Maury Chaykin

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Maury Chaykin
Born	July 27, 1949 (age 57) Brooklyn, New York

Maury Chaykin (born July 27, 1949) is a Canadian/American actor. He is known for his work as a character actor in many films and television series.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Personal life 1.2 Career 2 External links 3 Selected film and TV credits

[edit] Biography

[edit] Personal life

Chaykin was born in Brooklyn, New York to an American father and Canadian mother. Raised in New York City, he studied drama at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He subsequently moved to Toronto, Ontario, where he has resided ever since. Chaykin is the nephew of film director George Bloomfield. He is married to actress Susannah Hoffman, with whom he has one daughter.

[edit] Career

A large man, Chaykin is known for portrayals of blustery supporting characters. One of his rare leading roles is as Nero Wolfe. Chaykin first played the detective genius in The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery, an A&E telemovie adaptation of the 1953 novel by Rex Stout. Timothy Hutton costarred as Archie Goodwin. The original movie's success led to the critically acclaimed series, A Nero Wolfe Mystery, which played for two seasons on A&E and continues to air internationally. The series and the telemovie are available on DVD.

Chaykin has also had television roles in the series Seeing Things and Emily of New Moon, and a recurring role as the intergalactic gourmand Nerus (a nod to Nero Wolfe) in Stargate SG-1. In 1990, he had a small but pivotal role in the film Dances with Wolves. He portrayed the colorful bookie Frank Perlin opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman's compulsive gambler Dan Mahowny in Owning Mahowny, a film that critic Roger Ebert named as one of the ten best of 2003.

In 2006, Chaykin appeared in an episode of the Ken Finkleman miniseries, At the Hotel. He received a Gemini Award for best performance by an actor in a guest role.

To celebrate the first 30 years of his career, the Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film presented Chaykin with its Career So Far Award in 2006. Chaykin spoke to Toronto Star columnist Rita Zekas (February 19, 2006) about the honor:

"I got this strange call from Chlotrudis," he recalls. "I thought it was a disease. It's a society for independent film and they said, 'We're giving you The Career So Far Award. Not The Lifetime Achievement Award. We hope you will do a lot more indie films.'

"They want to fly me down to Cambridge, Massachusetts. Last year's winner was Philip Seymour Hoffman. I looked up their website and they are legit. Nero Wolfe raised orchids. Maybe he had a rare form of Chlotrudis."

• 12th Annual Chlotrudis Awards Ceremony (March 19, 2006) featuring special guest Maury Chaykin

[edit] External links

• Maury Chaykin at the Internet Movie Database
• A Nero Wolfe Mystery at The Wolfe Pack, official site of the Nero Wolfe Fan Club
• Yahoo group

[edit] Selected film and TV credits

• Seeing Things (TV) (1982–1986) as Randall Jackson
• Curtains (1983) as Monty
• WarGames (1983) as Jim Sting
• Mrs. Soffel (1984) as Guard Charlie Reynolds
• Harry & Son (1984) as Lawrence
• Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks (1985) as Harold Chamberlain Banks
• In Like Flynn (1985) (TV) as Williams
• Def-Con 4 (1985) as Vinny
• Wild Thing (1987) as Jonathan Trask
• Twins (1988) as Burt Klane
• Iron Eagle II (1988) as Sgt. Downs
• Millennium (1989) as Roger Keane
• Mr. Destiny (1990) as Guzelman, Building Contractor
• Where the Heart Is (1990) as Harry
• Hearts of Fire (1990) as Charlie Kelso
• Dances with Wolves (1990) as Major Fambrough
• The Adjuster (1991) as Bubba
• The Pianist (1991) as Cody
• Hero (1992) as Winston, Bernie's Landlord
• Leaving Normal (1992) as Leon "Crazy-As" Pendleton
• My Cousin Vinny (1992) as Sam Tipton
• Buried on Sunday (1992)
• Beethoven's 2nd (1993) as Cliff Klamath
• Money for Nothing (1993) as Vincente Goldoni
• Sommersby (1993) as Lawyer Dawson
• Camilla (1994) as Harold Cara
• Whale Music (1994)
• Cutthroat Island (1995) as John Reed
• Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) as Matthew Terell
• Unstrung Heroes (1995) as Arthur Lidz
• Mousehunt (1997) as Alexander Falko
• A Life Less Ordinary (1997) as Tod Johnson
• La Femme Nikita (TV), episode "Innocent" (1997) as Rudy (Gemini Award)
• Jerry and Tom (1998) as Billy
• The Mask of Zorro (1998) as Prison Warden
• Emily of New Moon (TV) (1998)
• Entrapment (1999) as Conrad Greene
• Mystery, Alaska (1999) as Bailey Pruitt
• The Art of War (2000) as Frank Capella
• The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (TV) (2000) as Nero Wolfe
• Bartleby (2001) as Ernest
• A Nero Wolfe Mystery (TV) (2001–2002) as Nero Wolfe
• Owning Mahowny (2003) as Frank Perlin
• Being Julia (2004) as Walter Gibbs
• The Hunt for the BTK Killer (2005) (TV) as Robert Beattie
• Where the Truth Lies (2005)
• Stargate SG-1 (TV) (two episodes: 2005, 2006) as Nerus
• Entourage (TV), episode "The Sundance Kids" (2005) as Harvey
• At the Hotel (TV), episode "The Perfect Couple" (2006) as Jerry Mitchell (Gemini Award)
• Eureka (TV), pilot episode (2006) as Sheriff William Cobb