. premier of Richard Nelson's Some Americans Abroad, and played Mr. Robinson in both the London and New York stage versions of The Graduate.
He was in the original stage production of Rain Man in London and a West End revival of The Pajama Game in 2014. His stage work includes premieres of new plays by David Mamet, Jean-Claude van Itallie, Richard Nelson, Dusty Hughes, David Hare, John Osborne, and Tom Stoppard.
He played Neal Daniels in The Bourne Ultimatum. Other roles include President Arthur Coleman Winters in the Doctor Who episode "The Sound of Drums", US Secretary of State Al Haig in The Falklands Play, the US Ambassador to the United Kingdom in The Trial of Tony Blair, the United States Secretary of State Traynor Styles in Spooks, and Justice Robert H. Jackson in the BBC docudrama .
He appeared as Dr. Dave Greenwalt in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies and the disbelieving Detective Cartert in the Arielle Kebbel horror vehicle Freakdog. He played opinionated news caster Anthony Markowitz in Broken News.
Stinton played the part of an American named Charles Lester in one of Agatha Christie's Poirot serials Poirot's Early Cases entitled "The Lost Mine". He also appears as the head judge in the 2001 music video, "Murder on the Dancefloor", by Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
He appeared as Lt Colonel Hoyt Jackson for the US Justice Department, tracking a Nazi war criminal in Foyle's War Series 8, Episode 3, "Sunflower" in 2013.
Stinton now lives in Walthamstow, Greater London; and in Chicago.[1]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | The Verdict | Billy | |
| 1983 | Daniel | Dale | |
| 1987 | Still Crazy Like a Fox | Thurmond Richards | Television film |
| 1988 | Lip Service | Salesman #2 | Television film |
| 1989 | Coded Hostile | Operator | Television film |
| 1990 | Raymond Smith | Television film | |
| The Russia House | Henziger | ||
| 1991 | Homicide | Walter B Wells | |
| 1992 | Flodders in America | Jack | |
| Hostages | Mike Mulholland | Television film | |
| Ghostwatch | Dr. Emilio Sylvestri | Television film | |
| 1993 | Remember | Art Morgan | Television film |
| 1995 | The Infiltrator | Aaron Breitbart | Television film |
| 1996 | In Love and War | Tom Burnside | |
| 1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies | Dr. Dave Greenwalt | |
| 1999 | The Winslow Boy | Desmond Curry | |
| 2001 | Spy Game | Henry Pollard | |
| 2002 | Ali G Indahouse | US Delegate | |
| The Falklands Play | Alexander Haig | Television film | |
| Thunderpants | Foster | ||
| The Hours | Hotel Clerk | ||
| 2003 | Quicksand | Harbinson | |
| Belly of the Beast | Jim Cox | Direct-to-video | |
| 2004 | The Machinist | Inspector Rogers | |
| 12 Days of Terror | Dr. John Nichols | Television film | |
| Fred Duncan | Television film | ||
| Closer | Customs Officer | ||
| 2005 | The Jacket | Jury Foreman | |
| Proof | Theoretical Physicist | ||
| 2006 | A for Andromeda | Kaufman | Television film |
| Second in Command | Ambassador George Norland | Direct-to-video | |
| The Kovak Box | Encargado Consulado | ||
| Big Nothing | Max | ||
| 2007 | The Trial of Tony Blair | US Ambassador | Television film |
| The Bourne Ultimatum | Neal Daniels | ||
| Consenting Adults | Dr. Kinsey | Television film | |
| 2008 | TransSiberian | Embassy Official | |
| Freakdog | Detective Cartert | ||
| 2009 | Moonshot | Robert R. Gilruth | Television film |
| 2011 | New York Taxi Driver | Uncredited | |
| 2012 | Chasing Leprechauns | Thorpe | Television film |
| City Slacker | Freddie | ||
| 2013 | Trimming Pablo | Short film | |
| Rush | Teddy Mayer | ||
| 2017 | Borg vs McEnroe | Talk Show Host | |
| The Current War | Daniel Burnham | ||
| 2018 | Beirut | Mr. Jones | |
| Hunter Killer | Senator from Iowa | ||
