Maury Chaykin

Maury Chaykin

Known for
Acting
Born
July 27, 1949
Died
July 27, 2010 (aged 61)
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York, USA

Biography

Maury Chaykin (July 27, 1949 - July 27, 2010) was an American-Canadian actor known for performances on both the stage and screen. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Chaykin moved to Toronto, Canada in 1974 after studying acting at the University of Buffalo. Throughout his career, Chaykin worked extensively in both Canada and the United States. He appeared in notable films such as Dances with Wolves (1990), My Cousin Vinny (1992), The Sweet Hereafter (1997), Owning Mahowny (2003), and Being Julia (2004). Chaykin's performances often garnered critical acclaim and earned him awards and nominations, including several Genie Awards. On television, Chaykin showcased his versatility in a wide range of roles. He appeared in numerous acclaimed series, including Entourage, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and most notably Nero Wolfe Mysteries (2001 - 2002), in which he played the titular role. Maury Chaykin passed away on July 27, 2010, on his 61st birthday.

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Filmography

2011
Conduct Unbecoming poster

Conduct Unbecoming

Movie · as Col. Fox

2011
The Drunk and On Drugs Happy Fun Time Hour

The Drunk and On Drugs Happy Fun Time Hour

TV · 6 eps

2010
Casino Jack poster

Casino Jack

Movie · as Big Tony

2010
Cooking With Stella poster

Cooking With Stella

Movie · as H.E. Mr. Durand

2010
Abroad poster

Abroad

Movie · as Lord Oldenberg

2010
Barney's Version poster

Barney's Version

Movie · as Wedding Guest

2009
Adoration poster

Adoration

Movie · as Passenger & Professor On-Line

2008
Blindness poster

Blindness

Movie · as Accountant

2008
Hooked on Speedman poster

Hooked on Speedman

Movie · as Dietrich Baum

2008
Elijah poster

Elijah

Movie · as Howard Pawley

2008
The Grift poster

The Grift

Movie · as Rusty

2008
Static poster

Static

Movie · as Mr. Linkletter

2008
Bull

Bull

Movie · as Roland Gow

2008
Less Than Kind poster

Less Than Kind

TV · as Sam Blecher · 26 eps

2007
To Each His Own Cinema poster

To Each His Own Cinema

Movie · as (segment "Artaud Double Bill") (archive footage)

2006
Heavens Fall poster

Heavens Fall

Movie · as Lyle Harris

2006
It's a Boy Girl Thing poster

It's a Boy Girl Thing

Movie · as Stan Deane

2006
Eureka poster

Eureka

TV · as Sheriff / Major William Cobb · 1 ep

2005
The Hunt for the BTK Killer poster

The Hunt for the BTK Killer

Movie · as Robert Beattie

2005
Where the Truth Lies poster

Where the Truth Lies

Movie · as Sally Sanmarco

2004
Wilby Wonderful poster

Wilby Wonderful

Movie · as Mayor Brent Fisher

2004
White Coats poster

White Coats

Movie · as Dr. Roger 'Tony' Toussant

2004
Sugar poster

Sugar

Movie · as Stanley

2004
Being Julia poster

Being Julia

Movie · as Walter Gibbs

2004
Camp Hollywood poster

Camp Hollywood

Movie · as Himself

2004
The Making of Nero Wolfe poster

The Making of Nero Wolfe

Movie · as self

2004
Entourage poster

Entourage

TV · as Harvey Weingard · 4 eps

2004
Boston Legal poster

Boston Legal

TV · as Ryan Myerson · 1 ep

2004
Sex Traffic poster

Sex Traffic

TV · 2 eps

2003
Owning Mahowny poster

Owning Mahowny

Movie · as Frank Perlin

2003
Hemingway vs. Callaghan

Hemingway vs. Callaghan

Movie · as Max Perkins

2003
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales poster

Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

Movie · as Dan Weisman

2002
Plan B poster

Plan B

Movie · as Donald Rossi

2002
Hostage poster

Hostage

Movie · as The Kidnapper

2002
Crossed Over poster

Crossed Over

Movie · as Ethan Lowry

2002
The Wet Season poster

The Wet Season

Movie · as Uncle Rick

2001
Varian's War poster

Varian's War

Movie · as Marcello

2001
On Their Knees

On Their Knees

Movie · as Norman

2001
Bleacher Bums poster

Bleacher Bums

Movie · as Scorekeeper

2001
Bartleby poster

Bartleby

Movie · as Ernest

2001
The Hire poster

The Hire

TV · as The Kidnapper · 1 ep

2001
A Nero Wolfe Mystery poster

A Nero Wolfe Mystery

TV · as Nero Wolfe · 27 eps

2000
The Art of War poster

The Art of War

Movie · as Frank Capella

2000
What's Cooking? poster

What's Cooking?

