Ep. 55 - Gord Rand

Gord is an actor, playwright and filmmaker. He has performed from San Francisco to Rwanda, including 9 seasons at the Shaw Festival. Among his favourite productions are “Oedipus Rex” (Stratford Festival), “Hamlet” (Necessary Angel), “The Runner” (the award-winning one man show). As the naked Ukrainian plutonium dealer, in Michael Healey’s “The Innocent Eye Test”, Gord won the Dora Award.Recent screen appearances include Stephen Kings’ “Chapelwaite”, a leading role in the indie film, “Last County” and his series regular role in NBC’s “Transplant”.Gord’s filmmaking credits include “Goodness in Rwanda” and an adaptation of his stage play, “Pond Life”. As a founding member of ARCA – Artists for Real Climate Action – he has written and directed several short films for their campaign about climate crisis.Gord considers himself lucky to live in downtown Toronto, to grow his own hot peppers and to have his lovely wife, two beautiful sons and a very large dog.