1941-10-25 Poundmaker Reserve, Saskatchewan, Canada
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.
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Guns, Girls and Gambling | The Chief | 2012-09-05 |
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Doomsday Prophecy | John | 2011-08-13 |
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Out In the Cold | Soft as Snow | 2008-10-05 |
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Chief Red Cloud | 2007-05-27 |
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That Beautiful Somewhere | Harold | 2007-04-20 |
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Hybrid | Grandpa | 2007-08-14 |
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Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run | Gordy (voice) | 2006-12-15 |
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Mr. Soul | 2006-01-01 | |
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Open Season | Gordy (voice) | 2006-09-27 |
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Hank Williams First Nation | Adelard Fox | 2005-02-04 |
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Fugitives Run | Dan John | 2005-08-02 |
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Seven Times Lucky | Mr. Five Wounds | 2004-01-17 |
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Dreamkeeper | Kills Enemy | 2003-12-28 |
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On the Corner | Floyd | 2003-01-01 |
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Cowboys & Indians | James Harper | 2003-10-05 |
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Christmas at Wapos Bay | Mushom | 2002-01-14 |
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Black Point | Standing Bear | 2002-09-24 |
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Now & Forever | Ghost Fox | 2002-08-15 |
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The Doe Boy | Marvin | 2001-01-25 |
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Nobody's Baby | Dog Havasu | 2001-01-01 |
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Dream Storm: A North of 60 Mystery | Albert Golo | 2001-10-01 |
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Reindeer Games | Old Governor | 2000-02-25 |
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Bear with Me | John Ours | 2000-09-16 |
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Lakota Moon | Rolling Thunder | 1999-05-22 |
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Big Bear | Chief Big Bear | 1998-02-09 |
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Forgotten Warriors | Narrator (voice) | 1997-01-01 |
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Keeping the Promise | Sakniss | 1997-01-05 |
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Song of Hiawatha | Iagoo | 1997-01-01 |
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Alaska | Ben | 1996-08-14 |
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Lone Star | Wesley Birdsong | 1996-06-21 |
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Coyote Summer | Mopeah | 1996-01-01 |
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Crazy Horse | Akicita | 1996-07-07 |
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Pocahontas: The Legend | Chief Powhatan | 1995-06-01 |
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Pocahontas | Kekata (voice) | 1995-06-14 |
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Legends of the Fall | One Stab | 1994-12-16 |
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Spirit Rider | Joe Moon | 1993-08-23 |
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Call Of The Wild | Charlie | 1993-04-25 |
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Leaving Normal | Hank Amaruk | 1992-04-29 |
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Lost in the Barrens II: The Curse of the Viking Grave | Mewasin | 1992-01-05 |
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Heritage Minutes: Peacemaker | Grandfather | 1992-06-28 |
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Blood River | Smiling Knife | 1991-03-17 |
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Black Robe | Old Aenons | 1991-10-04 |
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Last Train Home | Poundmaker | 1989-11-30 |
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Stone Fox | Stone Fox | 1987-03-30 |
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Marie Ann | Chief Many Horses | 1978-08-02 |
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Amisk | 1977-01-01 | |
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Alien Thunder | Almighty Voice | 1974-02-22 |
