Maury Chaykin
Date of birth: 1949-07-27
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Мори Чайкин
Biography
Maury Chaykin (July 27, 1949 - July 27, 2010) was an American-Canadian actor known for performances on both the stage and screen. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Chaykin moved to Toronto, Canada in 1974 after studying acting at the University of Buffalo. Throughout his career, Chaykin worked extensively in both Canada and the United States. He appeared in notable films such as Dances with Wolves (1990), My Cousin Vinny (1992), The Sweet Hereafter (1997), Owning Mahowny (2003), and Being Julia (2004). Chaykin's performances often garnered critical acclaim and earned him awards and nominations, including several Genie Awards. On television, Chaykin showcased his versatility in a wide range of roles. He appeared in numerous acclaimed series, including Entourage, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and most notably Nero Wolfe Mysteries (2001 - 2002), in which he played the titular role. Maury Chaykin passed away on July 27, 2010, on his 61st birthday.
Movie Credits
WarGames
1983-06-03
High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a compute
Dances with Wolves
1990-03-30
Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a rewar
Cutthroat Island
1995-12-22
Morgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure
The Sweet Hereafter
1997-09-25
A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a doz
Entrapment
1999-04-29
Two thieves, who travel in elegant circles, try to outsmart each other and, in the process, end up f
The Vindicator
1986-02-14
An employee of a secret company operation becomes the victim of the company's special weapons projec
Millennium
1989-08-25
An investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster discovers the involvement of an organisatio
The Art of War
2000-08-25
Neil Shaw is both agent and weapon - a critical line of defense for the Secretary General of the Uni
Nowhere to Hide
1987-07-17
Marine officer Rob Cutter and his wife Barbara have a son named Johnny. Rob discovers that two newly
MouseHunt
1997-12-19
Down-on-their luck brothers, Lars and Ernie Smuntz, aren't happy with the crumbling old mansion they
Blindness
2008-05-14
When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to
A Life Less Ordinary
1997-10-24
A couple of angels, O'Reilly and Jackson, are sent to Earth to make sure that their next supervised
Devil in a Blue Dress
1995-09-29
In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job pro
The Hunt For the BTK Killer
2005-10-09
After 31 years at-large, detectives in Wichita, Kansas hone in on the serial killer known as BTK.
Twins
1988-12-09
Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child.
Death Hunt
1981-04-15
Yukon Territory, Canada, November 1931. Albert Johnson, a trapper who lives alone in the mountains,
Where the Truth Lies
2005-10-07
An ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.
Heavens Fall
2006-07-20
Successful New York attorney Sam Leibowitz travels to the South in 1933 to defend nine young black m
Plan B
2001-01-01
A bookkeeper who thinks she killed three mobsters is subsequently promoted by her boss to be a hitma
The Adjuster
1991-11-27
An uptight insurance man and his film-censor wife become a kinky couple's landlords.
DEFCON-4
1985-03-15
Two men and a woman circle the globe in a satellite armed with a nuclear device. The third world war
Mystery, Alaska
1999-10-01
In Mystery, Alaska, life revolves around the legendary Saturday hockey game at the local pond. But e
Of Unknown Origin
1983-11-23
A man who recently completed rebuilding a townhouse becomes obsessed with a rat infestation until it
Owning Mahowny
2003-05-02
Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assis
It's a Boy Girl Thing
2006-07-15
A visit to a natural history museum proves catastrophic for two high school rivals, an overachiever
Hostage
2002-10-24
The Driver is hired by the FBI to help defuse a hostage situation. A disgruntled employee has kidnap
Casino Jack
2010-09-16
Based on a true story, a hot shot Washington DC lobbyist and his protégé go down hard as their schem
The Bedroom Window
1987-01-16
Baltimore, Maryland. Sylvia sees a girl being attacked from her lover Terry's bedroom window. The as
Where the Heart Is
1990-02-23
A wealthy businessman shows his young adult kids how tough life can be.
Harriet the Spy
1996-07-10
When the secret notebook of a young girl who fancies herself a spy is found by her friends, her spec
Harry & Son
1984-03-02
Widower Harry Keach is a construction worker who was raised to appreciate the importance of working
Cold Comfort
1989-08-28
Dolores has everthing she wants for her birthday: a party, 18 glowing candles, and Stephen, the hand
Varian's War
2001-06-14
Varian Fry rescues more than 2,000 artists from Nazi persecution during World War II.
Jerry and Tom
1998-12-04
Tom and Jerry are two hit men, they work by day at a third-rate second-hand car dealership. Tom is a
Wild Thing
1987-04-17
A child witnesses drug dealers murder his parents. He escapes and grows up wild in the city's slums.