| Show Dogs | NYPD Chief | ||
| 2019 | Adults in the Room | Steve | |
| 2020 | Blithe Spirit | Cecil B. DeMille | |
| Wonder Woman 1984 | NORAD Colonel | ||
| 2022 | All the Old Knives | Moscow Station Chief | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | The American Short Story | Hotel Manager | Episode: "Paul's Case" |
| 1987 | Yesterday's Dreams | Ed Gutman | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
| 1988 | A Very Peculiar Practice | Charlie Dusenberry | Recurring role; 6 episodes |
| 1989 | Saracen | Lou Grady | Episode: "Infidels" |
| Mother Love | Concert Hall Manager | Episode: "Episode 2" | |
| The Ginger Tree | Bob Dale | Episode: "Episode 3" | |
| 1990 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Charles Lester | Episode: "The Lost Mine" |
| 1992 | A Bit of Fry & Laurie | Judge | Episode: "Series 3, Episode 6" |
| 1993 | Comedy Playhouse | Tony | Episode: "The 10%ers" |
| A Year in Provence | Bishop Brian Stanford | Miniseries; 2 episodes | |
| 1994 | 99-1 | Hanson | Episode: "Trust Me" |
| The 10%ers | Tony | Series regular; 7 episodes | |
| 1997 | Jonathan Creek | Scott Reisner | Episode: "Jack in the Box" |
| Strange but True? | Reconstruction Cast | Episode: "Remote Viewing (David Morehouse)" | |
| 2000 | Dark Realm | Atwater | Episode: "Skin Deep" |
| 2001 | The Armando Iannucci Shows | Recurring role; 2 episodes | |
| 2002 | The American Embassy | John Macavoy | Episode: "China Cup" |
| Waking the Dead | Larry Karp | Episode: "Special Relationship" | |
| 2003 | Manchild | Plastic Surgeon | Episode: "Series 2, Episode 1" |
| Down to Earth | Mr. Simpich | Episode: "The Poseidon Effect" | |
| Spine Chillers | Gangster | Episode: "Fairy Godfather" | |
| Seven Wonders of the Industrial World | Walker 'Brig' Young | Episode: "The Hoover Dam" | |
| Days That Shook the World | Voiceover | Episode: "The Assassination of JFK/The Resignation of Nixon" | |
| 2005 | Broken News | Anthony Markowitz | Series regular; 6 episodes |
| 2006 | My Family | Dr. Buck Bukowski | Episode: "Bliss for Idiots" |
| Spooks | Traynor Styles | Episode: "World Trade" | |
| Justice Robert Jackson | Miniseries; 3 episodes | ||
| The Wild West | Lew Wallace | Episode: "Billy the Kid" | |
| Wire in the Blood | Professor Sutton | Episode: "Hole in the Heart" | |
| 2007 | Doctor Who | President | Episode: "The Sound of Drums" |
| 2008 | House of Saddam | US Journalist | Miniseries; 1 episode |
| Harley Street | Mr. Stanson | Episode: "Episode 4" | |
| Wire in the Blood | Radio Announcer | Episode: "Prayer of the Bone" | |
| 2012 | Trigger Point | Morgan | Recurring role |
| 2013 | Foyle's War | Lieutenant Colonel Hoyt Jackson | Episode: "Sunflower" |
| 2014 | Veep | US Ambassador | Episode: "Special Relationship" |
| 2017 | Fearless | Jack Kretchmer | Miniseries; 5 episodes |
| Outlander | Dean Jackson | Episode: "The Battle Joined" | |
| 2018 | Butterfly | Dr. Leonard Farrow | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Absentia | Dr. Steven Mandel | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
| The Crown | Lawrence Spivak | Episode: "Bubbikins" | |
| 2020 | Hanna | Tom Kaladski | Episode: "The Trial" |
| The Queen's Gambit | Chennault | Episode: "Adjournment" | |
| 2021 | The Serpent | Bastien | Episode: "Episode Six" |
| Year | Game | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Voice only | ||
| 2011 | Battlefield 3 | Overwatch | Voice only |
| Anno 2070 | Trenchcoat | Voice only | |
| 2015 | Blues and Bullets | Jim Dockers | Voice only |
| Anno 2205 | Emem Buhari | English version, voice only | |
| Randal's Monday | Bruno / Narrator / Rod | Voice only | |
| 2016 | Deponia Doomsday | Junk Wizard / Zoon | English version, voice only |
| 2021 | Encased | Dean Rayhet | Voice only |
| 2023 | Voice only | ||