Paul GrossAKA:
Paul Michael Gross
Nationality:
Canadian Birthdate:
04/30/1959 Birthplace:
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biography
A stalwart leading man best known in the USA and internationally as Benton Fraser, the Canadian Mountie who moves to Chicago to solve crimes in the CBS series "Due South", Paul Gross was also a successful TV writer in his native Canada. "Due South" first aired as a TV-movie in April 1994, with Gross' character heading to Chicago and teaming with a detective there (David Marciano) in order to catch a thug. CBS put the show on its fall 1994 schedule, where it attracted a following. Gross had previously appeared on American TV in PBS' "Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City," in which he was Brian
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Because of father's army career, childhood was spent in various places, including Germany, England and Washington, DC
Began performing career at age 14, appearing in commercials
At age 16, spent summer working in the box office of the Statford Festival
Performed with a band called The Bonemen in the 1980s to the early 1990s
1980
Professional stage debut as Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at Edmonton's Northern Light Theatre
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