Colin Stinton

Colin Stinton

Known for
Acting
Born
March 10, 1947 (age 79)
Birthplace
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2025
Talamasca: The Secret Order poster

Talamasca: The Secret Order

TV · as Suttle · 1 ep

2025
Down Cemetery Road poster

Down Cemetery Road

TV · as Bob Crawford · 1 ep

2022
All the Old Knives poster

All the Old Knives

Movie · as Moscow Station Chief

2021
The Serpent poster

The Serpent

TV · as Bastien · 1 ep

2020
Wonder Woman 1984 poster

Wonder Woman 1984

Movie · as NORAD Colonel

2020
Blithe Spirit poster

Blithe Spirit

Movie · as Cecil B. DeMille

2020
The Queen's Gambit poster

The Queen's Gambit

TV · as Chennault · 1 ep

2020
Industry poster

Industry

TV · as Hesh Cooper · 1 ep

2019
Adults in the Room poster

Adults in the Room

Movie · as Steve

2019
Hanna poster

Hanna

TV · as Tom Kaladski · 1 ep

2018
Beirut poster

Beirut

Movie · as Mr. Jones

2018
Hunter Killer poster

Hunter Killer

Movie · as Senator from Iowa

2018
The Current War poster

The Current War

Movie · as Daniel Burnham

2017
Borg vs McEnroe poster

Borg vs McEnroe

Movie · as Talk Show Host

2017
Absentia poster

Absentia

TV · as Dr. Steven Mandel · 2 eps

2016
A Very British Deterrent poster

A Very British Deterrent

Movie · as Dwight D. Eisenhower

2016
The Crown poster

The Crown

TV · as Lawrence E. Spivak · 1 ep

2014
Outlander poster

Outlander

TV · as Dean Jackson · 1 ep

2013
Rush poster

Rush

Movie · as Teddy Mayer

2012
City Slacker poster

City Slacker

Movie · as Freddie

2012
Chasing Leprechauns poster

Chasing Leprechauns

Movie · as Thorpe

2012
Veep poster

Veep

TV · as US Ambassador · 1 ep

2009
Moonshot poster

Moonshot

Movie · as Chris Kraft

2008
TransSiberian poster

TransSiberian

Movie · as Embassy Official

2008
Red Mist poster

Red Mist

Movie · as Detective Cartert

2008
Wire in the Blood: Prayer of the Bone poster

Wire in the Blood: Prayer of the Bone

Movie · as Radio Announcer

2008
Harley Street poster

Harley Street

TV · 1 ep

2008
House of Saddam poster

House of Saddam

TV · as American Journalist · 1 ep

2007
The Bourne Ultimatum poster

The Bourne Ultimatum

Movie · as Neal Daniels

2007
Consenting Adults poster

Consenting Adults

Movie · as Dr. Kinsey

2007
The Trial of Tony Blair poster

The Trial of Tony Blair

Movie · as US Ambassador

2006
Big Nothing poster

Big Nothing

Movie · as Max

2006
The Kovak Box poster

The Kovak Box

Movie · as Encargado Consulado

2006
A for Andromeda poster

A for Andromeda

Movie · as Kaufman

2006
Second in Command poster

Second in Command

Movie · as Ambassador George Norland

2006
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial poster

Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial

TV · as Justice Robert Jackson · 3 eps

2005
Proof poster

Proof

Movie · as Theoretical Physicist

2005
The Jacket poster

The Jacket

Movie · as Jury Foreman

2005
Broken News poster

Broken News

TV · as Anthony Markovitz · 6 eps

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as President Arthur Winters · 1 ep

2004
Closer poster

Closer

Movie · as Customs Officer

2004
The Machinist poster

The Machinist

Movie · as Inspector Rogers

2004
12 Days of Terror poster

12 Days of Terror

Movie · as Dr. John Nichols

2003
Belly of the Beast poster

Belly of the Beast

Movie · as Jim Cox

2003
Quicksand poster

Quicksand

Movie · as Harbinson

2003
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World poster

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

TV · as Walker 'Brig' Young · 1 ep

2002
The Falklands Play poster

The Falklands Play

Movie · as Alexander Haig (US Secretary of State)

2002
The Hours poster

The Hours

Movie · as Hotel Clerk

2002
Thunderpants poster

Thunderpants

Movie · as Foster

2002
Spooks poster

Spooks

TV · as Traynor Styles · 1 ep

2002
The American Embassy poster

The American Embassy

TV · as John Macavoy · 1 ep

2002
Manchild poster

Manchild

TV · 1 ep

2002
Foyle's War poster

Foyle's War

TV · as Lt. Colonel Hoyt Jackson · 1 ep

2002
Wire in the Blood poster

Wire in the Blood

TV · as Professor Sutton · 1 ep

2001
Spy Game poster

Spy Game

Movie · as Henry Pollard

2001
Waking the Dead poster

Waking the Dead

TV · as Larry Karp · 2 eps

2000
My Family poster

My Family

TV · 1 ep

1999
The Winslow Boy poster

The Winslow Boy

Movie · as Desmond Curry

1997
Tomorrow Never Dies poster

Tomorrow Never Dies

Movie · as Dave Greenwalt

1997
Jonathan Creek poster

Jonathan Creek

TV · as Scott Reisner · 1 ep

1996
In Love and War poster

In Love and War

Movie · as Tom Burnside

1994
99-1 poster

99-1

TV · as Hanson · 1 ep

1993
Remember poster

Remember

Movie · as Art Morgan

1993
The 10 Percenters

The 10 Percenters

TV · 14 eps

1993
A Year in Provence poster

A Year in Provence

TV · as Bishop Brian Stanford · 2 eps

1992
Flodder Does Manhattan! poster

Flodder Does Manhattan!

Movie · as Jack

1992
Ghostwatch poster

Ghostwatch

Movie · as Dr. Emilio Sylvestri

1992
Hostages poster

Hostages

Movie · as Mike Mulholland

1991
Homicide poster

Homicide

Movie · as Walter B. Wells

1990
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story poster

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

Movie · as Raymond Smith

1990
The Russia House poster

The Russia House

Movie · as Henziger

1989
Mother Love poster

Mother Love

TV · 1 ep

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV · as Charles Lester · 1 ep

1989
The Ginger Tree poster

The Ginger Tree

TV · as Bob Dale · 1 ep

1988
Lip Service poster

Lip Service

Movie · as Salesman #2

1987
Still Crazy Like a Fox

Still Crazy Like a Fox

Movie · as Thurmond Richards

1986
A Very Peculiar Practice poster

A Very Peculiar Practice

TV · as Charlie Dusenberry · 6 eps

1983
Daniel poster

Daniel

Movie · as Dale

1982
The Verdict poster

The Verdict

Movie · as Billy

1980
Paul's Case poster

Paul's Case

Movie · as Hotel Manager