
Paul Gross
Acting • Born 1959-04-30
Biography
Paul Michael Gross (born April 30, 1959) 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 2008 war film Passchendaele, which he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in. 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 TV series, Slings and Arrows. Gross studied acting at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, but he left during the third year of his study. 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. Other productions in which he appeared include Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme and As You Like It. After the play Successful Strangers, Gross starred in his first movie, Turning to Stone. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Gross, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
56 credits
Turning to Stone
Movie • 1985
Billy

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Movie • 1997
Ned

Married to It
Movie • 1991
Jeremy Brimfield

Men with Brooms
Movie • 2002
Chris Cutter

Passchendaele
Movie • 2008
Michael Dunne

Gunless
Movie • 2010
Sean 'The Montana Kid' Rafferty

Wilby Wonderful
Movie • 2004
Buddy French

Aspen Extreme
Movie • 1993
T.J.

H2O
Movie • 2004
Thomas David McLaughlin

Cold Comfort
Movie • 1989
Stephen Miller

Whale Music
Movie • 1994
Daniel Howl

Due South
Movie • 1994
Constable Benton Fraser

Burnt Toast
Movie • 2005
Scott

Still Rowdy After All These Years
Movie • 2011

Falling
Movie • 2020
Dr. Solvei

Beeba Boys
Movie • 2015
Jamie

Hooked on Speedman
Movie • 2008
Paul

XXX's & OOO's
Movie • 1994
Bucky Dean

Divided Loyalties
Movie • 1990
Walter Butler

Getting Married in Buffalo Jump
Movie • 1990
Alex Bresnyachuk

Hyena Road
Movie • 2015
Pete

Pirate's Passage
Movie • 2015
Calico Jack (voice)

Sam's Army
Movie • 1999
Narrator

The Battle of Vimy Ridge
Movie • 1999
Narrator

The Last 100 Days
Movie • 1999
Narrator

Paint Cans
Movie • 1994
Morton Ridgewell

Buried on Sunday
Movie • 1992
Augustus Knickel

The Parting Glass
Movie • 2018
Sean

Barney's Version
Movie • 2010
Constable O'Malley of the North

Murder Most Likely
Movie • 1999
Patrick Kelly

The Middle Man
Movie • 2021
The Sherriff

Hamlet {Solo}
Movie • 2007
Self

Good Night, and Good Luck
Movie • 2025
William S. Paley

Remembrance
Movie • 2009
Self

The Fallers
Movie
Carl

Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven
Movie • 2015
voices of Arthur Lismer & AJ Casson

The Red Green Show
TV • 1991
Kevin Black

Rick Mercer Report
TV • 2004

The Ray Bradbury Theater
TV • 1985
Skip

Slings & Arrows
TV • 2003
Geoffrey Tennant

Street Legal
TV • 1987

Due South
TV • 1994
Constable Benton Fraser

The Eleventh Hour
TV • 2002

Tales of the City
TV • 1993
Brian Hawkins

The Trojan Horse
TV • 2008
Thomas David McLaughlin

Eastwick
TV • 2009
Darryl Van Horne

Men with Brooms
TV • 2010

Chasing Rainbows
TV • 1988

H2O
TV • 2004
Thomas David McLaughlin

Caught
TV • 2018
Roy Patterson

Alias Grace
TV • 2017
Thomas Kinnear

Y: The Last Man
TV • 2021
President Ted Campbell

Tales of the City
TV • 2019
Brian Hawkins

Republic of Doyle
TV • 2010
Kevin Crocker

Hockey: A People's History
TV • 2006
Narrator

Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story
TV • 2006
Prime Minister John Diefenbaker