Jeffrey Wincott (born May 8, 1956) is a Canadian actor and martial artist best known for his Gemini Award-nominated lead role in the television series Night Heat. Wincott was also the star of several martial arts films in the 1990s. In 1996 he was named one of the "Martial Arts Movie Stars of the Next Century" by Black Belt magazine. Wincott was born and raised in Toronto. His mother was of Italian descent. His English father was an amateur boxer. Actor Michael Wincott is his younger brother. Wincott began studying taekwondo at 15 and also swam competitively. Wincott became interested in acting while in high school and wound-up turning down a swimming scholarship to study acting at Ryerson Polytechnic Institute, where he studied for 2 years.

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