Movie · as Herb 'Herbie' Seelig

2000
The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery poster

The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery

Movie · as Nero Wolfe

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Joseph Greene / Joe Landers · 1 ep

2000
Andromeda poster

Andromeda

TV · as Citizen Eight · 1 ep

1999
Entrapment poster

Entrapment

Movie · as Conrad Greene

1999
Mystery, Alaska poster

Mystery, Alaska

Movie · as Bailey Pruitt

1999
Touched poster

Touched

Movie · as Burt

1999
Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang poster

Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang

Movie · as Mr. Cooper / Louie Loser

1999
Let the Devil Wear Black poster

Let the Devil Wear Black

Movie · as Bruce

1999
Joan of Arc poster

Joan of Arc

TV · as Sir Robert de Baudricourt · 2 eps

1998
Jerry and Tom poster

Jerry and Tom

Movie · as Billy

1998
Northern Lights poster

Northern Lights

Movie · as Ben Rubadue

1998
Love and Death on Long Island poster

Love and Death on Long Island

Movie · as Irving Buckmuller

1998
The Mask of Zorro poster

The Mask of Zorro

Movie · as Prison Warden

1998
Emily of New Moon poster

Emily of New Moon

TV · as Lofty John · 1 ep

1997
The Sweet Hereafter poster

The Sweet Hereafter

Movie · as Wendell Walker

1997
MouseHunt poster

MouseHunt

Movie · as Alexander Falko

1997
A Life Less Ordinary poster

A Life Less Ordinary

Movie · as Tod Johnson

1997
Pale Saints

Pale Saints

Movie · as The Pirate

1997
Strip Search poster

Strip Search

Movie · as Tomas

1997
Keeping the Promise poster

Keeping the Promise

Movie · as Hunter Ben Loomis

1997
Gone Fishin' poster

Gone Fishin'

Movie · as Kirk, Waiter (uncredited)

1997
Stargate SG-1 poster

Stargate SG-1

TV · as Nerus · 2 eps

1997
Lexx poster

Lexx

TV · as Pa Gollean · 1 ep

1997
La Femme Nikita poster

La Femme Nikita

TV · as Rudy · 1 ep

1996
Harriet the Spy poster

Harriet the Spy

Movie · as Holiday Pageant Director (uncredited)

1996
If Looks Could Kill poster

If Looks Could Kill

Movie · as Dr. Richard Boggs

1996
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal poster

Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal

TV · 1 ep

1995
Cutthroat Island poster

Cutthroat Island

Movie · as John Reed

1995
Devil in a Blue Dress poster

Devil in a Blue Dress

Movie · as Matthew Terell

1995
Sugartime poster

Sugartime

Movie · as Tony Accardo

1995
Unstrung Heroes poster

Unstrung Heroes

Movie · as Arthur Lidz

1994
Camilla poster

Camilla

Movie · as Harold Cara

1994
Whale Music poster

Whale Music

Movie · as Desmond Howl

1994
Exotica poster

Exotica

Movie · as Exotica Club Client (uncredited)

1994
Due South poster

Due South

TV · as Pike, Jasper Gutman · 1 ep

1993
Money for Nothing poster

Money for Nothing

Movie · as Vincente Goldoni

1993
Josh & S.A.M. poster

Josh & S.A.M.

