Gord Rand

Acting

Gord Rand

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Gord Rand is a Canadian actor and playwright. He is most noted for his recurring role as Det. Marty Duko in the television series Orphan Black, for which he was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Performance in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017. He has also been a two-time ACTRA Award nominee, receiving nods in 2017 for Orphan Black and in 2019 for the film Man Running, and was a Dora Mavor Moore Award winner in 2006 for his performance in the Royal Alexandra Theatre's production of Michael Healey's The Innocent Eye Test. Rand is married to actress Jeanie Calleja. The couple have two children. His other credits have included the television series Everest '82, Durham County, Combat Hospital, Cardinal, Pure and Chapelwaite, the films Maps to the Stars, The Definites, Mayerthorpe, An Audience of Chairs and Home Free, and on stage in productions of William Shakespeare's Hamlet for Necessary Angel Theatre, Maria Milisavljevic's Abyss for Tarragon Theatre, Oedipus Rex for the Stratford Festival, and Christopher Morris's The Runner for Theatre Passe Muraille. In 2021, he was announced as joining the cast of the television series Transplant in its second season. As a writer, his plays have included Orgy in the Lighthouse and The Trouble with Mr. Adams. He is a graduate of the theatre program at the University of Toronto.

Acting credits

Frankenstein poster
7.6

Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.

Frankenstein

2025

Peak Everything poster
6.2

A kennel owner, grappling with climate anxiety, falls in love with a customer service rep over the phone. Amid a natural disaster, he embarks on an adventurous, bilingual romantic journey to find her.

Peak Everything

2025

Maps to the Stars poster
6.2

Driven by an intense need for fame and validation, members of a dysfunctional Hollywood family chase celebrity, one another, and the relentless ghosts of their pasts. Their fragile ecosystem is disrupted by the arrival of Agatha, the scarred and estranged pyromaniac daughter.

Maps to the Stars

2014

The Cry of the Owl poster
5.7

Fleeing New York City, a failed marriage and a fragile mental history, artist Robert Forrester moves to small-town Pennsylvania. There he becomes fascinated with the simple domesticity of a beautiful neighbor, watching her through the windows of her home --- until she invites him in for coffee. He is drawn into a relationship with the young woman whose boyfriend goes missing; Robert becomes a murder suspect, gradually sensing he is the target of a larger plot.

The Cry of the Owl

2009

Youngblood poster
6.9

Hockey prodigy Dean Youngblood joins the Hamilton Mustangs and has to deal with toxic behavior during his journey to the National Hockey League draft.

Youngblood

2026

Vicious Fun poster
6.5

Joel, a caustic 1980s film critic for a national horror magazine, finds himself unwittingly trapped in a self-help group for serial killers. With no other choice, Joel attempts to blend in with his homicidal surroundings or risk becoming the next victim.

Vicious Fun

2021

Last County poster
6.0

An alcoholic woman with a marriage on the rocks finds an unlikely ally in a wounded drug mule when the two of them are forced to defend her home from a violent siege of corrupt small town cops.

Last County

2024

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5.2

A semi-fictional story about the shooting of four Canadian RCMP officers during a drug raid in Mayerthorpe, Alberta.

Mayerthorpe

2008

The Definites poster
2.3

A woman leaves her husband-to-be and instead weds her own wild desire when she flies away to a libidinous, party-filled weekend at Art Basel in Miami.

The Definites

2017

Purge poster
NR

Gee, a writer trapped in a cycle of anxiety, depression, and stalled ambition, joins a clinical trial at Glass Solutions, where an experimental drug called BriteNol promises a way out. When she takes the pill, her body undergoes a violent transformation, expelling a thick, black substance that leaves her feeling lighter than she has in years. For the first time, Gee feels the joy, clarity, and freedom she’s been chasing, but as her sense of self slowly begins to fracture, she is forced to confront the terrifying possibility that the reflection in the mirror isn’t her at all.