Camilla
1994-11-25
Freda Lopez, an aspiring musician, travels with her husband to the beautiful beaches of Georgia wher
George's Island
1989-08-15
After telling his class about the ghost of Captain Kidd and his buried treasure on George’s Island,
Hockey Night
1984-12-14
When a young girl wants to join her high school's hockey team as goalie, she meets with resistence,
Whale Music
1994-11-03
Shot around the breathtaking coastline of B.C.'s Howe Sound, Whale Music is the triumphant adaptatio
Stars & Bars
1988-03-18
A British art expert leaves New York to buy a long-lost Renoir from a Georgia eccentric.
On Their Knees
2001-10-25
Willie and Mo are half sisters who have never seen eye to eye. A cross-country road trip in an ice c
Montreal Stories
1991-11-08
Six stories about Montreal. 1: A young housewife from Toronto samples the nightlife using basic Fren
Exotica
1994-09-29
In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Fran
Crossed Over
2002-03-03
After her son dies in a hit-and-run accident, a woman forms an unusual friendship with a convicted k
Conduct Unbecoming
2011-12-20
United States Marine Nick Dodd is charged with callously killing several civilians in Afghanistan. A
The Guardian
1984-10-20
The residents of a New York apartment building are shocked when one of them is shot during a burgula
Northern Lights
1998-07-02
A stranger's call informs Roberta that her estranged brother Frank has died in a small town under bi
The Wet Season
2002-09-08
Jocelyn works at her Uncle's 'Crying Booths' in the country, while crying is forbidden in the cities
Wilby Wonderful
2004-09-13
A day-in-the-life dark comedy concerning a group of islanders, their respective secrets, and one man
Cooking With Stella
2010-03-19
Inside the Canadian diplomatic compound in New Delhi, a mischievous cook affects the lives of her em
Adoration
2009-04-15
For his French-class assignment, a high school student weaves his family history in a news story inv
Curtains
1983-03-04
Six young actresses auditioning for a movie role at a remote mansion are targeted by a mysterious ma
Nothing Personal
1980-03-28
Environmentally concerned lawyer Abigail Adams works with Professor Roger Keller in his effort to pr
Hooked on Speedman
2008-12-07
Would be filmmakers, Nick and Vince, dream of making it big and getting out of Nowheresville. Their
Riel
1979-04-11
A film about the actions of the Metis rebel leader who opposed the Canadian government in two sepera
White Coats
2004-05-16
Follows the misadventures of a group of young interns at a hospital/medical school - dealing with th
Highpoint
1982-08-20
James Hatcher embezzles ten million dollars from a joint mafia/CIA operation, leaving them squabblin
Sugartime
1995-11-25
Sam Giancana is a ruthless mob boss from Chicago. During a trip to Las Vegas, he sees a performance
Meatballs III: Summer Job
1986-10-27
The ghost of a dead porn star comes to Earth to help a nerd with his sex life.
Leaving Normal
1992-04-29
Darly, a waitress with a past that's weighing her down, decides to drive to Alaska to try and come t
Love and Death on Long Island
1998-07-03
Curmudgeonly author Giles De'Ath, a widower with a marked distaste for modern popular culture, attem
Unstrung Heroes
1995-09-15
Steven Lidz, unhappy with his home life since his mother became sick, moves in with his two eccentri
Caribe
1987-12-24
Prepare to get tangled in the jungles of Belize when an arms smuggler loses her partner in a deadly
Me
1975-01-01
Frustrated by his unfulfilled professional ambitions, a novelist is torn in different directions by
In Like Flynn
1985-08-14
Life is one cliff-hanger after another for a bright and beautiful woman and the reluctant young man
Pale Saints
1997-09-05
Two small time hoods pretend to be serious henchmen in order to get to do a job in Toronto that they
Strip Search
1997-04-02
Robby Durrell is the prince of the vice squad. A man who's seen it all and done a little of it too.
What's Cooking?
2000-01-20
Four families of different ethnicities prepare for a potentially explosive Thanksgiving dinner.
Act of Vengeance
1986-09-04
In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and be
Money for Nothing
1993-09-10
When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides
Abroad
2010-03-14
A young Canadian girl struggles to decipher the ways of the English especially the men when she co
Hot Paint
1988-03-20
Two losers rob a rich guy and discover that, among the loot, they've taken a rare painting worth $2.
