Gordon Currie is a Canadian film and television actor, best known for his role as Nicolae Carpathia in the Left Behind films,Left Behind review by Joe Leydon at variety.com and his role in horror films such as Puppet Master 4, Puppet Master 5, Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan and Blood and Donuts."B.C. actor lands new zip code" by Rob Salem, Toronto Star (16 Feb, 1996) [Final Edition] Retrieved from Currie has also directed, written, and produced several films,"‘Side’ project" at playbackonline.ca"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 and works in both the United States and Canada in television and film roles.
Early life Currie was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada."Gordon Currie's bio" at www.northernstars.ca One of his first 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 Angeles to study acting; his first roommate was Brad Pitt.
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. 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 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,"Deliverance: Movie Coverage of 'Left Behind'" by Gillian Flynn at ew.com 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 AliveCoche Inciarte 1993 Puppet Master 4 Richard "Rick" Myers 1994 Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter Richard "Rick" Myers 1995 Blood and Donuts Boya Blood & Donuts review by Brendan Kelly at variety.com 1996 Listen Jake Taft Listen review by Leonard Klady at variety.com 1996 Ripe Pete 1997 Laserhawk M.K. Ultra 1998 Dog Park Trevor "Kids in Hall vet McCulloch sets a helming bow-wow" by Brendan Kelly at variety.com 1999 The Fear: Halloween Night Mike Hawthorne 2000 Falling Through Peter "Canadian prodco ties with small country, big tax credit" at playbackonline.ca"Weller, Scheider fall into spy pic" by Vanessa Torres at variety.com 2000 waydowntown Curt Schwin "McLaughlin goes waydowntown with digital Betacam" by Mark Dillon at playbackonline.ca 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 "ACTRA CLIPPs low-budget program" by Peter Vamos at playbackonline.ca 2003 The PedestrianTravis Lack"J.Lo shoots in the ‘Peg as MFS announces new $1M base budget" by Distin Dinoff at playbackonline.caThe Pedestrian review by Ronnie Scheib at variety.com 2004HighwaymenRay Boone 2005 Left Behind: World at War Nicolae Carpathia "Action outshines acting in third 'Left Behind'" by Paul Asay, The Gazette (21 Oct, 2005) Retrieved from 2005 The Dark Hours David Goodman The Dark Hours review by Derek Elley at variety.com 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 "The Death of Alice Blue: A boring vampire film? Bite me!" by Stephen Cole at www.theglobeandmail.com
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 WroteSean Griffith1 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 1998Poltergeist: The LegacyChevalier1 episode 1998Mercy PointHayden Revell1 episode 1998Highlander: The RavenWilson Geary1 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 episodes2003 Street Time Bob Morgan 1 episode A Crime of Passion Alan Leach Television film2004 Doc Caz Truman 1 episode Deadly Visions John Culver Television film 2005 Missing Derek Conway 1 episode
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