Purge

2026

Stardust poster
3.9

In 1971, rock star David Bowie travels to America for the first time to promote his third album, The Man Who Sold the World. There, he embarks on a coast-to-coast publicity tour. During this tour, Bowie creates his iconic Ziggy Stardust persona, inspired by artists like Iggy Pop and Lou Reed.

Stardust

2020

Drive Back Home poster
6.9

A conservative plumber from a small east coast village who travels to Toronto in order to get his brother out of jail after he is arrested for having sex with another man in a public park. At the insistence of their strong willed mother, the two brothers must drive the 1000 mile trip back home to New Brunswick, together - discovering each other and themselves along the way.

Drive Back Home

2024

The Note poster
6.4

Following a tragic plane crash, newspaper columnist Peyton MacGruder happens upon a hastily-written note that was from one of the passengers onboard. She makes it her mission to deliver it to its intended recipient by Christmas, bringing her readers along for the ride.

The Note

2007

Time Bomb poster
5.4

The Department of Homeland Security receives a threat that a bomb has been set to explode during a sports event in Washington, D.C.

Time Bomb

2006

Separated at Birth poster
5.5

Lucy Pierce grew up believing she had a normal childhood. Until, one day, she discovers old articles about the "Baby Victoria" disappearance - a high-profile abduction case. She is shocked to see that her baby picture is front and center. Determined to find answers, Lucy tracks down her biological mother, Elizabeth Marshall, a criminal prosecutor running for Governor of Pennsylvania. While Lucy's reunion with Elizabeth is heartfelt, the same can't be said for her relationship with her newfound sister, Terri. The family reunion spirals out of control as Lucy finds herself in the middle of a police investigation. As Lucy questions who is really trying to defame her, is something more sinister happening to tear this family apart, yet again?

Separated at Birth

2018

The Lead poster
4.4

Sasha wants to be a star news reporter but is stuck covering community events at the local TV station. However, when she is kidnapped and held captive, she suddenly becomes the story.

The Lead

2020

Negative Capability poster
NR

A stalled novelist struggles through a painful divorce and with other vicissitudes of middle age while searching for sexual fulfillment, emotional consolation, and the elusive possibility of renewal.

Negative Capability

2025

The Idiot poster
NR

A small farm town in Kentucky bands together to prevent the evil mayor and his capitalist cronies from taking over and turning their town into a shopping mall. It all comes down to a bet – can the local village idiot, Dingus, beat an Olympic wrestling champion – Alekski “The Bear From Belarus” Cavalenko from Mother Russia in a wrestling match for the ages! This is one helluva match-up.

The Idiot

2010

An Audience of Chairs poster
5.8

Maura Mackenzie believes the world is hers to conquer. With her career as a concert pianist gaining momentum, it seems her beauty and talent will be strong enough to mask the demons that threaten to engulf her. But with an absent husband and two young daughters at home, her precarious sanity begins to unravel until one summer day, burning with manic energy, she makes a terrible mistake — a mistake that will change her life forever. The consequences for Maura are catastrophic: her ambitious husband runs for his life, taking the children with him, leaving Maura to lapse into a full-scale breakdown. Life as she knew it is now over. With the help of her father, Ian, Maura works to reclaim her life and waits for a miracle to bring her daughters home. But when the fates align, can the past be forgiven?

An Audience of Chairs

2018

No artwork available
NR

Facing the grueling physical and mental tolls of participating in an ultramarathon, a doctor relives his struggles to treat a terminally-ill, 14-year-old patient.

Man Running

2018

No artwork available
6.0

It's the morning after - and four is a crowd. Couple Samantha and Peter negotiate a thoroughly modern and thoroughly awkward situation.

The Exit

2010

Red Balloon poster
NR

Tim, a loving father struggling to cope with his adventurous son's cancer diagnosis. In an effort to bring some joy to his child, who is weakened by treatments and forbidden to go outside, Tim brings him a red balloon from the boardwalk every day. When Tim begins to realize that instead of protecting his son, he is actually holding him back, the kindhearted balloon vendor becomes an unlikely ally, and Tim learns to enjoy every last moment with his son.

Red Balloon

2020

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