Paul Gross

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Paul Gross
Gross at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Paul Michael Gross April 30, 1959 (1959-04-30) (age 50) Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Occupation	Actor Producer Screenwriter Composer Director
Years active	1985-present
Spouse(s)	Martha Burns (1988 - present)
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Paul Michael Gross (born April 30, 1959),^[1] is a Canadian actor, producer, director, singer and writer born in Calgary, Alberta. He is known for his lead role as Constable Benton Fraser in the television series Due South as well as his acting and directing role in the 2008 Canadian war film Passchendaele. During Due South's final season, Gross acted as executive producer in addition to starring, wrote the season three opener and finale, the two part series finale and wrote and sang for the show, some of which can be found on the two Due South soundtracks. He later found success with another Canadian show, Slings and Arrows.

Contents 1 Early career 2 Due South 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Films 4.2 Television 5 Discography 5.1 Albums 5.2 Singles 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Early career

Gross studied acting at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, but he left during the third year of his study.^[2] He went back later to complete the half-credit needed to receive his fine arts degree. He appeared in several stage productions, such as Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet.^[3] Other productions in which he appeared include Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme and As You Like It.^[3]

After the play Successful Strangers, Gross starred in his first movie, Turning to Stone.

[edit] Due South

His role as upright Mountie Benton Fraser in the Due South television series brought him increased recognition. Like fellow actor David Marciano, he didn't want to do the show at first, and creator Paul Haggis didn't even know if he wanted Gross for the role, but following a meeting, Constable Benton Fraser was cast.^[4]

When Due South was resurrected for the third season, Gross returned as Benton Fraser and assumed duties as Executive Producer and writer. He earned an estimated salary of $2–3 million per season, and at the time was the highest paid performer in Canadian entertainment history.^{[citation needed]} He wrote several episodes of the last season of the series. His favorite episodes include "Gift of the Wheelman" and "All the Queen's Horses," and his episodes "Mountie on the Bounty" and "Call of the Wild" are of a similar style^[4].

[edit] Personal life

Gross married actress Martha Burns in 1987. The couple have two children, Jack and Hannah. Paul is involved with many groups and charities dealing with childhood poverty^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Turning to Stone	Billy	Debut
1989	Cold Comfort	Stephen Miller
	Divided Loyalties	Walter Butler
1990	Getting Married in Buffalo Jump	Alex Bresnyachuk
1991	Married to It	Jeremy Brimfield
1992	Buried on Sunday	Augustus Knickel
1993	Aspen Extreme	T.J. Burke
	Tales of the City	Brian Hawkins
1994	Whale Music	Daniel Howl
	XXX's & OOO's	'Bucky Dean
	Paint Cans	Morton Ridgewell
1997	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea	Ned
1999	Murder Most Likely	Patrick Kelly
2002	Men with Brooms	Chris Cutter	also Writer and Director
2004	Wilby Wonderful	Buddy French
	H2O: The Last Prime Minister (TV)	Thomas David Mclaughlin	also Writer and Executive Producer
2005	Burnt Toast	Scott
2007	The Trojan Horse (TV)	Thomas David McLaughlin	also Writer and Executive Producer and it's Continuation or Part Two of H2O (film)
2008	Passchendaele	Michael Dunne	also Writer, Producer and Director

[edit] Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Chasing Rainbows	Jake Kincaid	14 episodes
1989	Street Legal	Steven Hines	2 episodes
1990	The Ray Bradbury Theater	Skip	1 episode
1996-1998	The Red Green Show	Kevin Black	5 episodes
1994-1999	Due South	Constable Benton Fraser
2004	Monday Report	Prime Minister Thomas David McLaughlin	One Episode
2003-2005	The Eleventh Hour	Tony Joel	2 Episodes
2003-2006	Slings and Arrows	Geoffrey Tennant	18 Episodes
2006	Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story	John Diefenbaker
	Hockey: A People's History	Narrator	10 episodes
2009	Eastwick	The Devil	Regular

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Year	Album
1997	Two Houses (with David Keeley)
2001	Love and Carnage (with David Keeley)

[edit] Singles

Year	Single	CAN Country	Album
1997	"Voodoo"		Two Houses (with David Keeley)
1998	"32 Down on the Robert MacKenzie"
1999	"Papa's Front Porch"	61
2000	"Ride Forever"

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Paul Gross at the The Canadian Encyclopedia
• Paul Gross at the Internet Movie Database
• Paul Gross at Allmovie
• Paul Gross at Tv.com
• PaulGross.org
• Paul Gross at Northern Stars

Persondata
NAME	Gross, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gross, Paul Michael
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Film Actor, Film Producer, Film Writer, music composer, Film Director
DATE OF BIRTH	1959-4-30
PLACE OF BIRTH	Calgary, Alberta Canada
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH