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Kenneth Welsh (born 1942 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian film and television actor (sometimes credited as Ken Welsh). He is known to Twin Peaks fans as the multi-faced villain Windom Earle, and has more recently played the father of Katharine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett) in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator.

Welsh grew up in Alberta and studied drama at school. He later moved to Montreal and attended the National Theatre School. Following graduation, he auditioned for the Stratford Festival in Ontario and then spent the first seven years of his career on stage.

Welsh has portrayed historical figures including Thomas E. Dewey, Colin Thatcher, Harry S. Truman (twice), Thomas Edison, James "Scotty" Reston, and James Baker.

In 2003, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.

• The Overfamiliar Subordinate (1965)
• F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980) (TV) as Thomas E. Dewey
• Phobia (1980) as Sgt Wheeler
• Hot Money (1983) as Parker
• Tell Me That You Love Me (1983) as David
• Of Unknown Origin (1983) as James Hall
• Reno and the Doc (1984) (TV) as Reno
• Covergirl (1984) as Harrison
• Falling in Love (1984) as Doctor
• The War Boy (1985) as Stephan Berecky
• The Cuckoo Bird (1985) (TV) as Harry
• The Ray Bradbury Theater
  • Marionettes, Inc. (1985 TV Episode) as Crane
  • And the Moon Be Still as Bright (1990 TV Episode) as Captain Wilder
• Empire, Inc. (1985) (mini TV Series) as James Munroe
• Love & Larceny (1985) (TV)
• Lost! (1986) as Jim
• Murder Sees the Light (1986) (TV) as The Evangelist
• And Then You Die (1987)
• Radio Days (1987) (voice) as Radio Voice
• The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988) (TV) as Luther Rosser
• The House on Carroll Street (1988) as Hackett
• "Crocodile" Dundee II (1988) as Brannigan
• Liberace: Behind the Music (1988)
• The Twilight Zone
  • Acts of Terror (1988 TV Episode) as Jack Simonson
• Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher (1989) (TV) as Colin Thatcher
• Physical Evidence (1989) as Harry Norton
• The Widowmaker (1990) (TV) as Atkinson
• Twin Peaks (1990) (TV) as Windom Earle
• Murder Times Seven (1990) (TV) as Nick Ruggieri*Eli's Lesson (1992) as Uncle Yakub
• Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster (1992) (TV) as Sam Skinner
• The Good Fight (1992) (TV) as Dick Chandler
• Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story (1993) (TV) as Don Eisenberg
• Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story (1993) (TV) as Judge Norton
• Boozecan (1994) as Tim
• Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994) as Lt. Mickey King
• Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
  • Temple (1994 TV Episode) as Vance Cavanaugh
• Timecop (1994) as Senator Utley
• Legends of the Fall (1994) as Sheriff Tynert
• Hiroshima (1995) (TV) as President Harry S. Truman
• Kissinger and Nixon (1995) (TV) as James 'Scotty' Reston
• The X Files
  • Revelations (1995 TV Episode) as Simon Gates
• Portraits of a Killer (1996) as Jim Miller
• Habitat (1997) as Coach Marlowe
• Edison: The Wizard of Light (1998) (TV) as Thomas Edison
• Law & Order
  • Disappeared (1998 TV Episode) as Ben O'Dell
• Thunder Point (1998) (TV) as Armstrong
• Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998) (TV) as Sen. Shelby
• External Affairs (1999) as Michael Riordan
• Who Killed Atlanta's Children? (2000) (TV) as William Kunstler
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000) (TV) as Dr. John Watson
• Haven (2001) (TV) as Harry Truman
• Focus (2001) as Father Crighton
• The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001) (TV) as James Baker
• The Pentagon Papers (2003) (TV) as John McNaughon
• Miracle (2004) as Doc Nagobads
• The Wild Guys (2004) as Andy
• The Day After Tomorrow (2004) as Vice President Becker
• H₂O (2004) (TV) as Randall Spear
• The Aviator (2004) as Dr. Hepburn
• Bailey's Billion$ (2005) as Mouse Delaney
• This Is Wonderland
  • Episode #2.3 (2005) TV Episode
• Tilt
  • The Aftermath (2005 TV Episode) as Seymour Henderson
  • The Whale (2005 TV Episode) as Seymour Henderson
  • Risk Tolerance (2005 TV Episode as Seymour Annisman
  • The Game (2005 TV Episode) as Seymour Henderson
• Our Fathers (2005) (TV) as Bishop Murphy
• Four Brothers (2005) as Robert Bradford
• The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) (as Ken Welsh) as Dr. Mueller
• The Fog (2005) as Tom Malone
• ReGenesis
  • Spare Parts (2004 TV Episode) as Dr. Shelby Sloane
  • Baby Bomb (2004 TV Episode) as Dr. Shelby Sloane
  • The Face of God (2005 TV Episode) as Dr. Shelby Sloane
• "Category 7: The End of the World (2005) (mini TV Series) as Chief of Staff Alan Horst
• Smallville
  • Lexmas (2005 TV Episode) as Drunk Santa
• The Snow Queen (2005) (TV) as King
• Above and Beyond (2005) (mini TV Series, in post-production) as Lord Beaverbrook

• Kenneth Welsh at the Internet Movie Database
• Kenneth Welsh at TV.com
• Kenneth Welsh at northernstars.ca
• Excerpts from an Interview with Kenneth Welsh, conducted by Charles Prepolec on September 8, 2000.