Gordon Pinsent
Acting

Gordon Pinsent

Born 12 July 1930 · Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada · Died 25 February 2023

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

The Thomas Crown Affair
The Shipping News
The Pillars of the Earth
The Grand Seduction
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Away from Her
Blacula
The Old Man and the Sea
Nothing
Saint Ralph
Due South
Two Lovers and a Bear
Back Home Again
Age of Dysphoria
Two Lovers and a Bear
Pirate's Passage
Big News From Grand Rock
Where Once They Mattered
The Grand Seduction
Sex After Kids
Nuts Nothing and Nobody
Flight of the Butterflies
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
An Unlikely Obsession
The Spine
At Home by Myself... with You
Playing the Machines
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
Away from Her
The Sparky Book
Heyday!
Saint Ralph
Ambulance Girl
The Good Shepherd
Nothing
Fallen Angel
Stranded Yanks: A Diary Between Friends
The Shipping News
Blind Terror
The Old Man and the Sea
Pippi Longstocking
A Holiday for Love
A Vow to Kill
Due South
Bonds of Love
A Passage from Burnt Islands
In the Eyes of a Stranger
Blood Clan
Babar: The Movie
Two Men
John and the Missus
A Case of Libel
The Devil at Your Heels
Silence of the North
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
Klondike Fever
The Suicide's Wife
Drága kisfiam!
Who Has Seen the Wind
Blackwood
Horse Latitudes
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
Newman's Law
Only God Knows
Incident on a Dark Street
Blacula
The Rowdyman
Chandler
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Quarantined
The Thomas Crown Affair
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