Career

Gross studied acting at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, but he left during the third year of his study. He went back later to complete the half-credit needed to receive his fine arts degree. He appeared in several stage productions, such as Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. Other productions in which he appeared include Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme and As You Like It.

After the play Successful Strangers, Gross starred in his first movie, Turning to Stone. From September 16, 2011, he appeared in a production of Noël Coward's Private Lives in Toronto co-starring Kim Cattrall (the production ended October 30, 2011); the production moved to Broadway where it opened November 6, and closed on December 31, 2011.

Most recently, Gross completed work on the contemporary war drama Hyena Road, released on October 9, 2015.

Personal life

In September 1988, Gross married Canadian actress Martha Burns with whom he has two children, Hannah and Jack.

Due South

His role as upright Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer Benton Fraser in the Due South television series brought him increased recognition. Like fellow actor David Marciano, he didn't want to do the show at first, and creator Paul Haggis didn't even know if he wanted Gross for the role, but following a meeting, Constable Benton Fraser was cast.

When Due South was resurrected for the third season, Gross returned as Benton Fraser and assumed duties as executive producer and writer. He earned an estimated salary of $2-3 million per season, and at the time was the highest paid performer in Canadian television history. He wrote several episodes of the last season of the series. His favourite episodes include "Gift of the Wheelman" and "All the Queen's Horses," and his episodes "Mountie on the Bounty" and "Call of the Wild" are of a similar style.

Theatre

Year	Role	Title	Theatre
1981	Sylvius	As You Like It	Northern Light Theatre, Edmonton
	Lysander	A Midsummer Night's Dream
1982-1983		Mrs Warren's Profession	Theatre Calgary
		Unseen Hand
		Farther West
	Clarence Underhill	Walsh	National Arts Centre, Ottawa
	Motherwell	The Kite	Festival Lennoxville
		Take Me Where the Water is Warm
	George Gaga	In the Jungle of Cities
1984	Dorante	Successful Strangers	Centaur Theatre, Montréal
	Romeo	Romeo and Juliet	Toronto Free Theatre, Toronto
1988	Young Kenneth Pyper	Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme	Centrestage Co., Toronto
1989	Brick	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	Manitoba Theatre Centre, Winnipeg
2000	Hamlet	Hamlet	Stratford Festival of Canada
2011	Elyot	Private Lives	Royal Alexandra Theatre, Music Box Theatre
2012	Edmund Gowery	Are You There, McPhee?	McCarter Theatre, New Jersey

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Turning to Stone	Billy	Debut
1989	Cold Comfort	Stephen Miller
	Divided Loyalties	Walter Butler
1990	Getting Married in Buffalo Jump	Alex Bresnyachuk
1991	Married to It	Jeremy Brimfield
1992	Buried on Sunday	Augustus Knickel
1993	Aspen Extreme	T.J. Burke
1994	Whale Music	Daniel Howl
	XXX's & OOO's	Bucky Dean
	Paint Cans	Morton Ridgewell
1997	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea	Ned Land
1999	Murder Most Likely	Patrick Kelly (former RCMP officer)
2002	Men with Brooms	Chris Cutter	also Writer and Director
2004	Wilby Wonderful	Buddy French
	H2O: The Last Prime Minister (TV)	Thomas David McLaughlin	also Writer and Executive Producer
2005	Burnt Toast	Scott
2007	The Trojan Horse (H2O sequel) (TV)	Thomas David McLaughlin	also Writer and Executive Producer
2008	Passchendaele	Michael Dunne	also Writer, Producer and Director
2010	Gunless	The Montana Kid
	Barney's Version	Constable O'Malley of the North
2011	Speedy Singhs		Producer
2015	Hyena Road	Pete	also Writer, Producer and Director
2015	Beeba Boys	Jamie

