Kurt Max Runte (born 20th century) is a Canadian actor, based in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1]

Kurt Max Runte
Alma materUniversity of Victoria
OccupationActor

He is noted for his performance as Dale Milbury in the 2016 film Hello Destroyer, for which he won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2016.[2]

Education and career

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Originally from Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Runte began his acting career in Edmonton after graduating from the theatre program at the University of Victoria.[1]

Primarily a stage actor, his roles have included productions of D.D. Kugler's The Monument for Northern Light Theatre,[3] Brian Drader's The Fruit Machine for the Out West Performance Society,[4] William Shakespeare's Hamlet[5] and Alan Ayckbourn's Communicating Doors[6] for the Stanley Theatre, François Archambault's The Winners for the Firehall Arts Centre,[7] and Patrick Marber's Closer for Western Conspiracy Theatre.[8] He was a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award nominee for Best Actor in 2000 for The Winners.[9]

Runte has also had supporting roles in film and television, including in Kevan Funk's short films Yellowhead and Bison, and a recurring role as Jason Breen in Kyle XY.

He is a two-time Leo Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor in a Film, receiving nominations in 2003 for Little Brother of War[1] and in 2017 for Hello Destroyer.[10]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
2005 Elektra Nikolas Natchios
2003 X2 Chief of Staff Abrahams

References

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  1. ^ a b c Michael D. Reid, "Making the cut". Victoria Times-Colonist, January 24, 2005.
  2. ^ "Hello Destroyer wins big with VFCC". Playback, January 11, 2017.
  3. ^ Liz Nicholls, "Monument burrows into core of revenge". Edmonton Journal, April 28, 1995.
  4. ^ Peter Birnie, "Opposite eras attract in gay history story". Vancouver Sun, January 23, 1998.
  5. ^ Peter Birnie, "Stanley's Hamlet is artful and moody". Vancouver Sun, January 30, 1999.
  6. ^ Peter Birnie, "A time and place: Communicating Doors is a great piece of populist theatre". Vancouver Sun, March 11, 2000.
  7. ^ Peter Birnie, "Firehall's Winners loses in translation and production". Vancouver Sun, April 13, 1999.
  8. ^ Chris Dafoe, "Sex, lies and cyberspace: A Western Conspiracy Theatre's production of Closer just isn't filthy enough". Vancouver Sun, June 11, 2001.
  9. ^ "Jessie Awards Nominees". Vancouver Sun, May 24, 2000.
  10. ^ Frank Peebles, "P.G.-filmed Hello Destroyer up for Leo award". Prince George Citizen, May 18, 2017.
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