Gordon Currie (actor)

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.

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

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

Year Project Role Notes
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]
1996 Listen Jake Taft [9]
1996 Ripe Pete
1997 Laserhawk M.K. Ultra
1998 Dog Park Trevor [10]
1999 The Fear: Halloween Night Mike Hawthorne
2000 Falling Through Peter [11][12]
2000 waydowntown Curt Schwin [13]
2000 Left Behind Nicolae Carpathia
2002 The Fraternity AKA The Circle Tom Wilkinson
2002 Fairytales and Pornography Raphael
2002 Blocked Mugger Also director
2002 Left Behind II: Tribulation Force Nicolae Carpathia
2003 The Happy Couple Stan [14]
2003 The Pedestrian Travis 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
2009 The Death of Alice Blue Julian [19]

Television

Year Project Role Notes
1987 21 Jump Street Officer Palones 1 episode
1988 Danger Bay Gene Curtis 2 episode
1989 Bordertown Carl Jensen 1 episode
1991 The Killing Mind Pizza Boy Television film
1991–1996 Beverly Hills, 90210 Danny Five

Bobby Walsh

4 episodes
1992 The Hat Squad Young Guard 1 episode
1993 Murder, She Wrote Sean Griffith 1 episode
1993 Dieppe Stefan Miniseries
1994 Janek: The Silent Betrayal Wheeler Television film
1995 Taking the Falls Mr. Preston 1 episode
1995 Falling for You Henry Television film
1995 Forever Knight Sean Du Champs 1 episode
1997 The Sentinel Ronnie 1 episode
1997 Viper Noel Flynn 1 episode
1998 Playing to Win: A Moment of Truth Movie Frank Television film
1998 Poltergeist: The Legacy Chevalier 1 episode
1998 Mercy Point Hayden Revell 1 episode
1998 Highlander: The Raven Wilson Geary 1 episode
1998 The Outer Limits Stadetski 1 episode
1998–1999 First Wave Elton Beleye 2 episodes
2000 Code Name: Eternity Dent 26 episodes
2000 Twice in a Lifetime Jake Connor 1 episode
2001 Mutant X Frank Cross 1 episode
2001 Haven Jimmy Television film
2001 Leap Years Randy Gendel 8 episodes
2002 Earth: Final Conflict Chase McBride 1 episode
2002 The Chris Isaak Show Josh Hipwell 1 episode
2002 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Douglas Hibbard 1 episode
2002–2004 Blue Murder Noel Watson

Conrad Wasson

2 episodes
2003 Street Time Bob Morgan 1 episode
A Crime of Passion Alan Leach Television film
2004 Doc Caz Truman 1 episode
Deadly Visions John Culver Television film
2005 Missing Derek Conway 1 episode

References

  1. Left Behind review by Joe Leydon at variety.com
  2. "B.C. actor lands new zip code" by Rob Salem, Toronto Star (16 Feb, 1996) [Final Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest 437410474
  3. "‘Side’ project" at playbackonline.ca
  4. "B.C. Scene: Mandalay sends Mercy Point to Vancouver, but where?"/"Gordon Currie’s 20-minute film 2 Extra Days will debut at the Montreal World Film Festival this fall" by Ian Edwards at playbackonline.ca
  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.
  7. "Deliverance: Movie Coverage of 'Left Behind'" by Gillian Flynn at ew.com
  8. Blood & Donuts review by Brendan Kelly at variety.com
  9. Listen review by Leonard Klady at variety.com
  10. "Kids in Hall vet McCulloch sets a helming bow-wow" by Brendan Kelly at variety.com
  11. "Canadian prodco ties with small country, big tax credit" at playbackonline.ca
  12. "Weller, Scheider fall into spy pic" by Vanessa Torres at variety.com
  13. "McLaughlin goes waydowntown with digital Betacam" by Mark Dillon at playbackonline.ca
  14. "ACTRA CLIPPs low-budget program" by Peter Vamos at playbackonline.ca
  15. "J.Lo shoots in the ‘Peg as MFS announces new $1M base budget" by Distin Dinoff at playbackonline.ca
  16. The Pedestrian review by Ronnie Scheib at variety.com
  17. "Action outshines acting in third 'Left Behind'" by Paul Asay, The Gazette (21 Oct, 2005) Retrieved from ProQuest 268270621
  18. The Dark Hours review by Derek Elley at variety.com
  19. "The Death of Alice Blue: A boring vampire film? Bite me!" by Stephen Cole at www.theglobeandmail.com
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