In 1983 Gordon Waddell started training to become a stunt performer working in the live show arenas in Brisbane and the Gold Coast. In 1985 Gordon started training for film and television and by 1988 he was working full time in the film & television industry on productions from Mission: Impossible (TV Series) to The Delinquents (Feature Film). In 1996 Gordon was graded to the level of stunt safety consultant/supervisor and in 1997 moved to Sydney to work on the hit television series Water Rats (TV Series) In 2005 Gordon teamed up with line producer Michael Hatrick and formed Commercial Films where Gordon moved into the production side of the business working as a Producer, Line Producer, Production Manager, Cameraman, Editor and Director. Having worked on both sides of the camera for over 30 years, Gordon is as much at home as an actor and stunt performer, as he is as a producer and director. Gordon has appeared in productions such other productions as Street Fighter, The Long Weekend, Two Hands with Heath Ledger and Wild Boys, but would be best remembered for his role as the taxi driver responsible for blowing up Metropolis in Superman Returns. Gordon's skills as a producer and director come from an extensive history in the film and television industry.
Gordon was born in Highgate, London to Edward and Iris Warnecke. His father came from Germany and his mother from Guyana, South America. Both of them settled in England when they were quite young before they met each other. Gordon attended a comprehensive school in North London and not attaining the grades to go to university to study English he went on to study acting at the De Leon Drama School in Richmond. When he left he joined M6 Theatre Company where he obtained his Equity acting card and then performed for various theatre companies before getting his break through film role in the award winning film My Beautiful Laundrette, written by Hanif Kuerishi and directed by Stephen Frears, playing Omar, the co-lead with Daniel Day-Lewis. He has since worked extensively in Film, Television and Theatre. Film credits include Franco Zeffirelli's Young Toscanini, Exitz and most recently the Canadian feature film, Venus, directed by Eisha Marjara. Television credits include A Fatal Inversion, Dr Who, EastEnders, Only Fools And Horses and Holby City. In theatre he has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company (Julius Caesar, The Jew Of Malta and Three Sisters), Borderline with the Nuffield Theatre, Blood at the Royal Court Theatre, the award winning Monkey Bars (Unicorn Theatre) and last year a stage adaptation by Hanif Kuerishi of his film script My Beautiful Laundrette which toured. This time round he played Papa, the father of Omar who he played in the original film. He is divorced and has one son and lives with his partner, Hilary, in Hertfordshire. When Gordon is not acting he writes and directs his own short films and co-runs a small film company, 2Step Media that makes films to promote businesses on line as well as educational videos. He is a die hard Arsenal football supporter.
Gordon Whiting was born on May 9, 1918 in London, England. He was an actor, known for The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955), The Avengers (1961) and The First Churchills (1969). He was married to Jane Bridget Foley. He died on February 21, 2002 in Surrey, England.
Gordon Wilson is an actor, known for No Man's Land (2001), Tom Jones (1996) and L'enquête (2014).
Gordon Winarick is an American actor and artist whose film & TV credits include Jordan Peele's Hunters on Amazon, The Duplass Brothers' The Miseducation of Bindu, Gotham on Fox, John Crowley's The Goldfinch and Madam Secretary on CBS. Born in New Jersey, his training includes studies at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford, England, as well as The Maggie Flanigan Studio in New York City. Gordon is also a visual artist with gallery shows in New York City & in Los Angeles. He resides in Los Angeles, California.
Gordon Woloson is an actor and producer, known for The Final Wish (2018).
Gordon Yang was born in Hong Kong, and spent his early childhood in Belgium. Later raised in Toronto, Canada he then spent his high school years in Los Angeles. Returning to Canada he continued his studies in Architecture School then changed his pursuits and entered Film School at York University in Toronto. Now a veteran in the film and television industry, Yang has worked on numerous film and television projects throughout Canada, the Czech Republic, Austria and Africa. For the last twenty years he has engaged in many aspects of production from assistant directing, production management to second unit directing and producing. Over this period Yang has worked with most of the major television networks and motion picture studios in the US and Canada on projects such as: "To Die For", directed by Gus Van Sant; "This is My Life", directed by Nora Ephron; "Mr. and Mrs. Bridge", directed by James Ivory and "Where The Heart Is", directed by John Boorman. In 2002 he won the Director's Guild of Canada Outstanding Achievement Award for the Disney film, "The Famous Jett Jackson". He won again in 2005 for the feature film, "St. Ralph". In 2003 as the Production Supervisor and 2nd Unit Director for the CBS mini series, "Hitler Raise of Evil", the project was nominated for 7 Emmy Awards. In the last six years as a Producer, Gordon Yang has made such films as Dear Mr. Gacy, Screamers 2, Kaw, Earthstorm, and Saint Ralph.
Gordy is known for Lust for Gold: A Race Against Time (2021).
Gordy Abriel is an actor, known for I Am Gangster (2015).
Gordy Owens is known for Space Cowboys (2000), Turbulence (1997) and Pacific Blue (1996).