Split Images
1992-01-01
A journalist knows more about a grizzly murder than is good for her. All her evidence points toward
Bleacher Bums
2001-10-18
They're known as the Bleacher Bums, a loud and proud group of fans who watch their team's games from
Buried on Sunday
1992-09-18
Angry island fishermen declare independence and use a Soviet nuclear submarine to get Ottawa's atten
Sugar
2004-05-22
Cliff receives an unusual 18th birthday gift from his younger sister — marijuana, alcohol, a subway
Double Negative
1980-05-12
Mentally tortured photojournalist attempts to track down his wife's murderer.
Elijah
2008-05-28
The story of Elijah Harper.....
Turk 182!
1985-02-15
After New York City firefighter Terry Lynch is unable to receive any compensation for an injury incu
Touched
1999-09-10
A young man runs from the voices in his head into the arms of an elderly cowgirl.
Keeping the Promise
1997-01-05
A colonial family seeks a better life in Maine's wilderness in this powerful adventure. When William
Hearts of Fire
1987-11-06
A reclusive musician, once a huge rock star, takes a young female protegee. While on a tour she meet
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
2003-03-31
'Hemingway vs. Callaghan' is based on the true story of the friendship between Ernest Hemingway and
Being Julia
2004-09-03
Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a
Camp Hollywood
2004-11-19
A porn star, a bank robber and a Shakespearean actor are some of the subjects of Camp Hollywood, a f
Jimmy B. & Andre
1980-03-18
Real-life story detailing the relationship between a popular Detroit restaurant owner and a young bl
The Grift
2008-03-06
A 1940's period drama about about a woman who has been wronged by her husband, but must help him aft
Hero
1992-10-02
Bernie Laplante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him and has custody of thei
The Kidnapping of the President
1980-08-15
A South American quasi-revolutionary/guerilla/terrorist and a misled, admiring girl compatriot manag
The Pianist
1991-01-31
Jean and her sister, played by Macha Grenon, have a life long infatuation with the Japanese Pianist
Josh & S.A.M.
1993-11-24
Josh and Sam are two brothers facing change, their mother is about to marry a French accountant and
Mrs. Soffel
1984-12-26
Kate Soffel is married to a prison warden in Pittsburgh, and is the mother of their four children. E
The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2000-03-05
Interrupted at dinner by a street kid with a strange story, Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin find thems
Bartleby
2001-03-10
An adaptation of Herman Melville's short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener" told in the setting of a mo
If Looks Could Kill
1996-02-06
The true story of John Hawkins as featured on America's Most Wanted.
The Mask of Zorro
1998-07-16
It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as
Barney's Version
2010-10-26
The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, i
Soup for One
1982-04-30
A neurotic young New Yorker believes he has found his perfect match and desperately tries to win her
My Cousin Vinny
1992-03-13
Two carefree pals from Brooklyn traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mis
Breaking In
1989-10-13
Professional thief Ernie takes Mike on as an apprentice, but while Mike clearly has "larceny in his
Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang
1999-10-08
Jacob Two Two Meets The Hooded Fang is about a young boy who strives to be heard. He is nicknamed "T
Static
2008-08-19
A trio of brainboxes create a cell phone chip that allows telepathic communication. But when the exp
Let the Devil Wear Black
1999-01-01
A man comes face-to-face with personal treachery after suspecting that his father may have been murd
Iron Eagle II
1988-11-11
Chappy Sinclair is called to gather together a mixed Soviet/U.S. strike force that will perform a su
Gone Fishin'
1997-05-30
Two fishing fanatics get in trouble when their fishing boat gets stolen while on a trip.
Bull
2008-11-11
Bull is a darkly comic neo-noir set among the heatwave-baked skyscraper canyons of the Toronto finan
Mr. Destiny
1990-10-12
Larry Burrows is unhappy and feels powerless over his life. He believes his entire life could have t
Beethoven's 2nd
1993-12-14
Beethoven is back -- and this time, he has a whole brood with him now that he's met his canine match
The Suicide Murders
1985-01-01
The apparent suicide of a politician he was hired to follow drags private detective Benny Cooperman
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
1984-09-22
A futuristic rebel becomes a Humphrey Bogart character after watching repeated reruns of Casablanca.
In Passing
1991-11-08
A visitor to a conference in Montreal arrives at the airport and has a strange experience with the c
To Each His Own Cinema
2007-10-31
Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brou
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
2003-08-09
Comedy special spotlighting Tracey Ullman’s larger than life character Ruby Romaine from HBO's Trace
Sommersby
1993-02-05
Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm wit
The Making of Nero Wolfe
2004-06-26
Documentary material about the filming of the series "A Nero Wolfe Mystery".
Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
1985-09-08
A biographical drama that profiles the life of Hal C. Banks, a controversial American labour union