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Acting

Gordon Pinsent

Career: Active from 1963 to 2020, busiest in 1981 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 46
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: Flight of the Butterflies
86/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Genie Awards · Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor
1980 · Won
Klondike Fever
Source: Wikidata

Characters

3

The characters Gordon Pinsent played, best-known titles first.

Gordon Pinsent as Archbishop

Gordon Pinsent as Billy Pretty

Gordon Pinsent as Sergeant Scott

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 52 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Gordon Pinsent Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Historical
1.4, average 2.5
Violence
3.1, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.9, average 4.8
Pop Culture
1.5, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 5
Gentle Humor 3
Social Commentary 3
Canadian Cinema 3
Moral Ambiguity 3
Nostalgic 2
Coming-of-Age 2
Psychological Thriller 2
Emotional Resonance 2
Small Town Drama 2
Historical Setting 2
Family-Friendly 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

103

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

2 titles

Back Home Again

as Jack Rabbit (voice)

Age of Dysphoria

as Fred

2010s

15 titles · average score 68

Two Lovers and a Bear

65

as Bear (voice)

Private Eyes

75

TV show · as Nevin Ainslie

Pirate's Passage

64

as Harry the Barber (voice)

The Grand Seduction

62

as Simon

The Polar Sea

TV show

Sex After Kids

50

as Dr. Keaton

Flight of the Butterflies

86

as Dr Fred Urquhart

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

as Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator

Life Doesn't Frighten Me

as Francis Weary

Babar and the Adventures of Badou

TV show · as King Babar (voice)

Republic of Doyle

73

TV show · as Maurice Becker

The Pillars of the Earth

71

TV show · as Archbishop

2000s

22 titles · average score 61

The Listener

57

TV show · as Accident Victim / Accident Victim / Frank Cardea

The Spine

63

as Dan Rutherford

Mysteries of the Great Lakes

as Narrator

The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together

as Hap Shaughnessy

Away from Her

83

as Grant

Heyday!

as Monroe Gillette

Ambulance Girl

56

as Pete

The Good Shepherd

48

as Cardinal Ledesna

Corner Gas

83

TV show · as Corky Dillems

Nothing

60

as Man In Suit

Fallen Angel

70

as Warren Wentworth

Hemingway vs. Callaghan

as Morley Callaghan

1990s

21 titles · average score 71

The Old Man and the Sea

81

as Old Man (voice)

as Win Morrissey

Relic Hunter

66

TV show · as Jimmy Jonesboro

81

TV show

Pippi Longstocking

50

as Captain Longstocking (voice)

A Vow to Kill

as Frank Waring

The Outer Limits

82

TV show · as Dr. Steven Molstad

Due South

85

as Fraser Sr.

Due South

80

TV show · as Fraser Sr. / Fraser Sr. (voice)

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

65

TV show · as Ken Collins

The Red Green Show

81

TV show · as Hap Shaughnessy

Blood Clan

as Judge William McKay

1980s

15 titles · average score 63

Babar

43

TV show · as King Babar (voice)

Babar: The Movie

65

as King Babar

Two Men

Director

John and the Missus

as John Munn

Friday the 13th: The Series

70

TV show · as Desmond Williams

Danger Bay

74

TV show · as Pete Bartlett

A Case of Libel

as Dennis Corcoran

American Playhouse

69

TV show · as Dennis Corcoran

The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd

as Edwin Boyd

The Devil at Your Heels

68

as Narrator (Voice)

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

as Ambassador Ken Taylor

Silence of the North

64

as John Frederickson

1970s

19 titles · average score 58

The Suicide's Wife

as Allan Crane

Who Has Seen the Wind

as Gerald O'Connal

For the Record

TV show · Director

as Sgt. Edgar Sturgess

The Heatwave Lasted Four Days

as Cliff Reynolds

Only God Knows

as John Hagan

Newman's Law

64

as Jack Eastman

Blacula

50

as Lt. John "Jack" Peters

The Rowdyman

as Will Cole

Chandler

38

as John Melchior

Cannon

67

TV show

Colossus: The Forbin Project

81

as The President

1960s

8 titles · average score 73

Marcus Welby, M.D.

68

TV show · as Dr. Joseph Xavier

It Takes a Thief

73

TV show · as Gerald Lockridge

The Thomas Crown Affair

68

as Jamie

Hogan's Heroes

82

TV show · as S.S. Capt. Steiner

Seaway

TV show · as Coffin / Grainger

The Forest Rangers

TV show · as Sgt. Brian Scott

Cyrano De Bergerac

as Vicomte de Valvert

The Nature of Things

77

TV show · as Dr. Fred Urquhart

1950s

1 title · average score 84

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Vicomte de Valvert