Personal Info
Known Credits
64
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1930-07-12 (95 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Also Known For
Gordon 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 ...
Known For
Acting
2021 --
Back Home Again
| Jack Rabbit (voice)
2020 --
Age of Dysphoria
| Fred
2017 --
The River of My Dreams
|
2016 --
Two Lovers and a Bear
| Bear (voice)
2015 --
Big News From Grand Rock
|
2015 --
Pirate's Passage
| Harry the Barber (voice)
2014 --
The Grand Seduction
| Simon
2013 --
Sex After Kids
| Dr. Keaton
2012 --
Flight of the Butterflies
| Dr Fred Urquhart
2012 --
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
| Francis Weary
2012 --
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
| Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator
2011 --
Still Rowdy After All These Years
| Self
2011 --
An Unlikely Obsession
| Narrator (voice)
2009 --
At Home by Myself... with You
| Narrator (voice)
2009 --
The Spine
| Dan Rutherford
2009 --
Playing the Machines
| Narrator
2008 --
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
| Hap Shaughnessy
2008 --
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
| Narrator
2007 --
Away from Her
| Grant
2006 --
Heyday!
| Monroe Gillette
2006 --
The Sparky Book
| Goldfish
2005 --
Ambulance Girl
| Pete
2005 --
Saint Ralph
|
2004 --
The Good Shepherd
| Cardinal Ledesna
2003 --
Nothing
| Man In Suit
2003 --
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
| Morley Callaghan
2003 --
Fallen Angel
| Warren Wentworth
2002 --
A Diary Between Friends
| Narrator
2001 --
The Shipping News
| Billy Pretty
2001 --
Blind Terror
| Martin Howell
1999 --
The Old Man and the Sea
| Old Man (voice)
1997 --
Pippi Longstocking
| Capt. Efraim Longstocking (voice)
1997 --
Pale Saints
| Gus
1996 --
A Holiday for Love
| Cal Marsdon
1995 --
A Vow to Kill
| Frank Waring
1994 --
Due South
| Fraser Sr.
1993 --
Bonds of Love
| Leon
1992 --
In the Eyes of a Stranger
| Lt. Ted Burk
1992 --
A Passage from Burnt Islands
| Narrator (voice)
1990 --
Blood Clan
| Judge William McKay
1989 --
Babar: The Movie
| King Babar
1987 --
John and the Missus
| John Munn
1983 --
A Case of Libel
| Dennis Corcoran
1982 --
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd
| Edwin Boyd
1981 --
Silence of the North
| John Frederickson
1981 --
Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper
| Ambassador Ken Taylor
1981 --
The Devil at Your Heels
| Narrator (Voice)
1980 --
Klondike Fever
| Swiftwater Bill
1977 --
The Suicide's Wife
| Allan Crane
1977 --
Who Has Seen the Wind
| Gerald O'Connal
1976 --
Blackwood
| Narrator
1975 --
The Time of the Tar Sands
|
1975 --
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
| Cliff Reynolds
1975 --
Horse Latitudes
| Donald Crowhurst
1974 --
Only God Knows
| John Hagan
1974 --
Newman's Law
| Jack Eastman
1973 --
Incident on a Dark Street
| Joe - Mayor
1972 --
Blacula
| Lt. John "Jack" Peters
1972 --
The Rowdyman
| Will Cole
1971 --
Chandler
| John Melchior
1970 --
Colossus: The Forbin Project
| The President
1970 --
Quarantined
| Dr. Bud Bedford
1968 --
The Thomas Crown Affair
| Jamie
1951 --
Newfoundland Scene
| Himself