Wayne Best

Biography

Wayne Best is a veteran Canadian actor originally from New Brunswick who is highly respected for his extensive work on stage and screen. He is perhaps most recognized for his long-standing association with the Stratford Festival, where he has performed for over 25 years in various Shakespearean and classical roles.

Known For

Suits

Mayday

Hudson & Rex

Republic of Doyle

Due South

Earth: Final Conflict

Anne with an E

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

All Movies (29)

• Richard III2023 · as King Edward IV, Christopher Urswick
• All's Well That Ends Well2023 · as Lafew
• The Tempest2019 · as Master
• Coriolanus2019 · as Host / Doctor / Father / Sentinel #1
• Henry VIII2019 · as Duke of Suffolk
• Romeo and Juliet2018 · as Friar Laurence
• The Adventures of Pericles2016 · as Antiochus / Simonides / Mytilene Gentleman
• Stratford Festival: King John2015 · as Hubert
• Ambulance Girl2005 · as Ed
• Our Fathers2005 · as Father Doyle
• Heritage Minutes: Tommy Prince2005 · as Colonel
• Gracie's Choice2004 · as English Teacher
• The Day Reagan Was Shot2001 · as FBI Agent Kirkus
• The Little Bear Movie2001 · as Mountain Lion
• Driven2001 · as Target Manager
• Tribulation2000 · as Morgan
• Winslow Homer: An American Original1999
• Life in a Day1999 · as Detective Ed Carlisle
• The Battle of Vimy Ridge1999 · as Claude Williams
• Summer of the Monkeys1998 · as Mr. Patterson
• Bone Daddy1998 · as Rodman
• Sea of Love1989 · as Hallway Cop
• Short Circuit 21988 · as Officer O'Malley
• Christmas Eve1986 · as Harley
• The High Price of Passion1986 · as Keefe
• The Hearst and Davies Affair1985 · as Byron Sloane
• Heartsounds1984 · as Intern 'Lover'
• Cougar1984
• Summer's Children1979 · as Bob

All TV Shows (20)

• Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent2024 · as Nell's Father
• SurrealEstate2021 · as Magnus Clifford
• Hudson & Rex2019 · as Mac MacLennon
• Anne with an E2017 · as John Blythe
• Suits2011 · as Robert Stamos
• Republic of Doyle2010 · as Staff Sergeant Banfield
• Mayday2003 · as Captain Allan
• Mutant X2001 · as John Bishop
• A Nero Wolfe Mystery2001 · as Attorney Albert Irby
• A Nero Wolfe Mystery2001 · as Agent Morrison
• A Nero Wolfe Mystery2001 · as Frank Edey
• A Nero Wolfe Mystery2001 · as D.A. Mandelbaum
• Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot2001 · as George Smathers
• Earth: Final Conflict1997 · as Mark Rusk
• Once a Thief1996
• Due South1994 · as Hall
• Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future1987 · as Commander Lorek
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents1985 · as Spindle Cook
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents1985 · as Mark Taylor
• The Littlest Hobo1979