Colin Stinton
Born: 1947-03-10 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Known For: Acting
Biography
Colin Stinton (born March 10, 1947, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian actor whose career has spanned over four decades across stage, film, and television. He earned a Drama Desk Award nomination for his role in the U.S. premiere of Richard Nelson's Some Americans Abroad and played Mr. Robinson in both the London and New York stage productions of The Graduate. He made his screen debut in 1980 and has since accumulated over 100 credits. His most notable film roles include Dr. Dave Greenwalt in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Neal Daniels (CIA Deputy Director) in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Teddy Mayer in Rush (2013), a Customs Officer in Closer (2004), Inspector Rogers in The Machinist (2004), a Theoretical Physicist in Proof (2005), Daniel Burnham in The Current War (2017), a NORAD Colonel in Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), and Moscow Station Chief in All the Old Knives (2022). Other credits include The Verdict (1982), The Russia House (1990), Spy Game (2001), The Hours (2002), TransSiberian (2008), Borg vs. McEnroe (2017), and Hunter Killer (2018). On television, Stinton is best known as President Arthur Coleman Winters in the Doctor Who episode "The Sound of Drums" (2007), US Secretary of State Traynor Styles in Spooks (2006), Justice Robert H. Jackson in Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial (2006), Anthony Markowitz in Broken News (2005, series regular), US Ambassador in Veep (2014), Dean Jackson in Outlander (2017), Lawrence Spivak in The Crown (2019), Chennault in The Queen's Gambit (2020), and Bastien in The Serpent (2021). He has also done extensive voice-over work for video games including Overwatch, Apex Legends, and RoboCop: Rogue City.
Filmography
2025
- Talamasca: The Secret Order as Suttle
- Down Cemetery Road as Bob Crawford
2022
- All the Old Knives as Moscow Station Chief
2021
- The Serpent as Bastien
2020
- Industry as Hesh Cooper
- The Queen's Gambit as Chennault
- Wonder Woman 1984 as NORAD Colonel
- Blithe Spirit as Cecil B. DeMille
2019
- Hanna as Tom Kaladski
- Adults in the Room as Steve
2018
- Hunter Killer as Senator from Iowa
- Beirut as Mr. Jones
- The Current War as Daniel Burnham
2017
- Absentia as Dr. Steven Mandel
- Borg vs McEnroe as Talk Show Host
2016
- The Crown as Lawrence E. Spivak
- A Very British Deterrent as Dwight D. Eisenhower
2014
- Outlander as Dean Jackson
2013
- Rush as Teddy Mayer
2012
- Veep as US Ambassador
- City Slacker as Freddie
- Chasing Leprechauns as Thorpe
2009
- Moonshot as Bob Gilruth
2008
- TransSiberian as Embassy Official
- House of Saddam as American Journalist
- Harley Street
- Red Mist as Detective Cartert
- Wire in the Blood: Prayer of the Bone as Radio Announcer
2007
- The Bourne Ultimatum as Neal Daniels
- The Trial of Tony Blair as US Ambassador
- Consenting Adults as Dr. Kinsey
2006
- The Kovak Box as Encargado Consulado
- Second in Command as Ambassador George Norland
- Big Nothing as Max
- Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial as Justice Robert Jackson
- A for Andromeda as Kaufman
2005
- Doctor Who as President Arthur Winters
- The Jacket as Jury Foreman
- Proof as Theoretical Physicist
- Broken News as Anthony Markovitz
2004
- Closer as Customs Officer
- The Machinist as Inspector Rogers
- 12 Days of Terror as Dr. John Nichols
2003
- Seven Wonders of the Industrial World as Walker 'Brig' Young
- Belly of the Beast as Jim Cox
- Quicksand as Harbinson
2002
- Spooks as Traynor Styles
- Foyle's War as Lt. Colonel Hoyt Jackson
- Wire in the Blood as Professor Sutton
- The Hours as Hotel Clerk
- Manchild
- The American Embassy as John Macavoy
- Thunderpants as Foster
- The Falklands Play as Alexander Haig (US Secretary of State)
2001
- Waking the Dead as Larry Karp
- Spy Game as Henry Pollard
2000
1999
- The Winslow Boy as Desmond Curry
1997
- Jonathan Creek as Scott Reisner
- Tomorrow Never Dies as Dave Greenwalt
1996
- In Love and War as Tom Burnside
1994
- 99-1 as Hanson
1993
- A Year in Provence as Bishop Brian Stanford
- The 10 Percenters
- Remember as Art Morgan
1992
- Ghostwatch as Dr. Emilio Sylvestri
- Flodder Does Manhattan! as Jack
- Hostages as Mike Mulholland
1991
- Homicide as Walter B. Wells
1990
- The Russia House as Henziger
- The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story as Raymond Smith
1989
- Agatha Christie's Poirot as Charles Lester
- The Ginger Tree as Bob Dale
- Mother Love
1988
- Lip Service as Salesman #2
1987
- Still Crazy Like a Fox as Thurmond Richards
1986
- A Very Peculiar Practice as Charlie Dusenberry
1983
- Daniel as Dale
1982
- The Verdict as Billy
1980
- Paul's Case as Hotel Manager