Movie · as Pizza Man

1993
Beethoven's 2nd poster

Beethoven's 2nd

Movie · as Cliff Klamath

1993
Sommersby poster

Sommersby

Movie · as Lawyer Dawson

1992
Leaving Normal poster

Leaving Normal

Movie · as Leon

1992
Split Images poster

Split Images

Movie · as Walter Kouza

1992
Buried on Sunday poster

Buried on Sunday

Movie · as Dexter Lexcannon

1992
Hero poster

Hero

Movie · as Winston

1992
My Cousin Vinny poster

My Cousin Vinny

Movie · as Sam Tipton

1991
The Adjuster poster

The Adjuster

Movie · as Bubba

1991
Montreal Stories poster

Montreal Stories

Movie · as Jurgen van Doom

1991
The Pianist poster

The Pianist

Movie

1991
In Passing poster

In Passing

Movie

1990
Dances with Wolves poster

Dances with Wolves

Movie · as Major Fambrough

1990
Where the Heart Is poster

Where the Heart Is

Movie · as Harry

1990
Mr. Destiny poster

Mr. Destiny

Movie · as Guzelman

1989
Millennium poster

Millennium

Movie · as Roger Keane

1989
Cold Comfort poster

Cold Comfort

Movie · as Floyd Lucas

1989
George's Island poster

George's Island

Movie · as Mr. Droonfield

1989
Breaking In poster

Breaking In

Movie · as Vincent Tucci

1988
Twins poster

Twins

Movie · as Burt Klane

1988
Stars & Bars poster

Stars & Bars

Movie · as Freeborn Gage

1988
Hot Paint poster

Hot Paint

Movie · as Wilensky

1988
Iron Eagle II poster

Iron Eagle II

Movie · as Sgt. Downs

1987
Nowhere to Hide poster

Nowhere to Hide

Movie · as Marchais

1987
The Bedroom Window poster

The Bedroom Window

Movie · as Pool Player

1987
Wild Thing poster

Wild Thing

Movie · as Jonathan Trask

1987
Caribe poster

Caribe

Movie · as Captain Burdoch

1987
Hearts of Fire poster

Hearts of Fire

Movie · as Charlie Kelso

1987
Race for the Bomb

Race for the Bomb

TV · as Général Leslie Groves · 3 eps

1986
The Vindicator poster

The Vindicator

Movie · as Burt Arthus

1986
Meatballs III: Summer Job poster

Meatballs III: Summer Job

Movie · as Huey, River Rat Leader

1986
Act of Vengeance poster

Act of Vengeance

Movie · as Claude Vealey

1985
DEFCON-4 poster

DEFCON-4

Movie · as Vinny

1985
In Like Flynn poster

In Like Flynn

Movie · as Williams

1985
Turk 182! poster

Turk 182!

Movie · as Man in wheelchair

1985
The Suicide Murders

The Suicide Murders

Movie · as Sid

1985
Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks poster

Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks

Movie · as Harold Chamberlain Banks

1985
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · 1 ep

1985
Night Heat poster

Night Heat

TV · 1 ep

1984
Harry & Son poster

Harry & Son

Movie · as Lawrence

1984
Hockey Night poster

Hockey Night

Movie · as Bum Johnston

1984
The Guardian poster

The Guardian

Movie · as Rudy Simbro

1984
Highpoint poster

Highpoint

Movie · as Falco

1984
Mrs. Soffel poster

Mrs. Soffel

Movie · as Guard Charlie Reynolds

1984
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank poster

Overdrawn at the Memory Bank

Movie · as Gondol

1983
WarGames poster

WarGames

Movie · as Jim Sting

1983
Of Unknown Origin poster

Of Unknown Origin

Movie · as Dan Errol

1983
Curtains poster

Curtains

Movie · as Monty

1982
Soup for One poster

Soup for One

Movie · as Dr. Wexler

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Gondol · 1 ep

1981
Death Hunt poster

Death Hunt

Movie · as Clarence

1981
Seeing Things poster

Seeing Things

TV · 1 ep

1980
Nothing Personal poster

Nothing Personal

Movie · as Kanook

1980
Double Negative poster

Double Negative

Movie · as Rollins

1980
Jimmy B. & Andre poster

Jimmy B. & Andre

Movie · as Bruno

1980
The Kidnapping of the President poster

The Kidnapping of the President

Movie · as Harvey Cannon

1979
Riel poster

Riel

Movie · as Howard

1976
Teleplay

Teleplay

TV · 1 ep

1975
Me

Me

Movie

1975
Sidestreet poster

Sidestreet

TV · 1 ep

1975
King of Kensington poster

King of Kensington

TV · 1 ep