---
name: "Gordon Tootoosis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gordon-tootoosis"
fi1m_id: "gordon-tootoosis"
imdb_id: "nm0867588"
tmdb_id: 37430
wikidata_id: "Q975652"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 October 1941"
died: "5 July 2011"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T04:54:11.283538+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Gordon Tootoosis

## Identity

Gordon Tootoosis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gordon-tootoosis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gordon-tootoosis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0867588
- **TMDB ID:** 37430
- **Wikidata ID:** Q975652
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Tootoosis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q975652, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0867588/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37430

Actor. Born 25 October 1941 in Poundmaker Reserve, Saskatchewan, Canada. Died 5 July 2011.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 October 1941, Poundmaker Reserve, Saskatchewan, Canada
- **Died:** 5 July 2011
- **Active:** 1983–2006
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 84 (1), 1990s 70 (2), 2000s 49 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 63 to 62 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Adventure 2, Animation 2, Comedy 2, Drama 2, Family 2, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $560m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Tootoosis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q975652, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0867588/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37430

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Open Season*](https://film.one/film/open-season.md) (49)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Gordon Tootoosis (1941–2011) was a Canadian First Nations actor of Cree and Stoney descent. He made his film debut in Alien Thunder (1974) and went on to appear in numerous film and television productions in Canada and the United States.

He is known for his roles as One Stab in Legends of the Fall (1994) and as the voice of Gordy in Open Season (2006). Other notable credits include voicing Kekata in Pocahontas (1995) and a long-running role in the Canadian series North of 60. Tootoosis was a founding member of the board of the Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company and was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2004.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org, thecanadianencyclopedia.ca, gg.ca.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Open Season* (2006), Fi1m 49, as Gordy (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/open-season.md)
- *Lone Star* (1996), Fi1m 86, as Wesley Birdsong — [page](https://film.one/film/lone-star.md)
- *Pocahontas* (1995), Fi1m 54, as Kekata (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/pocahontas.md)
- *Auf Wiedersehen, Pet* (1983), Fi1m 84, as Joe Saugus — [page](https://film.one/tv/auf-wiedersehen-pet.md)

## Complete filmography (67)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Guns, Girls and Gambling* (2012), as The Chief
- *Doomsday Prophecy* (2011), as John
- *Out In the Cold* (2008), as Soft as Snow
- *Skin and Bones* (2008), as Eddie Bear
- *Fear Itself* (2008), series, as Eddie Bear
- *Hybrid* (2007), as Grandpa
- *Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee* (2007), as Chief Red Cloud
- *That Beautiful Somewhere* (2007), as Harold
- *Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run* (2006), as Gordy (voice)
- *Open Season* (2006), as Gordy (voice) — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/open-season.md)
- *Mr. Soul* (2006), Actor
- *Fugitives Run* (2005), as Dan John
- *Hank Williams First Nation* (2005), as Adelard Fox
- *Shoebox Zoo* (2004), series, as Nathaniel Stone
- *7 Times Lucky* (2004), as Mr. Five Wounds
- *Dreamkeeper* (2003), as Kills Enemy
- *Moccasin Flats* (2003), series, as Joe Redsky
- *Cowboys & Indians* (2003), as James Harper
- *On the Corner* (2003), as Floyd
- *Black Point* (2002), as Standing Bear
- *Now & Forever* (2002), as Ghost Fox
- *Christmas at Wapos Bay* (2002), as Mushom
- *Smallville* (2001), series, as Joseph Willowbrook — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md)
- *Dream Storm: A North of 60 Mystery* (2001), as Albert Golo
- *MythQuest* (2001), series, as Red Wolf
- *The Doe Boy* (2001), as Marvin
- *Nobody's Baby* (2001), as Dog Havasu
- *Bear with Me* (2000), as John Ours
- *Reindeer Games* (2000), as Old Governor
- *Lakota Moon* (1999), as Rolling Thunder
- *Big Bear* (1998), as Chief Big Bear
- *The Magnificent Seven* (1998), series, as Chief Ko-Je
- *Song of Hiawatha* (1997), as Iagoo
- *Keeping the Promise* (1997), as Sakniss
- *Forgotten Warriors* (1997), as Narrator (voice)
- *Alaska* (1996), as Ben
- *Crazy Horse* (1996), as Akicita
- *Lone Star* (1996), as Wesley Birdsong — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/lone-star.md)
- *Coyote Summer* (1996), as Mopeah
- *Pocahontas* (1995), as Kekata (voice) — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/pocahontas.md)
- *Pocahontas: The Legend* (1995), as Chief Powhatan
- *500 Nations* (1995), series, Actor
- *Legends of the Fall* (1994), as One Stab
- *Madison* (1993), series, Actor
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, as Shaman — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Spirit Rider* (1993), as Joe Moon
- *Call Of The Wild* (1993), as Charlie
- *North of 60* (1992), series, as Albert Golo
- *Heritage Minutes: Peacemaker* (1992), as Grandfather
- *Leaving Normal* (1992), as Hank Amaruk
- *Lost in the Barrens II: The Curse of the Viking Grave* (1992), as Mewasin
- *Palace Guard* (1991), series, Actor
- *Black Robe* (1991), as Old Aenons
- *Heritage Minutes* (1991), series, as Le grand-père
- *Blood River* (1991), as Smiling Knife
- *Northern Exposure* (1990), series, as Pete — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/northern-exposure.md)
- *Last Train Home* (1989), as Poundmaker
- *Bordertown* (1989), series, as Chief Wild Eagle
- *Friday the 13th: The Series* (1987), series, as Spotted Owl
- *Stone Fox* (1987), as Stone Fox
- *Danger Bay* (1985), series, as Warden Bill Bragg
- *MacGyver* (1985), series, as Perry, Phil Crow
- *Airwolf* (1984), series, as Charlie Rising Moon
- *Auf Wiedersehen, Pet* (1983), series, as Joe Saugus — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/auf-wiedersehen-pet.md)
- *Marie Ann* (1978), as Chief Many Horses
- *Amisk* (1977), Actor
- *Alien Thunder* (1974), as Almighty Voice

## Gallery

- ![Gordon Tootoosis](https://film.one/media/person/409134/gallery-8ce4aef35b46.jpg) Gordon Tootoosis — Scoot Irwin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Gordon_Tootoosis.jpg/1280px-Gordon_Tootoosis.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Gordon Tootoosis](https://film.one/media/person/409134/gallery-382aeb2b75de.jpg) Gordon Tootoosis — Image via TMDB

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