Description:
Paul Gross is the elder of two brothers. He was an Army brat; his father, Bob Gross, was a Tank Commander in the Canadian Army. As a consequence Paul and his family moved around a lot: he has lived in Canada, the U.S, England and Germany. Paul was introduced to acting in his early teens, while the Gross family was in Washington. He performed in stage plays such as Canterbury Tales and Faustus. From the age of 14, he appeared in television commercials, which enabled him to pay for his degree in Drama at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
In 2011, Paul Gross appeared at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto playing Elyot opposite Kim Cattrall's Amanda in the celebrated comedy by Noel Coward, Private Lives.
Birthday
April 30, 1959
Born In
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Height
183 cm
Spouse/Ex-
Martha Burns September 25, 1988 - present (2 children)
Trivia
While in Winnipeg, Canada to promote their movie
Men with Brooms (2002), he and fellow co-star
Leslie Nielsen received honorary citizenship from Winnipeg
mayor Glen Murray at the Granite Curling Club on March 2, 2002.
Quotes
[His grandfather's confession that he cold-bloodedly killed a young German soldier led to Gross's fascination with the horror of Passchendaele] It was sort of like a hinge, and a door swung open at that moment onto a life of consequence or adulthood. I can't really put my finger on what it did, but it did change me. And I became very interested in conflict.
Trademarks
Directorial debut: often playing role as a friendly close figure to the main protagonist
