Gordon Pinsent
Acting
Born July 12, 1930 · Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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.
Acting (66)
Back Home Again
2021
Age of Dysphoria
2020
The River of My Dreams
2017
Two Lovers and a Bear
2016
Where Once They Mattered
2015
Big News From Grand Rock
2015
Pirate's Passage
2015
The Grand Seduction
2014
Sex After Kids
2013
Flight of the Butterflies
2012
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
2012
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
2012
Still Rowdy After All These Years
2011
An Unlikely Obsession
2011
At Home by Myself... with You
2009
The Spine
2009
Playing the Machines
2009
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
2008
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
2008
Away from Her
2007
Heyday!
2006
The Sparky Book
2006
Ambulance Girl
2005
Saint Ralph
2005
The Good Shepherd
2004
Nothing
2003
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
2003
Fallen Angel
2003
A Diary Between Friends
2002
The Shipping News
2001
Blind Terror
2001
The Old Man and the Sea
1999
Pale Saints
1997
A Holiday for Love
1996
A Vow to Kill
1995
Due South
1994
Bonds of Love
1993
In the Eyes of a Stranger
1992
A Passage from Burnt Islands
1992
Blood Clan
1990
Babar: The Movie
1989
John and the Missus
1987
A Case of Libel
1983
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd
1982
Silence of the North
1981
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
1981
The Devil at Your Heels
1981
Klondike Fever
1980
The Suicide's Wife
1979
Who Has Seen the Wind
1977
A Gift To Last
1976
Blackwood
1976
The Time of the Tar Sands
1975
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
1975
Horse Latitudes
1975
Only God Knows
1974
Newman's Law
1974
Incident on a Dark Street
1973
Blacula
1972
The Rowdyman
1972
Chandler
1971
Colossus: The Forbin Project
1970
Quarantined
1970
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968
Cyrano De Bergerac
1962
Newfoundland Scene
1951