Gordon Pinsent
Known for: Acting
Born: July 12, 1930
Died: February 25, 2023
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
74 movies · 37 TV shows, newest first
7.0
Back Home Again
2021
2.0
Age of Dysphoria
2020
NR
The River of My Dreams
2017
6.5
Two Lovers and a Bear
2016
7.3
Private Eyes
2016
NR
Where Once They Mattered
2015
NR
Big News From Grand Rock
2015
5.5
Pirate's Passage
2015
6.0
The Polar Sea
2014
6.7
The Grand Seduction
2014
5.5
Sex After Kids
2013
6.2
Flight of the Butterflies
2012
5.6
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
20125.2
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
2012
NR
Still Rowdy After All These Years
2011
NR
An Unlikely Obsession
2011
4.3
Babar and the Adventures of Badou
2010
7.7
The Pillars of the Earth
2010
7.0
Republic of Doyle
2010
3.0
At Home by Myself... with You
2009
6.0
The Spine
2009
6.9
The Listener
2009
NR
Playing the Machines
20095.1
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
2008
6.0
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
2008
7.0
Away from Her
2007
8.3
Angela's Eyes
2006
7.5
Heyday!
2006
NR
The Sparky Book
2006
5.6
Ambulance Girl
2005
7.0
Saint Ralph
2005
9.0
H2O
2004
5.3
The Good Shepherd
2004
8.0
Corner Gas
2004
5.9
Nothing
20038.0
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
2003
6.3
Fallen Angel
2003
6.6
Puppets Who Kill
2002
9.0
A Diary Between Friends
2002
6.4
The Shipping News
2001
4.7
Blind Terror
2001
6.1
Blue Murder
2001
6.8
Relic Hunter
1999
7.6
The Old Man and the Sea
1999NR
Win, Again!
199910.0
Power Play
1998
6.0
Made in Canada
1998
6.8
Pippi Longstocking
19974.5
Pale Saints
1997
5.8
Pippi Longstocking
1997
5.8
A Holiday for Love
1996
NR
Kids for Character
1996
7.7
The Outer Limits
1995
5.7
A Vow to Kill
1995
7.6
Due South
1994
8.7
Due South
1994
6.7
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993
5.8
Bonds of Love
1993
4.8
In the Eyes of a Stranger
1992
9.0
A Passage from Burnt Islands
1992
7.5
The Red Green Show
1991
6.0
The Hidden Room
1991
4.3
Blood Clan
1990
5.8
Babar: The Movie
1989
6.4
Babar
1989
7.0
Two Men
1988
8.0
John and the Missus
1987
7.3
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987
7.4
Danger Bay
1985
4.5
A Case of Libel
198310.0
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd
1982
6.6
American Playhouse
19829.0
A Far Cry From Home
1981
7.0
Silence of the North
198110.0
Once
1981
8.0
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
1981
5.9
The Devil at Your Heels
1981
5.8
Klondike Fever
1980
7.0
The Suicide's Wife
1979
9.0
Drága kisfiam!
1978
7.0
Who Has Seen the Wind
1977NR
A Gift To Last
1976
9.0
For the Record
1976
6.0
Blackwood
1976NR
The Time of the Tar Sands
1975
8.0
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
1975
7.0
Horse Latitudes
1975
5.7
Only God Knows
1974
6.6
Newman's Law
1974NR
Back to Beulah
1974
5.3
Incident on a Dark Street
1973
8.4
Banacek
1972
5.5
Blacula
1972
4.0
The Rowdyman
1972
4.6
Chandler
1971
6.7
Cannon
1971
7.5
Sarge
1971
7.2
Dan August
1970
7.0
Colossus: The Forbin Project
1970
6.0
Quarantined
1970
6.6
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
6.8
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968
7.2
It Takes a Thief
1968
7.6
Hogan's Heroes
1965
6.0
Seaway
1965
7.2
The Forest Rangers
19639.0
Cyrano De Bergerac
1962
7.2
The Nature of Things
1960
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
5.0
Newfoundland Scene
195110.0
Up at Ours
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