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Gordon Pinsent

Gordon Pinsent
  • Name: Gordon Pinsent
  • Birthday: 1930-07-12
  • Place of birth: Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
  • Popularity: 3.21
Biography: Gordon Edward Pinsent CC FRSC (July 12, 1930 – February 25, 2023) was a Canadian actor, writer, director, and singer. He began his career in the 1940s, delving into radio dramas before serving in the Canadian Army. His extensive four-decade-long career spans stage, TV, and film, starring in notable works like "Quentin Durgens MP," "The Rowdyman," and "Power Play." He's received numerous awards, including ACTRA, GENIE, and GEMINI Awards, and earned honoraries from several universities. Pinsent's skills extend to writing; his novels inspired feature films, and he penned his memoirs, "By the Way." He shared a close friendship with Marlon Brando, often enjoying drive-in movies with Brando's... Read More

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Title Release date
Back Home Again   as  Jack Rabbit (voice) 2021-10-28
Age of Dysphoria   as  Fred 2020-02-14
The River of My Dreams 2017-01-27
Two Lovers and a Bear   as  Bear (voice) 2016-10-02
Big News From Grand Rock 2015-02-27
Pirate's Passage   as  Harry the Barber (voice) 2015-01-04
The Grand Seduction   as  Simon 2014-05-30
Sex After Kids   as  Dr. Keaton 2013-01-26
Flight of the Butterflies   as  Dr Fred Urquhart 2012-10-01
Life Doesn't Frighten Me   as  Francis Weary 2012-05-22
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town   as  Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator 2012-02-12
Still Rowdy After All These Years   as  Self 2011-09-09
An Unlikely Obsession   as  Narrator (voice) 2011-01-17
At Home by Myself... with You   as  Narrator (voice) 2009-10-06
The Spine   as  Dan Rutherford 2009-06-08
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together   as  Hap Shaughnessy 2008-12-01
Mysteries of the Great Lakes   as  Narrator 2008-01-01
Away from Her   as  Grant 2007-05-04
Heyday!   as  Monroe Gillette 2006-03-27
The Sparky Book   as  Goldfish 2006-01-01
Ambulance Girl   as  Pete 2005-09-12
Saint Ralph 2005-08-05
The Good Shepherd   as  Cardinal Ledesna 2004-03-21
Nothing   as  Man In Suit 2003-09-09
Hemingway vs. Callaghan   as  Morley Callaghan 2003-03-31
Fallen Angel   as  Warren Wentworth 2003-03-23
A Diary Between Friends   as  Narrator 2002-01-01
The Shipping News   as  Billy Pretty 2001-12-18
Blind Terror   as  Martin Howell 2001-04-23
The Old Man and the Sea   as  Old Man (voice) 1999-07-03
Pippi Longstocking   as  Capt. Efraim Longstocking (voice) 1997-08-20
Pale Saints   as  Gus 1997-01-01
A Holiday for Love   as  Cal Marsdon 1996-12-10
A Vow to Kill   as  Frank Waring 1995-02-01
Due South   as  Fraser Sr. 1994-04-23
Bonds of Love   as  Leon 1993-01-24
In the Eyes of a Stranger   as  Lt. Ted Burk 1992-04-07
A Passage from Burnt Islands   as  Narrator (voice) 1992-03-01
Blood Clan   as  Judge William McKay 1990-08-30
Babar: The Movie   as  King Babar 1989-07-28
John and the Missus   as  John Munn 1987-10-23
A Case of Libel   as  Dennis Corcoran 1983-10-17
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd   as  Edwin Boyd 1982-09-18
Silence of the North   as  John Frederickson 1981-10-23
Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper   as  Ambassador Ken Taylor 1981-05-17
The Devil at Your Heels   as  Narrator (Voice) 1981-03-13
Klondike Fever   as  Swiftwater Bill 1980-01-12
The Suicide's Wife   as  Allan Crane 1977-11-07
Who Has Seen the Wind   as  Gerald O'Connal 1977-04-20
Blackwood   as  Narrator 1976-01-01
The Time of the Tar Sands 1975-08-01
The Heat Wave Lasted Four Days   as  Cliff Reynolds 1975-04-28
Horse Latitudes   as  Donald Crowhurst 1975-01-01
Only God Knows   as  John Hagan 1974-09-13
Newman's Law   as  Jack Eastman 1974-08-21
Incident on a Dark Street   as  Joe - Mayor 1973-01-13
Blacula   as  Lt. John "Jack" Peters 1972-08-25
The Rowdyman   as  Will Cole 1972-05-18
Chandler   as  John Melchior 1971-12-01
Colossus: The Forbin Project   as  The President 1970-04-08
Quarantined   as  Dr. Bud Bedford 1970-02-24
The Thomas Crown Affair   as  Jamie 1968-06-26
Newfoundland Scene   as  Himself 1951-01-02