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.
Gordon Tootoosis
25-10-1941
Poundmaker Reserve, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Guns, Girls and Gambling
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English )
Director:
Michael Winnick
Music Director:
Release date:
14-11-2011
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
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English )
Director:
Dee Brown
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Deborah Ricketts
Music Director:
Dee Brown
Release date:
27-05-2007
Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run
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English )
Director:
Anthony Stacchi
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Michelle Murdocca
Release date:
15-12-2006
Open Season
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English )
Release date:
29-09-2006
Dreamkeeper
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English )
Artist:
Victoria Aberdeen
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George Aguilar
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Nathaniel Arcand
,
Gerald Auger
,
Sekwan Auger
Director:
Steve Barron
Release date:
28-12-2003
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