PAUL GROSS
One of Canada's best known actors, Paul Gross presents a compelling case for Lester
B. Pearson on Wednesday, November 10 at 8 p.m. (8:30NT) on CBC Television.
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Originally from Calgary, Alberta, his career began in theatre as a playwright.
His first play, The Deer and the Antelope, won critical acclaim as well as the
Clifford E. Lee National Playwriting Award and the Alberta Cultural Playwriting
Award. He has appeared in many stage productions, most recently playing the title
role in Stratford's 2000 production of Hamlet. His television career has included
writing for the series In This Corner and Gross Misconduct. Gross is probably best
known for his acting work on the television program Due South, for which he earned
two Gemini Awards for acting and one for writing. Recently he wrote, directed and
starred in Men with Brooms, the highest grossing English Canadian movie of the past
twenty years. In 2003 Gross appeared in the critically acclaimed series Slings and
Arrows. He co-wrote and stars in the two-part Whizbang Films Production H2O, a
political thriller, on CBC in October 2004.
Watch Paul Gross make a compelling case for his Greatest Canadian nominee on
Wednesday, November 10 at 8 p.m. on CBC Television (8:30 NT).
Encore presentations on CBC Newsworld: Thursday, November 11 at 8 p.m. & 11 p.m. ET
Saturday, November 13 at 8 p.m. ET.
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WHY LESTER B. PEARSON IS THE GREATEST
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Paul Gross makes a case for Greatest Canadian Lester B. Pearson. Click the play button to start video. (35 seconds) 
