Gross, Paul 1959-

PERSONAL

Full name, Paul David Gross; born April 30, 1959, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; son of Bob (a tank commander in the Canadian Army, rancher, and publisher) and Renie (an art historian and author) Gross; married Martha Burns (an actress), September 1988; children: Hannah, Jack. Education: University of Alberta, Edmonton, undergraduate degree, drama.

Addresses:

Agent—Great North Artists Management, 350 Duponte, Toronto M5R 1V9 Canada. Office—Whizbang Films, 24 Ryerson Ave., 4th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2P3 Canada.

Career:

Actor, director, producer, playwright, and screenwriter. Appeared in television commercials as a teenager; playwright-in-residence, Stratford Festival, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, and Grand Theatre Company; Whizbang Films, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, partner. Also worked for a box office and as a waiter.

Awards, Honors:

Clifford E. Lee National Playwriting Award and Alberta Cultural Playwriting Award, 1982, for The Deer and the Antelope Play; Alberta Cultural Playwriting Award, 1982, for Dust to Damascus; Dora Award nomination, Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts, 1985, for Romeo and Juliet; Gemini Award nomination, television drama, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1986, for "In This Corner," For the Record; Dora Award, best performance, 1988, for Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching toward the Somme; Gemini Award nomination, best writing in a dramatic program or miniseries, 1994, for Gross Misconduct; Gemini Awards, best performance by an actor in a continuing leading dramatic role, 1995, 1996, and best writing in a dramatic series (with others), 1998, Gemini Award nominations, best writing in a dramatic series (with others), 1997, 1998, best dramatic series (with others), 1998, and best performance by an actor in a continuing leading dramatic role, 1998, 1999, Canada's Choice Award (with others), Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1999, all for Due South; Gemini Award nomination (with others), best writing in a dramatic series, 1997, for All the Queen's Horses; Annual Heart of the Nation Award, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, 1999; Gemini Award nomination, best television movie or dramatic miniseries (with others), and best performance by an actor in a leading role in a dramatic program or miniseries, 2000, both for Murder Most Likely; Frame of Fame, Sudbury Cinefest, 2001; Canadian Comedy Award, film—pretty funny direction, Canadian Comedy Award nominations, film—pretty funny writing (with John Krizanc), and film—pretty funny male performance, Genie Award nomination (with John Krizanc), best screenplay—original, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 2003, all for Men with Brooms; Gemini Award, best performance by an actor in a continuing leading dramatic role, 2004, for Slings and Arrows; Toronto Award of Excellence, Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television, and Radio Artists, 2005; Gemini Award nominations, best writing in a dramatic program or miniseries (with John Krizanc), and best dramatic miniseries (with Frank Siracusa), Golden Nymph Award, Monte-Carlo Television Festival, miniseries—best performance by an actor, 2005, all for H2O; Gemini Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a continuing leading dramatic role, 2007, for Slings and Arrows.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Lysander, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Northern Lights Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1980.

Silvius, As You Like It, Northern Lights Theatre, 1980.

Dunois, D'Estivet, attendant, St. Joan, Northern Lights Theatre, 1981.

Florizel, The Winter's Tale, Northern Lights Theatre, 1981.

Frank Gardner, Mrs. Warren's Profession, Theatre Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1981.

Unseen Hand, Theatre Calgary, 1982.

Raglan, Father West, Theatre Calgary, 1982.

Woody, C. C., Mary, Jimmy, The Deer and the Antelope Play, Theatre Network, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1982.

Donald Lampert, Take Me Where the Water's Warm, Festival Lennoxville, Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada, 1982.

Motherwell, The Kite, Festival Lennoxville, 1982.

Constable Clarence Underhill, Walsh, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1983.

George Garga, In the Jungle of Cities, Toronto Free Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1983.

Dorante, Successful Strategies, Centaur Theatre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1985.

Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Toronto Free Theatre, 1985.

Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching toward the Somme, Canadian Stage, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1988.

Brick, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Manitoba Theatre Center, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 1989.

Jack, 14th Earl of Gurney, The Ruling Class, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, 2000.

Title role, Hamlet, Festival Theatre, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, 2000.

Dorian Gray, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Avon Theatre, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, 2000.

Stage Work:

Assistant director, Saint Jon, 1984.

Film Appearances:

Walter Butler, Divided Loyalties, 1989.

Stephen Miller, Cold Comfort, Canadian Pictures, 1989.

Augustus, Buried on Sunday (also known as Northern Extremes), Falter Street Productions, 1992.

Jeremy Brimfield, Married to It, Orion, 1993.

T. J. Burke, Aspen Extreme, Buena Vista, 1993.

Morton Ridgewell, Paint Cans, Libra Films, 1994.

Daniel Howl, Whale Music, Alliance, 1994.

Himself, Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's, 1997.

Himself, Mandela and the Children, 1998.

Chris Cutter, Men with Brooms (also known as Quatre gars et un balai), Alliance Atlantis, 2001.

Buddy French, Wilby Wonderful, Film Movement, 2004.

Himself, Ride Forever (documentary), 2006.

Himself, Hamlet (Solo) (documentary), 2007.

Michael Dunne, Passchendaele, Alliance Atlantis, 2008.

Film Work:

Director, Men with Brooms (also known as Quatre gars et un balai), Alliance Atlantis, 2001.

Director and coproducer, Passchendaele, 2008.

Television Appearances; Series:

Constable Benton Fraser, Due South (also known as Direction: Sud), CBS and CTV, 1994-96.

Kevin Black, The Red Green Show (also known as The New Red Green Show), Global, 1996, CBC, 1998.

Constable Benton Fraser, Due South (also known as Un tandem de choc), CTV, 1997-99.