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Airwaves	Writer
1988	Chasing Rainbows	Jake Kincaid	14 episodes
1989	Street Legal	Steven Hines	2 episodes
1990	The Ray Bradbury Theater	Skip	1 episode
1993	Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City	Brian Hawkins	6 episodes
1994-1999	Due South	Constable Benton Fraser	67 episodes
1996-1998	The Red Green Show	Kevin Black	5 episodes
1997	Noel's House Party	Himself	1 episode
2004	Monday Report	Prime Minister Thomas David McLaughlin	1 episode
2003-2005	The Eleventh Hour	Tony Joel	2 episodes
2003-2006	Slings and Arrows	Geoffrey Tennant	18 episodes
2006	Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story	John Diefenbaker
	Hockey: A People's History	Narrator	10 episodes
2009-2010	Eastwick	Darryl Van Horne	Regular
2010	Men with Brooms	Chris Cutter
2011-2014	Republic of Doyle	Kevin Crocker	9 episodes
2012	Ringer	Unnamed	1 episode

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Film/Play	Result
1981	Alberta Culture competition	New Play	The Deer and the Antelope Play	Won
1982	Clifford E. Lee Foundation	National Award for Playwrights	The Deer and the Antelope Play	Won
	Alberta Culture competition	New Play	The Dead of Winter	Won
1985	Dora Award	Best Performance	Romeo and Juliet	Nominated
1986	Gemini Award	Best Writing in a TV Drama	In This Corner	Nominated
1988	Dora Award	Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Featured Role	Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Toward the Somme	Won
1994	Gemini Award	Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series	Gross Misconduct	Nominated
1995	Gemini Award	Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role	Due South	Won
1996	Gemini Award	Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role	Due South	Won
1997	Gemini Award	Best Writing in a Dramatic Series	Due South	Nominated
1998	Gemini Award	Best Writing in a Dramatic Series	Due South	Won
		Best Dramatic Series	Due South	Nominated
		Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role	Due South	Nominated
		Best Writing in a Dramatic Series	Due South	Nominated
		Best Writing in a Dramatic Series	Due South	Nominated
1999	Gemini Award	Canada's Choice Award	Due South	Won
		Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role	Due South	Nominated
2000	Gemini Award	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series	Murder Most Likely	Nominated
		Best TV Movie or Dramatic Mini-Series	Murder Most Likely	Nominated
2003	Canadian Comedy Award	Pretty Funny Direction	Men With Brooms	Won
		Pretty Funny Male Performance	Men With Brooms	Nominated
		Pretty Funny Writing	Men With Brooms	Nominated
	Genie Award	Best Original Screenplay	Men With Brooms	Nominated
2004	Gemini Award	Best Performance By An Actor In A Continuing Leading Dramatic Role	Slings & Arrows	Won
2005	ACTRA Toronto	Award Of Excellence		Won
	Writers Guild of Canada	Movie of the Week and/or Mini-Series	H2O	Won
	Directors Guild of Canada	Outstanding Team Achievement in a Television Movie or Mini-Series	H2O	Won
	Gemini Award	Best Dramatic Mini-Series	H2O	Nominated
		Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series	H2O	Nominated
	Monte Carlo Television Festival	Best Performance By An Actor In A Mini-Series	H2O	Won
2007	Gemini Award	Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role	Slings & Arrows	Won
2008	Gemini Award	Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series	The Trojan Horse	Nominated
2009	Genie Award	Best Motion Picture	Passchendaele	Won
		Golden Reel Award	Passchendaele	Won
		Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Passchendaele	Nominated
	NBC Universal Canada	Award of Distinction		Won
	The Governor General's performing arts awards	National Arts Centre Award: Exceptional Achievement over the Past Performance Year		Won
	Directors Guild of Canada	Team Feature Film	Passchendaele	Won
	National History Society	Pierre Berton Award	Passchendaele	Won

Discography

Albums

Year	Album
1997	Two Houses
2001	Love and Carnage ( Give the Dog a Bone)

Singles

Year	Single		Album
1997	"Voodoo"		Two Houses
1998	"32 Down on the Robert MacKenzie"
1999	"Papa's Front Porch"	61
2000	"Ride Forever"

[ Source: Wikipedia ]