Gordon Pinsent
Know for: Acting
Born: 1930-07-12
Place of birth: Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
Young businessman Thomas Crown is bored and decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job....
Away from Her (2007)
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...
The Good Shepherd (2004)
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.
Nothing (2003)
The film tells the story of two good friends who live together, Andrew, an agoraphobic travel agent who works from his home, and Dave, a loser who...
Blacula (1972)
An 18th century African prince is turned into a vampire while visiting Transylvania. Two centuries later, he rises from his coffin attacking various...
Back Home Again (2021)
An animated reimaging of the largest wildfire evacuation in Alberta's history, with upwards of 88,000 people forced from their homes.
Babar: The Movie (1989)
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...
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
The U.S. has handed over control of its nuclear defense system to the Colossus supercomputer designed by scientist Dr. Charles Forbin. It soon...
The Old Man and the Sea (1999)
An old fisherman makes the biggest catch of his life.
The Devil at Your Heels (1981)
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...
A Holiday for Love (1996)
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...
Fallen Angel (2003)
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....
The Spine (2009)
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...
Chandler (1971)
A private eye is hired to follow a mobster's former mistress.
Quarantined (1970)
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...
A Passage from Burnt Islands (1992)
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...
Flight of the Butterflies (2012)
It takes two or three generations for the monarch butterfly to reach the Canadian breeding grounds, but it is one "supergeneration" that makes the...
Life Doesn't Frighten Me (2012)
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...
At Home by Myself... with You (2009)
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...
The Grand Seduction (2014)
A small fishing village must procure a local doctor to secure a lucrative business contract. When unlikely candidate and big city doctor Paul Lewis...
Sex After Kids (2013)
A disparate variety of couples from all walks of life strive to maintain active sex lives despite the notable distraction of having kids.
The Suicide's Wife (1977)
An unsuccessful middle-aged college professor commits suicide, leaving his wife to cope with guilt, shame, and an angry teenage son who blames her...
Blackwood (1976)
This short film studies the works of one of Canada's greatest contemporary etchers - Newfoundland-born David Blackwood. The artist himself guides...
Still Rowdy After All These Years (2011)
A documentary retrospective on the prolific career of acclaimed Canadian actor, writer and director Gordon Pinsent.
Due South (1994)
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...
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together (2008)
This behind-the-scenes special features cast members musing over public television's beloved "The Red Green Show," the wacky sketch series revolving...
Saint Ralph (2005)
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...
Klondike Fever (1980)
This movie chronicles Jack London's epic journey from San Francisco to the Klondike gold fields in 1898.
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (2012)
Stephen Leacock recounts his growing up period in the small town of Mariposa, Ontario, located on the shores of Lake Wissanotti with its notoriously...
The Shipping News (2001)
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
The Sparky Book (2006)
In Newfoundland filmmaker Mary Lewis' live action/animation hybrid short film, a talking goldfish tells us the poignant story of his best friend,...
Horse Latitudes (1975)
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...
Silence of the North (1981)
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...
The Time of the Tar Sands (1975)
A promotional video produced by the Alberta government in 1975, "The time of the tar sands", featuring Gordon Pinsent. credit: Archives of Alberta.
Ambulance Girl (2005)
The story revolves around former food writer, Jane Stern, and how she conquered clinical depression after becoming a paramedic.
Newman's Law (1974)
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...
In the Eyes of a Stranger (1992)
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...
Pirate's Passage (2015)
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...
Pale Saints (1997)
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...
Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper (1981)
A dramatized account of how the staff of the Canadian Embassy helped a group of American diplomats escape from Iran during the Iranian Revolution.
A Case of Libel (1983)
Fact-based courtroom drama about a news reporter in 1954 who sued a columnist for libel after he proclaimed him a communist in print.
Hemingway vs. Callaghan (2003)
'Hemingway vs. Callaghan' is based on the true story of the friendship between Ernest Hemingway and Morley Callaghan in Toronto and Paris between...
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd (1982)
Based on fact, this is the story of a notorious Canadian bank-robbery gang.
Who Has Seen the Wind (1977)
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,...
Bonds of Love (1993)
A divorced woman falls in love with a mentally-disabled man, but his family objects to their relationship.
Blood Clan (1990)
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...
Heyday! (2006)
During World War II, the usually sleepy town of Gander, Newfoundland is abuzz with activity as the stopover point for many flights between North...
Big News From Grand Rock (2015)
A small town journalist's fabricated stories attracts unwanted attention when one of them turns out to be true.
Two Lovers and a Bear (2016)
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...
The Rowdyman (1972)
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,...
The River of My Dreams (2017)
Director Brigitte Berman profiles Canadian icon Gordon Pinsent, who left Newfoundland in the late 1940s to launch a storied, seven-decade career as...
Newfoundland Scene (1951)
A portrait of Newfoundland that records a way of life that has all but disappeared.
John and the Missus (1987)
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...
Blind Terror (2001)
After marrying a handsome man she barely knows, a woman experiences threatening calls and violent attacks from a mysterious woman who claims to be...
Mysteries of the Great Lakes (2008)
Through several interlocking stories, including the story of maritime commerce and the ships that move cargo through the inland waterway, Mysteries...
Incident on a Dark Street (1973)
A small-time hood is murdered just as he is about to blow the whistle on an organized crime ring.
A Vow to Kill (1995)
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....
Only God Knows (1974)
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.
Age of Dysphoria (2020)
A young woman tracks down an elderly man in order to make amends for the tragedy that devastated his life.
Pippi Longstocking (1997)
Pippi Longstocking is an extraordinary little girl who lives alone in her house, while her father sails the seven seas. Pippi's irrepressibly fun...
A Diary Between Friends (2002)
When American citizens were stranded in Canada on 9/11, their northern neighbors opened their doors.
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days (1975)
A TV news cameraman's appetite for fine wine, fast cars and beautiful women draws him into the grip of a heroin smuggler.
Playing the Machines (2009)
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?...
Heyday! (2006)
During World War II, the usually sleepy town of Gander, Newfoundland is abuzz with activity as the stopover point for many flights between North...
Heyday! (2006)
During World War II, the usually sleepy town of Gander, Newfoundland is abuzz with activity as the stopover point for many flights between North...
Once (1981)
In a twist on the typical May-October romance, a widow somewhere in her 60s meets a naive country boy who has found his way to the city. He moves...
John and the Missus (1987)
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...
John and the Missus (1987)
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...
The Rowdyman (1972)
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,...
A Far Cry From Home (1981)
A woman struggles with her husband.