Gordon Tootoosis first acting role was in the film Alien Thunder (1974), with Chief Dan George and Donald Sutherland. He portrayed Albert Golo in 52 episodes of North of 60 in the 1990s. He is best known to British audiences for playing the Native American Joe Saugus, who negotiates the purchase of the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet series 3 (2002). Gordon appeared in the CBC Television mini-series By Way of the Stars with Eric Schweig as Black Thunder and Tantoo Cardinal as Franoise. He appeared in the award-winning movie Legends of the Fall (1994), and starred with Russell Means in Disney's Pocahontas (1995) and Song of Hiawatha (1997). In 1999, he and Tantoo Cardinal became founding members of the board of directors of the Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company. In 2011, he appeared in Gordon Winter at the Persephone Theatre in Saskatoon and Prairie Scene in Ottawa, his first stage role in 15 years. Tootoosis won a Gemini Award for his work on the animated show Wapos Bay: The Series and was nominated twice for his work on North of 60.
Movie | Guns, Girls and Gambling | The Chief | 2012-09-05 |
Movie | Doomsday Prophecy | John | 2011-08-13 |
Movie | That Beautiful Somewhere | Harold | 2007-04-20 |
Movie | Hybrid | Grandpa | 2007-08-14 |
Movie | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Chief Red Cloud | 2007-05-27 |
Movie | Mr. Soul | 2006-01-01 | |
Movie | Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run | Gordy (voice) | 2006-12-15 |
Movie | Open Season | Gordy (voice) | 2006-09-27 |
Movie | Fugitives Run | Dan John | 2005-08-02 |
Movie | 7 Times Lucky | Mr. Five Wounds | 2004-01-17 |
Series | Shoebox Zoo | Nathaniel Stone | 2004-09-21 |
Movie | On the Corner | Floyd | 2003-01-01 |
Movie | Dreamkeeper | Kills Enemy | 2003-12-28 |
Movie | Black Point | Standing Bear | 2002-09-24 |
Movie | Now & Forever | Ghost Fox | 2002-08-15 |
Movie | The Doe Boy | Marvin | 2001-01-25 |
Movie | Nobody's Baby | Dog Havasu | 2001-01-01 |
Movie | Dream Storm: A North of 60 Mystery | Albert Golo | 2001-10-01 |
Movie | Reindeer Games | Old Governor | 2000-02-25 |
Movie | Bear with Me | John Ours | 2000-09-16 |
Movie | Lakota Moon | Rolling Thunder | 1999-05-22 |
Movie | Big Bear | Chief Big Bear | 1998-02-09 |
Movie | Forgotten Warriors | Narrator (voice) | 1997-01-01 |
Movie | Song of Hiawatha | Iagoo | 1997-05-31 |
Movie | Keeping the Promise | Sakniss | 1997-01-05 |
Movie | Lone Star | Wesley Birdsong | 1996-06-21 |
Movie | Coyote Summer | Mopeah | 1996-01-01 |
Movie | Crazy Horse | Akicita | 1996-07-07 |
Movie | Alaska | Ben | 1996-08-14 |
Series | 500 Nations | 1995-04-20 | |
Movie | Pocahontas | Kekata (voice) | 1995-06-14 |
Movie | Pocahontas: The Legend | Chief Powhatan | 1995-06-01 |
Movie | Legends of the Fall | One Stab | 1994-12-23 |
Movie | Call Of The Wild | Charlie | 1993-04-25 |
Movie | Spirit Rider | Joe Moon | 1993-08-23 |
Movie | Lost in the Barrens II: The Curse of the Viking Grave | Mewasin | 1992-01-05 |
Movie | Leaving Normal | Hank Amaruk | 1992-04-29 |
Movie | Heritage Minutes: Peacemaker | Grandfather | 1992-06-28 |
Series | North of 60 | Albert Golo | 1992-12-03 |
Movie | Blood River | Smiling Knife | 1991-03-17 |
Movie | Black Robe | Old Aenons | 1991-10-04 |
Movie | Last Train Home | Poundmaker | 1989-11-30 |
Movie | Stone Fox | Stone Fox | 1987-03-30 |
Movie | Marie Ann | Chief Many Horses | 1978-08-02 |
Movie | Alien Thunder | Almighty Voice | 1974-02-22 |