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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]
In his personal life, he fathered one son named Hugh. He was best friends with Abtan for many years other than that Gord has kept his personal life largely private.
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 and An Audience of Chairs, 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]
- ^ Eric Volmers, "Man Running a marathon film shoot for actor Gord Rand". Calgary Herald, April 5, 2019.
- ^ "Orphan Black, Schitt's Creek, Kim's Convenience up for Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, January 17, 2017.
- ^ "The 15th Annual ACTRA Awards in Toronto nominees". Canada NewsWire, January 18, 2017.
- ^ "The 17th Annual ACTRA Awards In Toronto Nominees". Canada NewsWire, January 15, 2019.
- ^ J. Kelly Nestruck, "Ring is king at Toronto theatre awards: Dora winners announced". National Post, June 27, 2006.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Hilary Caton, "Actor Gord Rand takes roles that scare him". Toronto.com, February 4, 2015.
- ^ Jackie Sharkey, "Gord Rand bares all in an extended nude scene at Stratford Festival". CBC News Kitchener-Waterloo, August 10, 2015.
- ^ Carly Maga, "Gord Rand's co-star in 'The Runner' keeps him on his toes: it's a treadmill". Toronto Star, March 10, 2020.
- ^ Greg David, "Award-winning CTV original drama Transplant returns for Season 2 January 3". TV, eh?, December 10, 2021.
- ^ Richard Ouzonian, "Playwright Gord Rand takes on the midlife crisis". Toronto Star, October 26, 2015.