Gord is an actor, playwright and filmmaker. He has performed on stages around the world, from San Francisco to Rwanda, including 9 seasons at The Shaw Festival. Favourite gigs include the title role in Oedipus Rex at The Stratford Festival and Hamlet for Necessary Angel at the Worldstage. He also appeared He won a Dora Award for his portrayal of a naked Ukranian plutonium dealer in Michael Healey’s The Innocent Eye Test (Mirvish). He also toured with Goodness (Volcano Theatre), The Test (The Company), The Philanderer (Shaw Festival), Abyss (Tarragon) as well as the American premiere of Tom Stoppard’s The Invention of Love, and the award-winning The Runner. Recent screen appearances include Stephen King’s Chapelwaite for EPIX, a lead role in the indie film Last County, his series regular role in NBC’s Transplant, and most recently a role in Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming film Frankenstein.
Gord is also a filmmaker and a playwright. His films include Goodness in Rwanda and a film adaptation of his play Pond Life. His plays Orgy in the Lighthouse, Pond Life, and the recently published The Trouble with Mr Adams continue to draw praise and controversy.
He is also a founding member of ARCA — Artists for Real Climate Action — and has written and directed several short films for their campaign about the climate crisis.
He’s lucky: he lives in downtown Toronto, grows his own hot peppers, has a lovely wife, two beautiful sons and a very large dog.
