Actor

Wayne Best

New Brunswick, Canada

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.

Notable work

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Suits (2011)
as Robert Stamos
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Anne with an E (2017)
as John Blythe
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Driven (2001)
as Target Manager
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Sea of Love (1989)
as Hallway Cop
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Short Circuit 2 (1988)
as Officer O'Malley

Often works with

David Hemblen
3 titles together
Short Circuit 2, Earth: Final Conflict, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
Maurice Dean Wint
3 titles together
SurrealEstate, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, The Little Bear Movie
Daniel Kash
3 titles together
Due South, Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent, Bone Daddy
R.H. Thomson
2 titles together
Anne with an E, Bone Daddy
Richard Zeppieri
2 titles together
Driven, Earth: Final Conflict
Von Flores
2 titles together
Mayday, Earth: Final Conflict

Full filmography · 46

Richard III
as King Edward IV, Christopher Urswick
2023
All's Well That Ends Well
as Lafew
2023
The Tempest
as Master
2019
Coriolanus
as Host / Doctor / Father / Sentinel #1
2019
Henry VIII
as Duke of Suffolk
2019
Romeo and Juliet
as Friar Laurence
2018
The Adventures of Pericles
as Antiochus / Simonides / Mytilene Gentleman
2016
Stratford Festival: King John
as Hubert
2015
Ambulance Girl
as Ed
2005
Our Fathers
as Father Doyle
2005
Heritage Minutes: Tommy Prince
as Colonel
2005
Gracie's Choice
as English Teacher
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