Gordon Pinsent
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.1841 |
| Birthday | 1930-07-12 |
| Place of Birth | Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Also Known As | Gordon Edward Pinsent, |
1968
The Thomas Crown Affair
6.781/598
A debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes that he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist--until he must match wits with an insu...
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The Thomas Crown Affair
2007
Away from Her
7/249
Fiona and Grant have been married for nearly 50 years. They have to face the fact that Fiona’s absent-mindedness is a symptom of Alzheimer’s disease....
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Away from Her
2004
The Good Shepherd
5.258/33
When a clergyman is accused for the murder of a social worker, the parish priest recruits a reporter (and his ex-girlfriend) to clear his name.
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The Good Shepherd
2003
Nothing
5.889/122
After a terrible day, two good friends and housemates find the outside world converted into a featureless and empty white void.
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Nothing
1972
Blacula
5.495/182
An 18th century African prince is turned into a vampire while visiting Transylvania. Two centuries later, he rises from his coffin attacking various r...
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Blacula
2021
Back Home Again
7/1
An animated reimaging of the largest wildfire evacuation in Alberta's history, with upwards of 88,000 people forced from their homes.
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Back Home Again
1989
Babar: The Movie
5.82/50
Children's book authors Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff's most beloved elephant comes to the big screen in this animated family tale. Elephant monarch Ki...
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Babar: The Movie
1970
Colossus: The Forbin Project
6.956/270
The U.S. has handed over control of its nuclear defense system to the Colossus supercomputer designed by scientist Dr. Charles Forbin. It soon becomes...
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Colossus: The Forbin Project
1999
The Old Man and the Sea
7.585/171
An old fisherman makes the biggest catch of his life.
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The Old Man and the Sea
1981
The Devil at Your Heels
5.929/7
Devil at Your Heels, traces the trials of stuntman Ken Carter who attempts a death-defying aerial jump in a car. Not content with a normal jump, Ken C...
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The Devil at Your Heels
1996
A Holiday for Love
5.767/30
A man is sent to a small town to assess which of the workers in the local factory that supplies the town with jobs should get the boot when the downsi...
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A Holiday for Love
2003
Fallen Angel
6.317/30
When his father dies, Terry (Gary Sinese) returns to the house where he grew up, planning to stay only long enough to clean and settle the estate. Yet...
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Fallen Angel
2011
An Unlikely Obsession
0/0
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An Unlikely Obsession
2009
The Spine
6/9
A poignant story of redemption that takes us into the relationship between a man and a woman trapped in a spiral of mutual destruction after 26 years...
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The Spine
1971
Chandler
4.591/11
A private eye is hired to follow a mobster's former mistress.
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Chandler
1970
Quarantined
6/2
A family of doctors that runs a medical clinic finds itself up against a sudden cholera epidemic and other difficulties like a movie star who refuses...
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Quarantined
1992
A Passage from Burnt Islands
9/1
In his crusade for literacy, principal Ray Brown enlisted the help of the community and broke through the cycle of illiteracy in a small Newfoundland...
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A Passage from Burnt Islands
2012
Flight of the Butterflies
6.2/20
It takes two or three generations for the monarch butterfly to reach the Canadian breeding grounds, but it is one "supergeneration" that makes the 2,0...
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Flight of the Butterflies
2012
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
5.6/5
Insecure thirteen year-old Esther Weary is on the brink of puberty and must come to terms with the realities of becoming a woman with her well-meaning...
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Life Doesn't Frighten Me
2009
At Home by Myself... with You
3/1
A multi phobia-plagued single woman who hasn't left her apartment in six years finds her carefully organized existence disrupted by her hot new 'on-th...
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At Home by Myself... with You
2014
The Grand Seduction
6.691/369
A small fishing village must procure a local doctor to secure a lucrative business contract. When unlikely candidate and big city doctor Paul Lewis la...
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The Grand Seduction
2013
Sex After Kids
5.468/47
A disparate variety of couples from all walks of life strive to maintain active sex lives despite the notable distraction of having kids.
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Sex After Kids
1979
The Suicide's Wife
7/2
An unsuccessful middle-aged college professor commits suicide, leaving his wife to cope with guilt, shame, and an angry teenage son who blames her for...
