Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 12, 1930
Died
Feb 25, 2023
Place of Birth
Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Credits
110 titles
Gordon Pinsent
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 family.
Known For
Filmography
Back Home Again
Jack Rabbit (voice)
Age of Dysphoria
Fred
The River of My Dreams
Two Lovers and a Bear
Bear (voice)
Private Eyes
Nevin Ainslie
Where Once They Mattered
Narrator
Big News From Grand Rock
Pirate's Passage
Harry the Barber (voice)
The Polar Sea
The Grand Seduction
Simon
Sex After Kids
Dr. Keaton
Flight of the Butterflies
Dr Fred Urquhart
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
Francis Weary
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator
Still Rowdy After All These Years
Self
An Unlikely Obsession
Narrator (voice)
Babar and the Adventures of Badou
King Babar (voice)
The Pillars of the Earth
Archbishop
Republic of Doyle
Maurice Becker
At Home by Myself... with You
Narrator (voice)
The Spine
Dan Rutherford
The Listener
Accident Victim
Playing the Machines
Narrator
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
Hap Shaughnessy
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
Narrator
Away from Her
Grant
Angela's Eyes
Heyday!
Monroe Gillette
The Sparky Book
Goldfish
Ambulance Girl
Pete
Saint Ralph
H2O
Michael Cameron
The Good Shepherd
Cardinal Ledesna
Corner Gas
Corky Dillems
Nothing
Man In Suit
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
Morley Callaghan
Fallen Angel
Warren Wentworth
Puppets Who Kill
A Diary Between Friends
Narrator
The Shipping News
Billy Pretty
Blind Terror
Martin Howell
Blue Murder
Relic Hunter
Jimmy Jonesboro
The Old Man and the Sea
Old Man (voice)
Win, Again!
Win Morrissey
Power Play
Made in Canada
Walter Franklin, Sr.
Pippi Longstocking
Captain Longstocking
Pale Saints
Gus
A Holiday for Love
Cal Marsdon