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Jesse Vint

{{short description|American film actor}}

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| name = Jesse Lee Vint

| image = JesseLeeVint.jpg

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| birth_date = 1952

| birth_place = Tulsa, Oklahoma, US.

| occupation = Actor

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Jesse Lee Vint III{{cite web|title=Jesse Vint Biography ((?)-)|publisher=Film Reference|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/66/Jesse-Vint.html|accessdate=28 April 2016}} is an American actor, film director and screenwriter.{{cite news|title=Jesse Vint|work=Hollywood.com|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/jesse-vint-57522382/|accessdate=28 April 2016}} He acted in the films Silent Running (1972), Macon County Line (1974), Black Oak Conspiracy (1977) and Forbidden World (1982).{{cite news|last=Ball|first=Chris|title=Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning star in the rock biopic 'The Runaways'|date=19 July 2010|newspaper=The Plain Dealer|url=http://www.cleveland.com/movies/index.ssf/2010/07/kristen_stewart_dakota_fanning.html|accessdate=28 April 2016}}

Life and career

Vint was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He graduated from the Oklahoma Military Academy and later attended the University of Oklahoma where he became a lifetime member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.{{cite web|title=Flunked speech, Vint says|date=October 29, 1974|publisher=Daily News (Kingsport)|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MscxAAAAIBAJ&pg=4329%2C4582578|accessdate=April 28, 2016}}

Vint’s mother, Paula Mae Rhodes Vint, was Scotch, Irish, and English while his father, Jesse Lee Vint Jr., was Austrian, German, Irish and Norman French.

Vint’s uncle, Edward Lee Vint, was a Texas Congressman that represented Austin County in the late 1930s.{{Cite web|title=Legislative Reference Library {{!}} Legislators and Leaders {{!}} Member profile|url=https://lrl.texas.gov/legeleaders/members/memberdisplay.cfm?memberID=1751|access-date=2020-11-05|website=lrl.texas.gov}}

Jesse Vint's father, Jesse L. Vint Jr., was the president of Unit Rig & Equipment Co., the second largest company in Tulsa, Oklahoma, working there from 1956 to 1982. Jerry A. Shelton dedicated a book in his honor called The Unit Rig Story.{{Cite web|url=http://utahrails.net/bingham/trucks-unit-rig.php|title=The Unit Rig Story|last=Strack|first=Don|website=UtahRails.net|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-02}}

Vint joined the Actors Studio in Los Angeles with his brother Alan, who co-starred with him in Macon County Line.{{cite magazine|title=Alan Vint|date=September 12, 2006|magazine=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2006/scene/people-news/alan-vint-1117949931/|accessdate=28 April 2016}} While at the Actors Studio, Vint was seen by Bruce Dern, who recommended him for his 1972 film Silent Running.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nxonBQAAQBAJ&q=jesse+vint+actor&pg=PT15|last=Kermode|first=Mark|title=Silent Running|year=2014|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-1-84457-833-7}} Vint has worked with directors Arthur Penn in Little Big Man and Roman Polanski in Chinatown.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/SearchResult.aspx?s=&retailCheck=&Type=PN&CatID=DATABIN_CAST&ID=82233&AN_ID=&searchedFor=Jesse_Vint_ "Jesse Vint"] {{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} American Film Institute Catalog

Vint worked with David Carradine in three movies. In Carradine's autobiographical book Kill Bill: The Diary, Carradine described Jesse Vint as "an acting buddy of mine who is a very wise and cool dude,"{{cite book|last=Carradine|first=David|title=Kill Bill: The Diary|date=27 May 2014|isbn=9781408147887|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5EGJAwAAQBAJ&q=Jesse+Vint,+an+acting+buddy+of+mine,+and+a+very+wise+and+cool+dude,&pg=PA287|accessdate=24 May 2017}} even though they were usually cast as rivals.

In addition to his work in the film industry, Vint won the World Celebrity Chess Championship at The Century Plaza Hotel in 1988.{{cite web|last=Wall|first=Bill|title=California Celebrities Who Play(ed) Chess|url=http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/wall/art_05.htm|accessdate=24 May 2017}}

In 2016, Vint was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Portland Indie Film Awards Ceremony at a sold-out event in Portland, Oregon.{{Citation|title=2016 Portland Indie Film Awards Ceremony|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI0qXXi-Pi4|language=en|access-date=2020-02-02}}

Jesse Vint has been a lifetime voting member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since 1982 and attends the Oscars frequently.

Jesse Vint was also inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame along with his brother Alan Vint and the actor Ben Johnson in 2022.{{cite web | url=https://tulsaworld.com/entertainment/movies/tulsa-actor-jesse-vint-goes-from-detention-hall-to-hall-of-fame/article_26f21ea6-ca50-11ec-8e66-93791b920ab2.html#tncms-source=signup | title=Tulsa actor Jesse Vint goes from detention hall to hall of fame }}

Vint is also an author and has written several books: William the Conqueror vs. King Harold, The Brothers Reno, and The Film Actor’s Handbook.[https://www.bookfinder.com/search/?author=Jesse+Vint&title=&lang=en&new_used=*&destination=us¤cy=USD&binding=*&isbn=&keywords=&minprice=&maxprice=&min_year=&max_year=&mode=advanced&st=sr&ac=qr "Jesse Vint"] Bookfinder.com

Vint has a son named Jesse Lee Vint IV. He also has a grandson named Jesse Lee Vint V.{{Cite web|title=Cult Radio A-Go-Go|url=https://www.facebook.com/CultRadioAGoGo/posts/3394018053958677|access-date=2020-11-14|website=www.facebook.com|language=en}} Vint was married to Stephanie D. Pineo.{{Cite web|title=Jesse Vint - Ancestry.com|url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/bmd_marriage/?name=Jesse_Vint|access-date=2020-11-05|website=www.ancestry.com}}

Selected filmography

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References

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External links

  • {{official website|http://www.jesseleevint.com/}}
  • {{IMDb name|id=0006956}}

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Category:Living people

Category:University of Oklahoma alumni

Category:Male actors from Tulsa, Oklahoma

Category:Writers from Tulsa, Oklahoma

Category:20th-century American male actors

Category:21st-century American male actors

Category:Actors Studio alumni

Category:Writers from Vancouver, Washington

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)