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Gordon Currie (born September 25, 1965) is a Canadian actor. He played Nicolae Carpathia in all three Left Behind films of the original trilogy.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Gordon Currie was born in Vancouver, Canada to American parents. One of his first or breakthrough roles was playing Officer Palone on 21 Jump Street (1987). In 1991, after a couple years working in locally shot TV and film in Vancouver, Gordon moved to Los Angeles to study acting more seriously. Gordon's first roommate was Brad Pitt. The two lived for over a year off Melrose Ave. near the Improv in a two bedroom flat. During this time, to make ends meet, he became one of L.A.'s Ronald McDonald clowns doing parades and magic shows. However, it wasn't too long before Gordon worked more on larger TV and film roles. He's lived and worked in both Los Angeles and New York for a number of years, working in Canada and the U.S.A..
Some of the larger TV and film roles includes two roles on Beverly Hills, 90210, playing both Bobby Walsh, Brandon's (Jason Priestley) and Brenda's (Shannen Doherty) wheelchair-bound cousin, and the role of Danny Five, Colin's (Jason Wiles) cocaine dealer. In 1987, he received one of his first roles as Officer Palone on the series 21 Jump Street, episode "Two for the Road". He played in Vancouver television and film roles, as well as roles in the Joel Schumacher film Cousins, Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, The Terror Within II, Puppet Master 4, Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter, and My Blue Heaven (starring Steve Martin, Rick Moranis and Joan Cusack) before making the move to Los Angeles in 1991.
His most prominent role has been that of Nicolae Carpathia in the series of films Left Behind, based on the series of best-selling books by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. His character, Nicolae Carpathia, is the Antichrist, who attempts to marshal the forces of the Global Community against the followers of Christ.