Maury Chaykin(1949-2010)
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
The award-winning Canadian-American character actor Maury Chaykin was
born on July 27, 1949 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Professor
Irving J. Chaykin and his wife Clarice. Irving Chaykin, an American
citizen, taught accountancy at the City College of New York. The former
Clarice Bloomfield, his mother, was born in Winnipeg, raised in
Montreal, and educated at the Beth Israel Hospital nursing school in
Newark, New Jersey. Because of his parents, Maury held dual Canadian
and American citizenship.
He was raised in New York City but moved to Toronto after graduating
from the State University of New York, Buffalo, where he studied drama.
His uncle, George Bloomfield, made his
name in Canada as a movie and television writer, director and producer.
Maury would later star in two theatrical movies, one TV movie and 14 TV
episodes directed by his uncle.
Maury made his debut in the 1975 Canadian film
Me (1975). In his 35-year-long career, he
appeared in over 150 parts in films and TV series shot in Canada and
the U.S. He was best known for his eccentric role as
Kevin Costner's commanding officer in the
Oscar-winning
Dances with Wolves (1990),
three films of Atom Egoyan, including
The Sweet Hereafter (1997),
and his role as Nero Wolfe on cable TV. (His uncle George Bloomfield
directed some of the Nero Wolfe episodes.)
He won a Genie Award, the Canadian equivalent of the Oscar, as Best
Supporting Actor for his performance as a has-been rock star in
Whale Music (1994) and two Gemini
Awards, the Canadian equivalent of the Emmy. Recently, he had a
semi-recurring role as a movie producer based on
Harvey Weinstein in the cable-TV series
Entourage (2004) and a regular role
on the Canadian TV series
Less Than Kind (2008).
Chaykin was suffering from kidney disease in the last years of his
life. He died on his 61st birthday, July 27, 2010, at Toronto General
Hospital, surrounded by members of his family. He was married to the
Canadian actress Susannah Hoffmann, by
whom he had a daughter, Rose.
born on July 27, 1949 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Professor
Irving J. Chaykin and his wife Clarice. Irving Chaykin, an American
citizen, taught accountancy at the City College of New York. The former
Clarice Bloomfield, his mother, was born in Winnipeg, raised in
Montreal, and educated at the Beth Israel Hospital nursing school in
Newark, New Jersey. Because of his parents, Maury held dual Canadian
and American citizenship.
He was raised in New York City but moved to Toronto after graduating
from the State University of New York, Buffalo, where he studied drama.
His uncle, George Bloomfield, made his
name in Canada as a movie and television writer, director and producer.
Maury would later star in two theatrical movies, one TV movie and 14 TV
episodes directed by his uncle.
Maury made his debut in the 1975 Canadian film
Me (1975). In his 35-year-long career, he
appeared in over 150 parts in films and TV series shot in Canada and
the U.S. He was best known for his eccentric role as
Kevin Costner's commanding officer in the
Oscar-winning
Dances with Wolves (1990),
three films of Atom Egoyan, including
The Sweet Hereafter (1997),
and his role as Nero Wolfe on cable TV. (His uncle George Bloomfield
directed some of the Nero Wolfe episodes.)
He won a Genie Award, the Canadian equivalent of the Oscar, as Best
Supporting Actor for his performance as a has-been rock star in
Whale Music (1994) and two Gemini
Awards, the Canadian equivalent of the Emmy. Recently, he had a
semi-recurring role as a movie producer based on
Harvey Weinstein in the cable-TV series
Entourage (2004) and a regular role
on the Canadian TV series
Less Than Kind (2008).
Chaykin was suffering from kidney disease in the last years of his
life. He died on his 61st birthday, July 27, 2010, at Toronto General
Hospital, surrounded by members of his family. He was married to the
Canadian actress Susannah Hoffmann, by
whom he had a daughter, Rose.