Steelstring, CTV, 2001.

Geoffrey Tennant, Slings and Arrows, TMN, 2003-2006.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Jake Kincaid, Chasing Rainbows, CBC, 1988.

Brian Hawkins, "Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City," American Playhouse, PBS, 1994.

Ned Land, 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, CBS, 1997.

Thomas David McLaughlin, H2O (also known as H2O: The Last Prime Minister), CBC, 2004.

John Diefenbaker, Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story, CBC, 2006.

Thomas David McLaughlin, The Trojan Horse, CBC, 2008.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Billy, Turning to Stone (also known as Concrete Hell), 1985.

Alex Bresnyachuk, Getting Married in Buffalo Jump (also known as Buffalo Jump), 1990.

Bucky Dean, XXX's & OOO's, CBS, 1994.

Patrick Kelly, Murder Most Likely, CTV and TNT, 1999.

Kevin Black, Red Green Live '99, PBS, 1999.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Constable Benton Fraser, Due South, CTV and CBS, 1994.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Narrator, The Battle of Vimy Ridge-Part 1: Setting the Stage, 1997.

Narrator, The Battle of Vimy Ridge-Part 2: Keys to Victory, 1997.

Narrator, The Battle of Vimy Ridge-Part 3: The Battle Looms, 1997.

Narrator, The Battle of Vimy Ridge-Part 4: The Battle Joined and Won, 1997.

Alexander the Great, Witness to Yesterday, CBS, 1998.

TSN Sports Celebrity Event, TSN, 1998.

Narrator, Far from Home: Canadians in WWI, CBC, 1999.

Red Green Live, PBS, 1999.

Host, The Greatest Canadian, CBC, 2004.

Narrator, Hockey: A People's History, CBC, 2006.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Host, Canadian Country Music Awards, 1996.

Host, BANFF Television Festival Rockie Awards, 1996.

Host, 10th Annual Gemini Awards, 1996.

Host, Canadian Country Music Awards, TNN and CTV, 1997.

Host, Gemini Awards, CBC, 1997.

Host, 12th Annual Gemini Awards, 1998.

Cohost, BANFF Film Festival Rockie Awards, 1998.

Host, 14th Annual Gemini Awards, 1999.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Skip, "Mars Is Heaven," The Ray Bradbury Theater (also known as Le monde fantistique de Ray Bradbury, Mystery Theatre, Ray Bradbury presente, The Bradbury Trilogy, and The Ray Bradbury Theatre), USA Network, 1987.

Steven Hines, "Film Noir," Street Legal, CBC, 1989.

Steven Hines, "Soul Custody," Street Legal, CBC, 1989.

"1997: Year of the Farce," Royal Canadian Air Farce (also known as Air Farce), CBS, 1997.

Noel's House Party, BBC, 1997.

Himself, "Tooth and Nail," Mary Walsh: Open Book, CBC, 2003.

Tony Joel, "A Modern Mata Hari," The Eleventh Hour, CTV, 2003.

Prime Minister Thomas David McLaughlin, Monday Report (also known as Rick Mercer's "Monday Report" and The Rick Mercer Report), CBC, 2004.

Tony Joel, "A Virgin Walks Into a Bar," The Eleventh Hour, CTV, 2005.

Television Work; Series:

Executive producer, Due South (also known as Direction: Sud and Tandem de choc), CBS and CTV, 1994.

Executive producer, Due South (also known as Un tandem de choc), CTV, 1997.

Producer, Steelstring, CTV, 2001.

Television Executive Producer; Miniseries:

H2O (also known as H2O: The Last Prime Minister), CBC, 2004.

The Trojan Horse, CBC, 2008.

ZOS: Zone of Separation, TMN, 2008.

Television Work; Movies:

Executive producer, Murder Most Likely, CTV, 1999.

Television Work; Specials:

Co-executive producer, The Real Patsy Kline, syndicated, 1987.

RECORDINGS

Albums:

(With David Keeley) Two Houses, 1997.

Holiday Heroes, 1998.

Songs of Love and Carnage, 2000.

(With David Keeley) Love and Carnage, 2001.

Music Videos:

Santa Drives a Pickup, 1998.

Voodoo, 1998.

My Papa's Front Porch, 1998.

32 Down on the Robert Mackenzie, 1998.

Two Houses, 1998.

WRITINGS

Plays:

The Deer and the Antelope Play, Northern Light Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 1981.

Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Damascus, 1982.

The Dead of Winter, Toronto Free Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1982.

Sprung Rhythm (also known as Buchanan, Toronto Free Theatre), National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1984.

Thunder, Perfect Mind, Toronto Free Theatre, 1986.

Tension Zero (also known as Buchanan), Le Theatre de la Bordee, Montreal, Ontario, Canada, 1986.

Screenplays:

(Story only) Men with Brooms (also known as Quatre gars et un balai), 2001.

Passchendaele, 2008.

Film Scores:

Men with Brooms (also known as Quatre gars et un balai), 2001.

Television Miniseries:

(With others) H2O (also known as H2O: The Last Prime Minister), CBC, 2004.

Television Movies:

Gross Misconduct, CBC, 1993.

Television Specials:

In This Corner, CBC, 1985.

Television Episodes:

"In This Corner," For the Record, CBC, 1986.

"Red, White, or Blue," Due South (also known as Direction: Sud), CBS and CTV, 1996.

"All the Queen's Horses," Due South (also known as Direction: Sud), CBS and CTV, 1996.

"Burning Down the House," Due South (also known as Un tandem de choc), CTV, 1997.

"Mountie on the Bounty: Part 1," Due South (also known as Un tandem de choc), CTV, 1998.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Entertainment Weekly, November 25, 1994, p. 58.