Gordon Currie (actor)

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Gordon Currie
Born
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • producer
Years active1988 - 2009
Spouses
  • Sarah Plommer
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1999;div. 2003)​
  • Maxine McCulloch
  • 2004

Gordon Currie is a Canadian film and television actor, best known for his role as Nicolae Carpathia in the Left Behind films, [1] and his role in horror films such as Puppet Master 4 , Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan and Blood and Donuts . [2] Currie has also directed, written, and produced several films, [3] [4] and works in both the United States and Canada in television and film roles.

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Early life

Currie was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [5] [2] One of his first or breakthrough roles was playing Officer Palone on 21 Jump Street (1987). In 1991, after a couple of years working in locally shot TV and film in Vancouver, he moved to Los Ángeles to study acting; his first roommate was Brad Pitt. [6]

Career

Currie rented a two-bedroom flat off Melrose Avenue in California, where he lived for two years with roommate Brad Pitt. He worked for a while as a Ronald McDonald clown before moving on to roles on television and film, including two roles on Beverly Hills, 90210 , playing both Bobby Walsh, Brandon's (Jason Priestley) and Brenda's (Shannen Doherty) wheelchair-using cousin, and the role of Danny Five, Colin's (Jason Wiles) cocaine dealer. [2] In 1987, he received one of his first roles as Officer Palone on the series 21 Jump Street , episode "Two for the Road". He played in Vancouver television and film roles, as well as roles in the Joel Schumacher film Cousins , Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan , The Terror Within II, Puppet Master 4 , Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter , and My Blue Heaven (starring Steve Martin, Rick Moranis and Joan Cusack) before making the move to Los Angeles in 1991. Two years later, he had a supporting role in the Alive (1993 film)

His most prominent role has been that of Nicolae Carpathia in the series of films Left Behind , based on the series of best-selling books by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. His character, Nicolae Carpathia, is the Antichrist, [7] who attempts to marshal the forces of the Global Community against the followers of Christ.

Filmography

Film

YearProjectRoleNotes
1988 Distant Thunder Billy Watson
1989 Cousins Dean Kozinski
1989 Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan Miles Wolfe
1989 American Boyfriends Glider
1990 My Blue Heaven Wally Bunting
1991 The Terror Within II Aaron
1993 Alive Coche Inciarte
1993 Puppet Master 4 Richard "Rick" Myers
1994 Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter Richard "Rick" Myers
1995 Blood and Donuts Boya [8]
1996ListenJake Taft [9]
1996 Ripe Pete
1997 Laserhawk M.K. Ultra
1998 Dog Park Trevor [10]
1999The Fear: Halloween NightMike Hawthorne
2000Falling ThroughPeter [11] [12]
2000 waydowntown Curt Schwin [13]
2000 Left Behind Nicolae Carpathia
2002The Fraternity AKA The CircleTom Wilkinson
2002Fairytales and PornographyRaphael
2002BlockedMuggerAlso director
2002 Left Behind II: Tribulation Force Nicolae Carpathia
2003The Happy CoupleStan [14]
2003The PedestrianTravis Lack [15] [16]
2004 Highwaymen Ray Boone
2005 Left Behind: World at War Nicolae Carpathia [17]
2005 The Dark Hours David Goodman [18]
2006 The Sentinel Director's Aide
2006 The Woods The Sheriff
2008 This Is Not a Test Rick Smyth
2009The Death of Alice BlueJulian [19]

Television

YearProjectRoleNotes
1987 21 Jump Street Officer Palones1 episode
1988 Danger Bay Gene Curtis2 episode
1989 Bordertown Carl Jensen1 episode
1991The Killing MindPizza BoyTelevision film
1991–1996 Beverly Hills, 90210 Danny Five

Bobby Walsh

4 episodes
1992 The Hat Squad Young Guard1 episode
1993 Murder, She Wrote Sean Griffith1 episode
1993 Dieppe Stefan Miniseries
1994Janek: The Silent BetrayalWheelerTelevision film
1995 Taking the Falls Mr. Preston1 episode
1995Falling for YouHenryTelevision film
1995 Forever Knight Sean Du Champs1 episode
1997 The Sentinel Ronnie1 episode
1997 Viper Noel Flynn1 episode
1998Playing to Win: A Moment of Truth MovieFrankTelevision film
1998 Poltergeist: The Legacy Chevalier1 episode
1998 Mercy Point Hayden Revell1 episode
1998 Highlander: The Raven Wilson Geary1 episode
1998 The Outer Limits Stadetski1 episode
1998–1999 First Wave Elton Beleye2 episodes
2000 Code Name: Eternity Dent26 episodes
2000 Twice in a Lifetime Jake Connor1 episode
2001 Mutant X Frank Cross1 episode
2001HavenJimmyTelevision film
2001 Leap Years Randy Gendel8 episodes
2002 Earth: Final Conflict Chase McBride1 episode
2002 The Chris Isaak Show Josh Hipwell1 episode
2002 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Douglas Hibbard1 episode
2002–2004 Blue Murder Noel Watson

Conrad Wasson

2 episodes
2003 Street Time Bob Morgan1 episode
A Crime of PassionAlan LeachTelevision film
2004 Doc Caz Truman1 episode
Deadly Visions John CulverTelevision film
2005 Missing Derek Conway1 episode

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  2. 1 2 3 "B.C. actor lands new zip code" by Rob Salem, Toronto Star (16 Feb, 1996) [Final Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest   437410474
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  5. ↑ "Gordon Currie's bio" at www.northernstars.ca
  6. ↑ Staff, Hollywood.com (2015-02-02). "Gordon Currie | Biography and Filmography | 1965". Hollywood.com. Retrieved 2017-07-18.[ dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Deliverance: Movie Coverage of 'Left Behind'" by Gillian Flynn at ew.com
  8. ↑ Blood & Donuts review by Brendan Kelly at variety.com
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