Michael Wincott
Wincott in 2012, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Michael Anthony Claudio Wincott
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date of Birth: January 21, 1958
Ethnicity:
*English, possibly Scottish (father)
*Italian (mother)
Michael Wincott is a Canadian film and television actor. He is the younger brother of actor Jeff Wincott (Jeffrey Howard Piero Wincott).
Michael is the son of Irene Lucia (Buzzetti) and William Wincott. Michael’s parents married in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, in 1952, before moving to Canada. The surname Buzzetti is common in Lombardy, Italy.
Michael’s paternal grandparents were possibly William Wincott (the son of Frederick Wincott and Margaret Annie McDeirmid) and Agnes Walker. Margaret was Scottish.
Sources: Discussion about Michael’s ancestry – http://boards.ancestry.com
Marriage record of Michael’s parents – http://boards.ancestry.com
Michael’s possible paternal grandfather on the 1901 England and Wales Census – https://familysearch.org
I thought he was a French Canadian. But an interesting make-up. Totally did not expect English.
He was really cute in Alien Resurrection btw. :)
correction
marriage record of Michael’s parents: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVDX-SCXD