Biography
Gordon Tootoosis first acting role was in the film Alien Thunder (1974), with Chief Dan George and Donald Sutherland.
He portrayed Albert Golo in 52 episodes of North of 60 in the 1990s. He is best known to British audiences for playing the Native American Joe Saugus, who negotiates the purchase of the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet series 3 (2002). Gordon appeared in the CBC Television mini-series By Way of the Stars with Eric Schweig as Black Thunder and Tantoo Cardinal as Franoise.
He appeared in the award-winning movie Legends of the Fall (1994), and starred with Russell Means in Disney's Pocahontas (1995) and Song of Hiawatha (1997). In 1999, he and Tantoo Cardinal became founding members of the board of directors of the Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company. In 2011, he appeared in Gordon Winter at the Persephone Theatre in Saskatoon and Prairie Scene in Ottawa, his first stage role in 15 years.
Tootoosis won a Gemini Award for his work on the animated show Wapos Bay: The Series and was nominated twice for his work on North of 60.
Filmography
all 66
Movies 48
TV Shows 18
Voice 2
Narrator 1
Guns, Girls and Gambling (2012)
Doomsday Prophecy (2011)
Out In the Cold (2008)
Fear Itself (2008)
Hybrid (2007)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)
That Beautiful Somewhere (2007)
Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run (2006)
Open Season (2006)
One Dead Indian (2006)
Mr. Soul (2006)
Fugitives Run (2005)
Hank Williams First Nation (2005)
Shoebox Zoo (2004)
Seven Times Lucky (2004)
Dreamkeeper (2003)
Moccasin Flats (2003)
Cowboys & Indians (2003)
On the Corner (2003)
Black Point (2002)
Now & Forever (2002)
Christmas at Wapos Bay (2002)
Smallville (2001)
Dream Storm: A North of 60 Mystery (2001)
MythQuest (2001)
The Doe Boy (2001)
Nobody's Baby (2001)
Bear with Me (2000)
Reindeer Games (2000)
Lakota Moon (1999)
Big Bear (1998)
Keeping the Promise (1997)
Forgotten Warriors (1997)
Song of Hiawatha (1997)
Alaska (1996)
Crazy Horse (1996)
Lone Star (1996)
Coyote Summer (1996)
Pocahontas (1995)
Pocahontas: The Legend (1995)
500 Nations (1995)
Legends of the Fall (1994)
Madison (1993)
The X-Files (1993)
Spirit Rider (1993)
Call Of The Wild (1993)
North of 60 (1992)
Heritage Minutes: Peacemaker (1992)
Leaving Normal (1992)
Lost in the Barrens II: The Curse of the Viking Grave (1992)
Palace Guard (1991)
Black Robe (1991)
Blood River (1991)
Last Train Home (1989)
Bordertown (1989)
Friday the 13th: The Series (1987)
Stone Fox (1987)
Danger Bay (1985)
MacGyver (1985)
Airwolf (1984)
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983)
Marie Ann (1978)
Amisk (1977)
Alien Thunder (1974)
One Dead Indian
Wapos Bay: The Series
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1941-10-25
Deathday2011-07-05 (69 years old)
Birth PlacePoundmaker Cree Nation, Canada
FatherJohn Tootoosis
CitizenshipsCanada
AwardsMember of the Order of Canada
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