Kurt Max Runte

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Kurt Max Runte
Alma materUniversity of Victoria
OccupationActor

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

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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

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

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Elektra Nikolas Natchios
2003 X2 Chief of Staff Abrahams

References

  1. 1 2 3 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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