Portrait of Wayne Best

Acting

Wayne Best

Career

Active from 1984 to 2019, with a break from 1985 to 1998, busiest in 1999 and 2005 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Heartsounds
Heartsounds
GoodWatch score76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 29 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Wayne Best Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2
  • Historical
    1.4, average 2.6
  • Cringe Humor
    1.1, average 2.2
  • Violence
    3.0, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Medical Drama 2
  • Human Resilience 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

46
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

5 titles ยท average score 68
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (2024)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Nell's Father

All's Well That Ends Well
All's Well That Ends Well (2023)

as Lafew

Richard III
Richard III (2023)

as King Edward IV, Christopher Urswick

SkyMed
SkyMed (2022)
GoodWatch score 56

TV show ยท as Buzz

SurrealEstate
SurrealEstate (2021)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Magnus Clifford

2010s

9 titles ยท average score 79
Hudson & Rex
Hudson & Rex (2019)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Mac MacLennon

Henry VIII
Henry VIII (2019)

as Duke of Suffolk

The Tempest
The Tempest (2019)

as Master

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet (2018)

as Friar Laurence

Anne with an E
Anne with an E (2017)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as John Blythe

The Adventures of Pericles
The Adventures of Pericles (2016)

as Antiochus / Simonides / Mytilene Gentleman

Stratford Festival: King John
Stratford Festival: King John (2015)

as Hubert

Suits
Suits (2011)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Robert Stamos

Republic of Doyle
Republic of Doyle (2010)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Staff Sergeant Banfield

2000s

12 titles ยท average score 63
Ambulance Girl
Ambulance Girl (2005)
GoodWatch score 56

as Ed

Our Fathers
Our Fathers (2005)
GoodWatch score 68

as Father Doyle

Heritage Minutes: Tommy Prince
Heritage Minutes: Tommy Prince (2005)

as Colonel

Gracie's Choice
Gracie's Choice (2004)
GoodWatch score 77

as English Teacher

Mayday
Mayday (2003)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Captain Allan

The Little Bear Movie
The Little Bear Movie (2001)
GoodWatch score 67

as Mountain Lion

Mutant X
Mutant X (2001)
GoodWatch score 56

TV show ยท as John Bishop

Driven
Driven (2001)
GoodWatch score 33

as Target Manager

A Nero Wolfe Mystery
A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Agent Morrison / Frank Edey

Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot
Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot (2001)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show ยท as George Smathers

The Day Reagan Was Shot
The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001)
GoodWatch score 62

as FBI Agent Kirkus

Tribulation
Tribulation (2000)
GoodWatch score 54

as Morgan

1990s

9 titles ยท average score 62
Life in a Day
Life in a Day (1999)
GoodWatch score 56

as Detective Ed Carlisle

The Battle of Vimy Ridge
The Battle of Vimy Ridge (1999)

as Claude Williams

Bone Daddy
Bone Daddy (1998)
GoodWatch score 40

as Rodman

Summer of the Monkeys
Summer of the Monkeys (1998)
GoodWatch score 61

as Mr. Patterson

La Femme Nikita
La Femme Nikita (1997)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as John Wicke

Earth: Final Conflict
Earth: Final Conflict (1997)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show ยท as Mark Rusk

Once a Thief
Once a Thief (1996)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

Due South
Due South (1994)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Hall

Heritage Minutes
Heritage Minutes (1991)

TV show ยท as Le colonel

1980s

9 titles ยท average score 69
Sea of Love
Sea of Love (1989)
GoodWatch score 69

as Hallway Cop

Short Circuit 2
Short Circuit 2 (1988)
GoodWatch score 50

as Officer O'Malley

No Blame
No Blame (1988)

as Dr. Fitzpatrick

Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (1987)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Commander Lorek

Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve (1986)
GoodWatch score 69

as Harley

The High Price of Passion
The High Price of Passion (1986)

as Keefe

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Mark Taylor / Spindle Cook

The Hearst and Davies Affair
The Hearst and Davies Affair (1985)

as Byron Sloane

Heartsounds
Heartsounds (1984)
GoodWatch score 76

as Intern 'Lover'

1970s

2 titles ยท average score 76
The Littlest Hobo
The Littlest Hobo (1979)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Price Wickett

Summer's Children
Summer's Children (1979)

as Bob