Gordon Pinsent

Gordon Edward Pinsent, CC, FRSC is a Canadian actor, screenwriter, director and playwright. He is known for his roles in Away from Her, The Rowdyman, John and the Missus, A Gift to Last, Due South, The Red Green Show and Quentin Durgens, M.P.

Pinsent, the youngest of six children, was born in Grand Falls, Newfoundland. His mother, Florence Flossie , was originally from Clifton, Newfoundland, and his father, Stephen Arthur Pinsent, was a papermill worker and cobbler originally from Dildo, Newfoundland. His mother was quiet spoken and a religious Anglican the family was descended from immigrants from Kent and Devon in England. He was a selfdescribed awkward child who suffered from rickets.

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