Gord Rand

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Gord Rand
NationalityCanadian
Alma mater University of Toronto
Occupations
  • Actor
  • playwright
SpouseJeanie Calleja
Children2

Gord Rand is a Canadian actor and playwright. [1] He is most noted for his recurring role as Det. Marty Duko in the television series Orphan Black , for which he was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Performance in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017. [2]

He has also been a two-time ACTRA Award nominee, receiving nods in 2017 for Orphan Black [3] and in 2019 for the film Man Running , [4] and was a Dora Mavor Moore Award winner in 2006 for his performance in the Royal Alexandra Theatre's production of Michael Healey's The Innocent Eye Test. [5]

Rand is married to actress Jeanie Calleja. The couple have two children.

His other credits have included the television series Everest '82 , Durham County , Combat Hospital , Cardinal , Pure and Chapelwaite , the films Maps to the Stars , The Definites, Mayerthorpe , An Audience of Chairs and Home Free , and on stage in productions of William Shakespeare's Hamlet for Necessary Angel Theatre, [6] Maria Milisavljevic's Abyss for Tarragon Theatre, [7] Oedipus Rex for the Stratford Festival, [8] and Christopher Morris's The Runner for Theatre Passe Muraille. [9] In 2021, he was announced as joining the cast of the television series Transplant in its second season. [10]

As a writer, his plays have included Orgy in the Lighthouse and The Trouble with Mr. Adams. [11]

He is a graduate of the theatre program at the University of Toronto. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Eric Volmers, "Man Running a marathon film shoot for actor Gord Rand". Calgary Herald , April 5, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Orphan Black, Schitt's Creek, Kim's Convenience up for Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, January 17, 2017.
  3. ↑ "The 15th Annual ACTRA Awards in Toronto nominees". Canada NewsWire , January 18, 2017.
  4. ↑ "The 17th Annual ACTRA Awards In Toronto Nominees". Canada NewsWire , January 15, 2019.
  5. ↑ J. Kelly Nestruck, "Ring is king at Toronto theatre awards: Dora winners announced". National Post , June 27, 2006.
  6. ↑ Robert Cushman, "We'd go mad too if we were involved with him; Gord Rand is so tortured, he's terrific as Hamlet". National Post , November 28, 2009.
  7. 1 2 Hilary Caton, "Actor Gord Rand takes roles that scare him". Toronto.com , February 4, 2015.
  8. ↑ Jackie Sharkey, "Gord Rand bares all in an extended nude scene at Stratford Festival". CBC News Kitchener-Waterloo, August 10, 2015.
  9. ↑ Carly Maga, "Gord Rand's co-star in 'The Runner' keeps him on his toes: it's a treadmill". Toronto Star , March 10, 2020.
  10. ↑ Greg David, "Award-winning CTV original drama Transplant returns for Season 2 January 3". TV, eh?, December 10, 2021.
  11. ↑ Richard Ouzonian, "Playwright Gord Rand takes on the midlife crisis". Toronto Star , October 26, 2015.
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