Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Maury Chaykin

Maury Chaykin (1949-2010) was a character actor who worked extensively in film and television over the last 35 years. Though born in America, Chaykin started his acting career in Canada and would go on to do countless Canadian films and television shows. Chaykin is part of the "oh hey, it's that guy" school of character actors, having been in more than 150 movies and television shows but never having gained serious name recognition outside of movie geek circles. You may remember Chaykin as the witness in My Cousin Vinny who says the line "No self-respecting southerner uses instant grits."

Rating: Take pride in your grits%

(Image from aveleyman.com)

2 comments:

Quammy said...

Here's a list of some of the movies and TV shows that Maury Chaykin was in that I've seen:

[1978] King of Kensington
[1981] Death Hunt
[1983] WarGames
[1985] Turk 182
[1986] Meatballs III
[1988] Iron Eagle II
[1988] Twins
[1990] Mr. Destiny
[1990] Dances with Wolves
[1992] My Cousin Vinny
[1992] Buried on Sunday (I was an extra in this movie)
[1993] Beethoven's 2nd
[1997] Due South
[1999] Lexx
[2004] CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
[2006] Trailer Park Boys

I.J. said...

I do remember that line.