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Other usesInfobox person|image = PaulGross08TIFF.jpg|caption = Gross at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival |imagesize =| name = Paul Gross| birthname = Paul Michael Gross| birth_date = Birth date and age|1959|4|30| birth_place = Calgary , Alberta , Canada | years_active = 1985-present| occupation = Actor Film producer|Producer Screenwriter Composer Film director|Director | othername =| website = http://www.paulgross.org| spouse = Martha Burns (1988 - present) Paul Michael Gross (born April 30, 1959)cite web | title=filmreference.com| work=Paul Gross| url= http://www.filmreference.com/film/8/Paul-Gross.html |accessdate=2007-11-30 is a Canadians|Canadian actor , Television producer|producer , film director|director , singer and writer born in Calgary , Alberta . He is known for his lead role as Benton Fraser|Constable Benton Fraser in the television series Due South as well as his 2008 war film Passchendaele (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 soundtrack s. He later found success with another Canadian TV series, Slings and Arrows . He also produced one film with Akshay Kumar called Breakaway (2011 film)|Speedy Singhs starting Camilla Belle and Vinay Virmani (actor)|Vinay Virmani . http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/cast/14385/index.html Speedy Singhs as producer
Gross studied acting at the University of Alberta in Edmonton , but he left during the third year of his study.cite web |title=TV.com| work=Paul Gross Biography |url= http://www.tv.com/paul-gross/person/80578/biography.html |accessdate=2007-11-30 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 (play)|Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet .cite web | title=Paul's stage roles |work=Paul Gross website |url= http://www.paulgross.org/stage.htm |accessdate=2007-11-30 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 . From September 16, 2011, he has been appearing in a production of Noël Coward 's Private Lives in Toronto co-starring Kim Cattrall (to end October 30, 2011);cite web|url= http://www.mirvish.com/shows/privatelives |title= Private Lives|publisher= Mirvish Productions |accessdate= 2011-10-19 the production will then move to Broadway theatre|Broadway where it will open November 6, 2011.cite web|url= http://www.privatelivesbroadway.com/about/ |title= About|publisher= Private Lives|accessdate= 2011-10-19update after|2011|11|06|reason= Updated text & verb tenses after Toronto production has closed and Broadway production has opened
Personal life
Gross married Canadian actress Martha Burns in September 1988; the couple have two children.
Due South
His role as upright Mountie Benton Fraser in the Due South television series brought him increased recognition. Like fellow actor David Marciano , he didn't want to do the show at first, and creator Paul Haggis didn't even know if he wanted Gross for the role, but following a meeting, Constable Benton Fraser was cast. http://home.hiwaay.net/~warydbom/duesouth/bios/paul_gross.html Due South . Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
When Due South was resurrected for the third season, Gross returned as Benton Fraser and assumed duties as Executive Producer and writer. He earned an estimated salary of $2–3 million per season, and at the time was the highest paid performer in Canadian entertainment history.Citation needed|date=April 2008 He wrote several episodes of the last season of the series. His favourite episodes include "Gift of the Wheelman" and "All the Queen's Horses," and his episodes "Mountie on the Bounty" and "Call of the Wild" are of a similar style.
Paul Gross at http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm? PgNm=TCE& Params=A1ARTA0012113 The Canadian Encyclopedia
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Watch http://www.nfb.ca/film/remembrance Remembrance , a vignette on Paul Gross for his Governor General's Performing Arts Award.
http://www.tv.com/paul-gross/person/80578/trivia.html Paul Gross at Tv.com
http://www.paulgross.org PaulGross.org
Paul Gross at http://www.northernstars.ca/actorsghi/gross.html Northern Stars
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