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The Suicide's Wife
1976
Blackwood
6/4
This short film studies the works of one of Canada's greatest contemporary etchers - Newfoundland-born David Blackwood. The artist himself guides view...
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Blackwood
2011
Still Rowdy After All These Years
0/0
A documentary retrospective on the prolific career of acclaimed Canadian actor, writer and director Gordon Pinsent.
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Still Rowdy After All These Years
1994
Due South
8.667/6
The movie that the TV series was spun off from. When a legendary Canadian Mountie is murdered, his son (and fellow RCMP) Constable Benton Fraser foll...
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Due South
2008
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
5.1/4
This behind-the-scenes special features cast members musing over public television's beloved "The Red Green Show," the wacky sketch series revolving a...
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The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
2005
Saint Ralph
6.982/85
This Canadian made comedy/drama, set in Hamilton, Ontario in 1954, is a sweet and - at times - goofy story that becomes increasingly poignant as the m...
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Saint Ralph
1980
Klondike Fever
5.818/11
This movie chronicles Jack London's epic journey from San Francisco to the Klondike gold fields in 1898.
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Klondike Fever
2012
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
5.2/2
Stephen Leacock recounts his growing up period in the small town of Mariposa, Ontario, located on the shores of Lake Wissanotti with its notoriously l...
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Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
2001
The Shipping News
6.394/435
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
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The Shipping News
2006
The Sparky Book
0/0
In Newfoundland filmmaker Mary Lewis' live action/animation hybrid short film, a talking goldfish tells us the poignant story of his best friend, Spar...
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The Sparky Book
1975
Horse Latitudes
7/1
Based on the true story of Philip Stockton, a 40 year old Englishman, who would have done almost anything to be the first man to sail around the world...
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Horse Latitudes
1981
Silence of the North
7/2
Director Allan King's 1981 drama, based on true events, stars Ellen Burstyn as a strong-willed woman struggling to survive with her family in the Cana...
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Silence of the North
1975
The Time of the Tar Sands
0/0
A promotional video produced by the Alberta government in 1975, "The time of the tar sands", featuring Gordon Pinsent. credit: Archives of Alberta.
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The Time of the Tar Sands
2005
Ambulance Girl
5.571/7
The story revolves around former food writer, Jane Stern, and how she conquered clinical depression after becoming a paramedic.
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Ambulance Girl
1974
Newman's Law
6.6/9
LAPD Officer Newman has not gotten the reputation of a straight arrow by avoiding conflict when fighting for right. In this police drama, his honesty...
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Newman's Law
1992
In the Eyes of a Stranger
4.8/5
An overworked woman encounters a pair of armed robbers on the subway home. When one of them is killed, apparently as he divulges the location of some...
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In the Eyes of a Stranger
2015
Pirate's Passage
5.55/20
Set in 1952 Grey Rocks – a centuries old town that was famous 250 years ago as a favored port of pirates – Pirate’s Passage follows the story of 12-ye...
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Pirate's Passage
1997
Pale Saints
4.5/2
Two small time hoods pretend to be serious henchmen in order to get to do a job in Toronto that they think will get them serious recognition in the mo...
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Pale Saints
1981
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
8/1
A dramatized account of how the staff of the Canadian Embassy helped a group of American diplomats escape from Iran during the Iranian Revolution.
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Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
1983
A Case of Libel
4.5/2
Fact-based courtroom drama about a news reporter in 1954 who sued a columnist for libel after he proclaimed him a communist in print.
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A Case of Libel
2003
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
8/1
'Hemingway vs. Callaghan' is based on the true story of the friendship between Ernest Hemingway and Morley Callaghan in Toronto and Paris between 1923...
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Hemingway vs. Callaghan
1982
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd
10/1
Based on fact, this is the story of a notorious Canadian bank-robbery gang.
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The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd
1977
Who Has Seen the Wind
7/6
The coming-of-age of adolescent Brian O'Connal in small town Depression-era Saskatchewan is told. The son of the local pharmacist Gerald O'Connal, Bri...
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Who Has Seen the Wind
1993
Bonds of Love
5.75/4
A divorced woman falls in love with a mentally-disabled man, but his family objects to their relationship.
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Bonds of Love
1990
Blood Clan
4.25/4
A family is executed by soldiers for cannibalism - except for the little girl, Katy Bane McKay. She is adopted by Judge Mackay and goes home with him...
