Michael Wincott

Michael Wincott
Date of Birth: 21 Jan 1958
Country: Canada
Total Credits at Criticker: 31 (Actor)
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Alien: Resurrection
Ellen Ripley (Weaver) died fighting the perfect predator. Two hundred years and eight horrific experiments later, she's back. A group of scientists has cloned her-along with the alien queen inside her-hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the resurrected Ripley must team up with a band of smugglers, including a mechanic named Call (Ryder), who holds more than a few surprises of her own. (20th Century Fox)
Along Came a Spider
Washington, D.C. homicide detective Alex Cross is through playing mind games with criminals - that is until a methodical predator, Gary Soneji kidnaps the young daughter of a United States senator from an elite school and lures Cross into the case.
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
A chilling drama that explores and exposes the dark side of the American Dream, this film focuses on the prescient and tragic true story of Sam Bicke (Penn), a disillusioned "everyman" who, in 1974, was driven to plot the assassination of the 37th President of the United States. (ThinkFilm)
Before Night Falls
A richly imagined joumey into the life and writings of the brilliant Cuban author and exile Reinaldo Arenas. (Fine Line Features)
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas's classic story of an innocent man wrongly but deliberately imprisoned and his brilliant strategy for revenge against those who betrayed him. (Touchstone Pictures)
Treasure Planet
A futuristic twist on Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, Treasure Planet follows restless teen Jim Hawkins on a fantastic journey across the universe as cabin boy aboard a majestic space galleon. Befriended by the ship's charismatic cyborg cook, John Silver, Jim blossoms under his guidance and shows the makings of a fine shipmate as he and the alien crew battle a supernova, a black hole, and a ferocious space storm. But even greater dangers lie ahead when Jim discovers that his trusted friend Silver is actually a scheming pirate with mutiny on his mind. (imdb)
Dead Man
On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange North American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
When Robin and his Moorish companion come to England and the tyranny of the Sheriff of Nottingham, he decides to fight back as an outlaw (imdb)
The Doors
The story of the famous and influential 1960's rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison (imdb)
The Crow
A man brutally murdered comes back to life as an undead avenger of his and his fiancée's murder (imdb)
Strange Days
A former cop turned street-hustler accidentally uncovers a police conspiracy in 1999 Los Angeles. (imdb)
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Christopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas and the effect this has on the indigenous people. (imdb)
Basquiat
Basquiat tells the story of the meteoric rise of youthful artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. (imdb)
Talk Radio
A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national. (imdb)
The Three Musketeers
A Disney-ized retelling of Dumas' classic swashbuckling story of three swordsmen plus one of the disbanded French king's guard who seek to save their King from the scheming of the Cardinal Richelieu (imdb)
Romeo Is Bleeding
A corrupt police sergeant who supplies tips on the locations of safeguarded witnesses to the Mob bites off more than he can chew when he attempts to assassinate a beautiful but ruthless Russian hitwoman (imdb)
Metro
Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars. (imdb)
The Sicilian
Giuliano robs from the rich conservative landowners to give to the poor, serf-like peasants, who in turn hail him as their savior. As his popularity grows, so does his ego, and he eventually thinks he is above the power of his backer, Mafia Don Masino Croce. The Don, in turn, sets out to kill the upstart by convincing his cousin and closest advisor Gaspare to assassinate him. (imdb)
Seraphim Falls
An epic action thriller set against the backdrop of the American Civil War. (Icon Entertainment)
Gunshy
When the New York journalist Jake Bridges catches his girlfriend with another guy, he goes to Atlantic City to drink himself to oblivion. He is saved from a bar brawl by a small-time mobster Frankie, and Jake falls in love with Frankie's girlfriend Melissa. Jake soon also joins Frankie in his money-collecting duties. (imdb)
What Just Happened
Two weeks in the life of a fading Hollywood producer (De Niro) who's having a rough time trying to get his new picture made.
Hidden Agenda
A young medical student travels to Berlin to investigate the apparent death of his brother and discovers a secret life of espionage, betrayal and murder at the highest levels. (imdb)
Circle of Two
The story of the impossible love between a schoolgirl and a 60-years old painter. (imdb)
Hitchcock
A love story between influential filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and wife Alma Reville during the filming of Psycho in 1959. (imdb)
24: Live Another Day
Jack Bauer comes out of hiding in London to head off a massive terrorist attack while being hunted down by American forces dispatched by President James Heller. (imdb)
Forsaken
Kiefer and Donald Sutherland share the screen in this brooding western about an embittered gunslinger who attempts to make amends with his estranged father whilst their community is besieged by ruthless land-grabbers. (imdb)
A Lonely Place for Dying
In 1972, the conflict in Vietnam continues. The creeping threat of communism grips the nation in fear. In an abandoned prison on the US/Mexican border, KGB mole Nikolai Dzerzhinsky waits for his contact from the Washington Post. He holds explosive evidence against the CIA, information he will trade for asylum in the United States. Special Agent Robert Harper's orders are clear: take the documents from Dzerzhinsky and kill him. (imdb)
Wild Horse Hank
A teenage girl tries to save a herd of wild horses from a local gang intending on capturing and selling them for dogmeat. Unfortunately the nearest Federal land where the horses will be safe lies one hundred and fifty miles away, over badlands and a mountain range. (imdb)
Westworld - Season 1
Nope
The residents of a lonely gulch in inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.
Veni Vidi Vici
A Danish film director in decline. His films get bad reviews, and at home he is financially supported by the wife. He is forced to get a real job. (imdb)