Gordon Tootoosis (born October 25,1941 in Poundmaker Reserve, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian actor of Cree and Stoney descent. He is a descendant of Yellow Mud Blanket, brother of the famous Cree leader Pitikwahanapiwiyin.
Tootoosis's first acting role was in the film Alien Thunder (1973), with Chief Dan George and Donald Sutherland. 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).
He is the son of John Tootoosis, one of the founders of the National Indian Brotherhood and former head of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN). Gordon himself served as the chief of his band and as a vice-president of FSIN. Tootoosis has been married to Irene Seseequasis since 1965. They have three daughters and two adopted sons. After their daughter Glynnis died of cancer in 1997, they took the responsibility of raising her four children.
Selected filmography
- Stone Fox (1987)
- Black Robe (1991)
- Leaving Normal (1992)
- North of 60 (1992, TV series) as Albert Golo
- Legends of the Fall (1994)
- Pocahontas (1995) as Kekata
- Pocahontas: The Legend (1995) as Chief Powhatan (Wahunsonacock)
- Lone Star (1996)
- Song of Hiawatha (1997) as Iagoo
- The Edge (film)
- Reindeer Games (2000)
- Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (2002, TV series)
- Moccasin Flats (2003)
- Shania: A Life in Eight Albums (2005)
- Hank Williams First Nation (2005) and TV series
- Open Season (2006)
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)
External links
- Interview with Tootoosis
- North of 60 bio
- Native Spirit and The Sun Dance Way 2-DVD Set
- Gordon Tootoosis @ IMDB
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