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{{short description|American actor and director (born 1955)}}

| birth_date = {{birth_year and age|1955}}

| birth_place = [[Baltimore, Maryland]], U.S.

| occupation = Actor, director

| years_active = 1988–present

| spouse = Marion Adler

'''Scott Wentworth''' (born 1955) is an American actor and director who immigrated to Canadain1986.

== Early life ==

Wentworth was born in [[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], in 1955.

== Career ==

After starting his career in [[New York City]], he began a long association with the [[Stratford Shakespeare Festival]] in the 1985 production of ''[[The Glass Menagerie]]''. He would later perform in a wide variety of roles at Stratford, such as Cliff in [[Cabaret (musical)|''Cabaret'']], the title role in ''[[Macbeth]]'', Sky Masterson in ''[[Guys and Dolls (musical)|Guys and Dolls]]'', Shylock in ''[[Merchant of Venice]]'' and Tevye in ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]''. He also directed ''[[Henry IV, Part 1]]'' and ''[[Henry IV, Part 2]]'' in 2001 and ''The Adventures of Pericles'' in 2015.

He returned to New York in 1989 to appear in ''[[Welcome to the Club (musical)|Welcome to the Club]]'', and received a [[43rd Tony Awards|Tony nomination]] (Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical). As a director, he has worked at the [[Indiana Repertory Theatre]], the [[Citadel Theatre]] in Edmonton, and the [[Wayne State University|Hillberry Theatre]] in [[Detroit]].<ref>[http://members.aol.com/neadods/scott/scottw.htm Scott Wentworth – Biography<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Wentworth has co-written musicals with his wife Marion Adler and composer, [[Craig Bohmler]]. Their first collaboration, ''Gunmetal Blues'', has been performed at the [[George Street Playhouse]] in [[New Brunswick, New Jersey]], and the Colony Theatre in [[Burbank, California]]. Their second collaboration, ''[[Enter the Guardsman]]'', based on the [[Ferenc Molnár]] play ''[[The Guardsman]]'', was nominated for a [[Laurence Olivier Award]] (Best Musical) in 1997.<ref>{{cite web

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==Filmography==

=== Film ===

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|+

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

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|1989

|[[Sing (1989 film)|''Sing'']]

|Freddy

|

|-

|1997

|[[The Ice Storm (film)|''The Ice Storm'']]

|Paul's Teacher

|

|-

|1999

|[[Free Fall (1999 film)|''Free Fall'']]

|Scott Wallace

|

|-

|2007

|''[[Diary of the Dead]]''

| Andrew Maxwell

|

|-

|2015

|[[King Lear (2015 film)|''King Lear'']]

|[[Earl of Gloucester|Gloucester]]

|

|-

|2017

|''Stratford Festival: Macbeth''

|[[Banquo]]

|

|}

=== Television ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

|-

|1989

|[[Texas (TV series)|''Texas'']]

|Recruit #3

|2 episodes

|-

|1988

|''The Taming of the Shrew''

|Tranio

|Television film

|-

|1989

|''Saturday Night with Connie Chung''

|Terry Anderson

|Episode: "Terry Anderson"

|-

|1993

|''[[American Experience]]''

|[[Jack Greenberg]]

|Episode: "Simple Justice"

|-

|1994

|''Janek: The Silent Betrayal''

|Stefano

|Television film

|-

|1994–1996

|''[[Kung Fu: The Legend Continues]]''

|Det. Kermit Griffin

|25 episodes

|-

|1996

|''[[Blazing Dragons]]''

|Sir Loungelot

|13 episodes

|-

|2002

|''[[Law & Order]]''

|Senator Elliot Judson

|Episode: "Missing"

|-

|2004

|''Elizabeth Rex''

|Jack Edmund

|Television film

|-

|2008

|[[The Trojan Horse (miniseries)|''The Trojan Horse'']]

|CIA Director

|Episode: "Part One"

|-

|2009

|''U.S. Attorney''

|Judge F. Garafola

|Television film

|-

|2009–2010

|[[The Border (TV series)|''The Border'']]

|Minister Jack Hardacre

|3 episodes

|-

|2010–2011

|[[Baxter (TV series)|''Baxter'']]

|Mr. Kingfield

|9 episodes

|-

|2011

|''[[XIII: The Series]]''

|Harrison

|Episode: "The Train"

|-

|2011

|''[[She's the Mayor]]''

|Bill Clarke

|13 episodes

|-

|2011, 2013

|''[[Murdoch Mysteries]]''

|Dr. Harwick

|2 episodes

|-

|2014

|''[[Bomb Girls]]''

|Willard Galloway

|Episode: "Facing the Enemy"

|-

|2016–2017

|''[[Orphan Black]]''

|Dr. Ian Van Lier

|5 episodes

|-

|2017

|[[Suits (American TV series)|''Suits'']]

|Snitzer

|Episode: "Character and Fitness"

|-

|2022

|''Home for a Royal Heart''

|Frank

|Television film

|}

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