Biography
"Due South" first aired as a TV-movie in April 1994, with Gross' character heading to Chicago and teaming with a detective there (David Marciano) in order to catch a thug. CBS put the show on its fall 1994 schedule, where it attracted a following. Gross had previously appeared on American TV in PBS' "Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City," in which he was Brian Hawkins, the "straight" suitor of Laura Linney, and in an episode of "The Ray …
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Career Milestones
| At age 16, spent summer working in the box office of the Statford Festival | ||
| Because of father's army career, childhood was spent in various places, including Germany, England and Washington, DC | ||
| Began performing career at age 14, appearing in commercials | ||
| Performed with a band called The Bonemen in the 1980s to the early 1990s | ||
| Wrote for Canadian TV series, "For the Record" | ||
1980 | Professional stage debut as Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at Edmonton's Northern Light Theatre | |
1982 | Debut as a playwright with "The Deer and the Antelope Play" at Edmonton's Theatre Network; later that year second play "The Dead of Winter" was also produced | |
1984 | Played Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet" | |
1985 | Penned the teleplay for "In This Corner", directed by Atom Egoyan | |
1985 | Wrote book and lyrics and co-composed score for the stage musical "Thunder, Perfect Mind"; also acted alongside future wife Martha Burns | |
1986 | Play "Buchanan", about a surgeon, opened at the Toronto Free Theatre | |
1989 | Made film debut, "Cold Comfort" | |
1989 | Starred as Brick in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" at Manitoba Theatre Center | |
1992 | Had lead in "Buried on Sunday" | |
1993 | Wrote the teleplay, "Gross Misconduct" about hockey player Brian Spencer; directed by Atom Egoyan | |
1994 | Co-starred in "Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City" | |
1994 | Starred in "Due South" TV-movie and subsequent CBS series | |
1997 | Acted in the CBS adaptation of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" | |
1997 | Reprised role in syndicated series version of "Due South"; also wrote episodes | |
1999 | Played title role in "Hamlet" at Stratford, Ontario; singing partner David Keeley was cast as Horatio | |
2000 | Exeuctive produced and starred as a corrupt Royal Canadian Mountie in the TNT movie "Murder Most Likely" | |
2000 | Produced and starred in the Canadian TV series "Steelstring", playing a former rock singer turned private investigator | |
2002 | Feature directorial debut, "Men With Brooms", a comedy about a curling team; also co-wrote, produced and starred | |