Gordon Pinsent
72 movies · 37 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 12, 1930
- Died
- Feb 25, 2023 (age 92)
- Place of birth
- Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Also known as
- Gordon Edward 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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 6.8 The Thomas Crown Affair
1968 · Film
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★ 6.4 The Shipping News
2001 · Film
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★ 7.7 The Pillars of the Earth
2010 · TV
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★ 6.7 The Grand Seduction
2014 · Film
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★ 6.9 Colossus: The Forbin Project
1970 · Film
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★ 7.0 Away from Her
2007 · Film
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★ 7.7 The Outer Limits
1995 · TV
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★ 7.3 Friday the 13th: The Series
1987 · TV
Gordon Pinsent: movies and TV shows
Acting (105)
- 2021 Back Home Again
as Jack Rabbit (voice)
- 2020 Age of Dysphoria
as Fred
- 2017
- 2016 Two Lovers and a Bear
as Bear (voice)
- 2016
- 2015 Where Once They Mattered
as Narrator
- 2015
- 2015 Pirate's Passage
as Harry the Barber (voice)
- 2014
- 2014 The Grand Seduction
as Simon
- 2013 Sex After Kids
as Dr. Keaton
- 2013 Nuts Nothing and Nobody
as English narrator
- 2012 Flight of the Butterflies
as Dr Fred Urquhart
- 2012 Life Doesn't Frighten Me
as Francis Weary
- 2012 Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
as Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator
- 2011 An Unlikely Obsession
as Narrator (voice)
- 2010
- 2010
- 2010
- 2009 At Home by Myself... with You
as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 The Spine
as Dan Rutherford
- 2009
- 2009 Playing the Machines
as Narrator
- 2008 The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
as Hap Shaughnessy
- 2008 Mysteries of the Great Lakes
as Narrator
- 2007 Away from Her
as Grant
- 2006
- 2006 Heyday!
as Monroe Gillette
- 2006 The Sparky Book
as Goldfish
- 2005 Ambulance Girl
as Pete
- 2005
- 2004
- 2004 The Good Shepherd
as Cardinal Ledesna
- 2004
- 2003 Nothing
as Man In Suit
- 2003 Hemingway vs. Callaghan
as Morley Callaghan
- 2003 Fallen Angel
as Warren Wentworth
- 2002
- 2002 A Diary Between Friends
as Narrator
- 2001 The Shipping News
as Billy Pretty
- 2001 Blind Terror
as Martin Howell
- 2001
- 1999
- 1999 The Old Man and the Sea
as Old Man (voice)
- 1999 Win, Again!
as Win Morrissey
- 1998
- 1998
- 1997
- 1997 Pale Saints
as Gus
- 1997 Pippi Longstocking
as Captain Longstocking (voice)
- 1996 A Holiday for Love
as Cal Marsdon
- 1996 Kids for Character
as King Babar(archive footage) (voice)
- 1995
- 1995 A Vow to Kill
as Frank Waring
- 1994
- 1994 Due South
as Fraser Sr.
- 1993
- 1993 Bonds of Love
as Leon
- 1992 In the Eyes of a Stranger
as Lt. Ted Burk
- 1992 A Passage from Burnt Islands
as Narrator (voice)
- 1991
- 1991
- 1990 Blood Clan
as Judge William McKay
- 1989 Babar: The Movie
as King Babar
- 1989
- 1987 John and the Missus
as John Munn
- 1987
- 1985
- 1983 A Case of Libel
as Dennis Corcoran
- 1982 The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd
as Edwin Boyd
- 1982
- 1981 Silence of the North
as John Frederickson
- 1981 Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
as Ambassador Ken Taylor
- 1981 The Devil at Your Heels
as Narrator (Voice)
- 1980 Klondike Fever
as Swiftwater Bill
- 1979 The Suicide's Wife
as Allan Crane
- 1978
- 1977 Who Has Seen the Wind
as Gerald O'Connal
- 1976 A Gift To Last
as Sgt. Edgar Sturgess
- 1976
- 1976 Blackwood
as Narrator
- 1975
- 1975 The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
as Cliff Reynolds
- 1975 Horse Latitudes
as Donald Crowhurst
- 1974 Only God Knows
as John Hagan
- 1974 Newman's Law
as Jack Eastman
- 1973 Incident on a Dark Street
as Joe - Mayor
- 1972
- 1972 Blacula
as Lt. John "Jack" Peters
- 1972 The Rowdyman
as Will Cole
- 1971 Chandler
as John Melchior
- 1971
- 1971
- 1970
- 1970 Colossus: The Forbin Project
as The President
- 1970 Quarantined
as Dr. Bud Bedford
- 1969
- 1968 The Thomas Crown Affair
as Jamie
- 1968
- 1965
- 1965
- 1963
- 1962 Cyrano De Bergerac
as Vicomte de Valvert
- 1960
- 1951
Behind the camera (9)
- Upcoming
- 2006 Heyday!
Director, Writer
- 1999 Win, Again!
Writer
- 1988 Two Men
Director
- 1987 John and the Missus
Director, Writer
- 1981 A Far Cry From Home
Director
- 1981 Once
Director
- 1976
- 1972 The Rowdyman
Writer
Talk shows and appearances (3)
- 2011
- 1974
- 1951