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Blood Clan
2006
Heyday!
7.5/2
During World War II, the usually sleepy town of Gander, Newfoundland is abuzz with activity as the stopover point for many flights between North Ameri...
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Heyday!
2015
Big News From Grand Rock
0/0
A small town journalist's fabricated stories attracts unwanted attention when one of them turns out to be true.
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Big News From Grand Rock
2016
Two Lovers and a Bear
6.481/80
Set in a small town near the North Pole where roads lead to nowhere, the story follows Roman and Lucy, two burning souls who come together to make a l...
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Two Lovers and a Bear
1972
The Rowdyman
4/4
Will Cole is a charismatic 35 year old paper mill laborer who seems to celebrate a life of bad choices. He lives and behaves as if he was still 18, wo...
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The Rowdyman
2017
The River of My Dreams
0/0
Director Brigitte Berman profiles Canadian icon Gordon Pinsent, who left Newfoundland in the late 1940s to launch a storied, seven-decade career as on...
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The River of My Dreams
1951
Newfoundland Scene
5/1
A portrait of Newfoundland that records a way of life that has all but disappeared.
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Newfoundland Scene
1987
John and the Missus
8/3
A small Canadian town is devasted when a local mine--the town's only source of income--is closed. One man incurs the wrath of the townsmen when he stu...
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John and the Missus
2001
Blind Terror
4.667/3
After marrying a handsome man she barely knows, a woman experiences threatening calls and violent attacks from a mysterious woman who claims to be her...
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Blind Terror
2008
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
6/1
Through several interlocking stories, including the story of maritime commerce and the ships that move cargo through the inland waterway, Mysteries of...
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Mysteries of the Great Lakes
1973
Incident on a Dark Street
5.333/6
A small-time hood is murdered just as he is about to blow the whistle on an organized crime ring.
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Incident on a Dark Street
1995
A Vow to Kill
5.667/6
Rachel is the daughter of a wealthy media tycoon. Her husband dies in a car crash. Years later she meets Eric a photographer for New Woman magazine. T...
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A Vow to Kill
1974
Only God Knows
5.667/3
The sponsors of a drug-rehabilitation center stage a robbery to maintain funding of the facility, but the loot turns out to be syndicate-owned.
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Only God Knows
2020
Age of Dysphoria
2/1
A young woman tracks down an elderly man in order to make amends for the tragedy that devastated his life.
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Age of Dysphoria
2002
A Diary Between Friends
9/1
When American citizens were stranded in Canada on 9/11, their northern neighbors opened their doors.
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A Diary Between Friends
1975
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
8/1
A TV news cameraman's appetite for fine wine, fast cars and beautiful women draws him into the grip of a heroin smuggler.
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The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
2009
Playing the Machines
0/0
Video lottery addiction is a serious problem in Canada, but does the government's need for revenue mean the enormous social costs are being ignored? T...
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Playing the Machines
2015
Where Once They Mattered
0/0
Twenty ponies of an endangered breed are facing death from neglect and abandonment. A horse hauling team attempts a cross-continent rescue. It's a hug...
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Where Once They Mattered
1976
A Gift To Last
0/0
A Christmas special about an elderly man looking back at life during the turn of the century in Ontario. His family help him to overcome his need for...
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A Gift To Last
1962
Cyrano De Bergerac
9/1
The fiercely proud Cyrano may be the greatest swordsman in France - or the world - but he dares not reveal his love to the beautiful Roxanne.
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Cyrano De Bergerac
1978
Drága kisfiam!
9/1
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Drága kisfiam!
1996
Kids for Character
0/0
Kids for Character was a program that was released on VHS in April 23, 1996. It was a charity special about moral character that featured many differe...
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Kids for Character
1974
Back to Beulah
0/0
The film is an adaptation of a play written by the celebrated Canadian author and playwright W.O. Mitchell. It follows the lives of three very differe...
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Back to Beulah
1999
Win, Again!
0/0
When accused of a major crime years ago, a man went on the run. Now that he has been exonerated of the deed, he has trouble reconnecting with the wife...
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Win, Again!
1997
Pippi Longstocking
5.837/43
Pippi Longstocking is an extraordinary little girl who lives alone in her house, while her father sails the seven seas. Pippi's irrepressibly fun natu...
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