Multi-talented actor/writer Paul Gross stayed true to his Canadian roots and became famous as the... (Learn more)
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Paul Gross’s Milestones
| At age 16, spent summer working in the box office of the Statford Festival | |
| Because of father's army career, childhood was spent in various places, including Germany, England and Washington, DC | |
| Began performing career at age 14, appearing in commercials | |
| Performed with a band called The Bonemen in the 1980s to the early 1990s | |
| Wrote for Canadian TV series, "For the Record" | |
| 1980 | Professional stage debut as Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at Edmonton's Northern Light Theatre |
| 1982 | Debut as a playwright with "The Deer and the Antelope Play" at Edmonton's Theatre Network; later that year second play "The Dead of Winter" was also produced |
| 1984 | Played Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet" |
| 1985 | Penned the teleplay for "In This Corner", directed by Atom Egoyan |
| 1985 | Wrote book and lyrics and co-composed score for the stage musical "Thunder, Perfect Mind"; also acted alongside future wife Martha Burns |
| 1986 | Play "Buchanan", about a surgeon, opened at the Toronto Free Theatre |
| 1989 | Made film debut, "Cold Comfort" |
| 1989 | Starred as Brick in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" at Manitoba Theatre Center |
| 1992 | Had lead in "Buried on Sunday" |
| 1993 | Wrote the teleplay, "Gross Misconduct" about hockey player Brian Spencer; directed by Atom Egoyan |
| 1994 | Co-starred in "Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City" |
| 1994 - 1996 | Starred in "Due South" TV-movie and subsequent CBS series |
| 1997 | Acted in the CBS adaptation of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" |
| 1997 | Reprised role in syndicated series version of "Due South"; also wrote episodes |
| 1999 | Played title role in "Hamlet" at Stratford, Ontario; singing partner David Keeley was cast as Horatio |
| 2000 | Exeuctive produced and starred as a corrupt Royal Canadian Mountie in the TNT movie "Murder Most Likely" |
| 2000 | Produced and starred in the Canadian TV series "Steelstring", playing a former rock singer turned private investigator |
| 2002 | Feature directorial debut, "Men With Brooms", a comedy about a curling team; also co-wrote, produced and starred |
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