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Gordon Pinsent
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 b…
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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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2021
Back Home Again
Movie Jack Rabbit (voice)
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2020
Age of Dysphoria
Movie Fred
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2017
The River of My Dreams
Movie
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2016
Two Lovers and a Bear
Movie Bear (voice)
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2016
Private Eyes
TV show Nevin Ainslie
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2015
Where Once They Mattered
Movie Narrator
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2015
Big News From Grand Rock
Movie
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2015
Pirate's Passage
Movie Harry the Barber (voice)
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2014
The Polar Sea
TV show
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2014
The Grand Seduction
Movie Simon
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2013
Sex After Kids
Movie Dr. Keaton
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2013
Nuts Nothing and Nobody
Movie English narrator
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2012
Flight of the Butterflies
Movie Dr Fred Urquhart
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2012
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
Movie Francis Weary
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2012
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Movie Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator
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2011
Still Rowdy After All These Years
Movie Self
More credits
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2011
An Unlikely Obsession
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2010
Babar and the Adventures of Badou
TV show King Babar (voice)
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2010
The Pillars of the Earth
TV show Archbishop
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2010
Republic of Doyle
TV show Maurice Becker
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2009
At Home by Myself... with You
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2009
The Spine
Movie Dan Rutherford
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2009
The Listener
TV show Accident Victim
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2009
Playing the Machines
Movie Narrator
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2008
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
Movie Hap Shaughnessy
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2008
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
Movie Narrator
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2007
Away from Her
Movie Grant
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2006
Angela's Eyes
TV show
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2006
Heyday!
Movie Monroe Gillette
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2006
The Sparky Book
Movie Goldfish
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2005
Ambulance Girl
Movie Pete
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2005
Saint Ralph
Movie
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2004
H2O
TV show Michael Cameron
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2004
The Good Shepherd
Movie Cardinal Ledesna
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2004
Corner Gas
TV show Corky Dillems
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2003
Nothing
Movie Man In Suit
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2003
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
Movie Morley Callaghan
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2003
Fallen Angel
Movie Warren Wentworth
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2002
Puppets Who Kill
TV show
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2002
A Diary Between Friends
Movie Narrator
