Gordon Pinsent
ActingGordon 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
Colossus: The Forbin Project
The President
The Thomas Crown Affair
Jamie
The Grand Seduction
Simon
The Shipping News
Billy Pretty
The Old Man and the Sea
Old Man (voice)
Nothing
Man In Suit
Blacula
Lt. John "Jack" Peters
Away from Her
Grant
Sex After Kids
Dr. Keaton
Saint Ralph
Filmography — Acting
Colossus: The Forbin Project
The President
The Thomas Crown Affair
Jamie
The Grand Seduction
Simon
The Shipping News
Billy Pretty
The Old Man and the Sea
Old Man (voice)
Nothing
Man In Suit
Blacula
Lt. John "Jack" Peters
Away from Her
Grant
Sex After Kids
Dr. Keaton
Saint Ralph
Babar: The Movie
King Babar
Incident on a Dark Street
Joe - Mayor
Heyday!
Monroe Gillette
Klondike Fever
Swiftwater Bill
Chandler
John Melchior
Quarantined
Dr. Bud Bedford
Blind Terror
Martin Howell
Back Home Again
Jack Rabbit (voice)
Flight of the Butterflies
Dr Fred Urquhart
Fallen Angel
Warren Wentworth
Silence of the North
John Frederickson
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
Morley Callaghan
Bonds of Love
Leon
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator
Pirate's Passage
Harry the Barber (voice)
Two Lovers and a Bear
Bear (voice)
In the Eyes of a Stranger
Lt. Ted Burk
The Devil at Your Heels
Narrator (Voice)
Big News From Grand Rock
Newman's Law
Jack Eastman
The Suicide's Wife
Allan Crane
Ambulance Girl
Pete
At Home by Myself... with You
Narrator (voice)
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
Ambassador Ken Taylor
The Good Shepherd
Cardinal Ledesna
Only God Knows
John Hagan
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
Hap Shaughnessy
The Rowdyman
Will Cole
Blood Clan
Judge William McKay
A Holiday for Love
Cal Marsdon
A Vow to Kill
Frank Waring
Who Has Seen the Wind
Gerald O'Connal
Pale Saints
Gus
The River of My Dreams
John and the Missus
John Munn
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
Cliff Reynolds
A Case of Libel
Dennis Corcoran
A Passage from Burnt Islands
Narrator (voice)
The Spine
Dan Rutherford
Due South
Fraser Sr.
Still Rowdy After All These Years
Self
The Sparky Book
Goldfish
Newfoundland Scene
Himself
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
Francis Weary
Where Once They Mattered
Narrator
Horse Latitudes
Donald Crowhurst
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
Narrator
Cyrano De Bergerac
Vicomte de Valvert
A Gift To Last
Sgt. Edgar Sturgess
Blackwood
Narrator
A Diary Between Friends
Narrator
Age of Dysphoria
Fred
An Unlikely Obsession
Narrator (voice)
Drága kisfiam!
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd
Edwin Boyd
The Time of the Tar Sands
Playing the Machines
Narrator