Actor Gordon Pinsent receives Stratford Festival's Legacy Award

Christopher Plummer has plenty of love for Gordon Pinsent.

The Oscar winner hailed Pinsent as a "complete original" in a tribute to the Canadian acting legend Monday night.

Pinsent was recognized as this year's recipient of the Stratford Festival's Legacy Award at a gala in Toronto.

It was a reversal of roles for the two long-time friends since it was Pinsent who presented Plummer with the festival's first-ever Legacy award in 2011.

Gordon Pinsent: Stratford fest Legacy Award bash is 'great fun'

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The veteran Canadian actor on receiving the Stratford Festival's Legacy Award and why younger actors should 'ground themselves' in theatre.

Plummer described Pinsent last night as witty, passionate and "deliciously wicked" and that his many attributes helped shape and enrich the actor's extraordinary career.

Pinsent first joined the Stratford festival company in 1962, appearing in productions of Macbeth,The Taming of the Shrewand The Tempest.

He also starred in the Stratford production of Cyrano de Bergeracalongside Plummer, which was filmed and broadcast on NBC.

After stints on TV, Pinsent returned to Stratford in 1975 as a leading man.

The acclaimed actor has also has nearly 150 film and TV credits.