Arnold Pinnock Biography
Arnold Pinnock is a Canadian actor. He is famously known for his appearance as Paul Greebie, Casey’s guidance counselor, in Life with Derek. His career began with sketch comedy at Toronto’s Second City Main stage before he moved on to television and film.
His career has sky-rocketed since then. He has featured on films such as: The Incredible Hulk, Exit Wounds and Lars and the Real Girl. He has also had recurring roles on such series as The Listener and Billable Hours.
On Life with Derek, he played the school counselor of Ashley Leggat‘s character. Arnold Pinnock’s newest project is his role in a Canadian sitcom, Young Drunk Punk.
In addition, he has held minor roles in the television shows. In 2016, he appeared as the character Poole – Mr. Hyde’s butler – in the fifth season’s two-part finale of ABC’s Once Upon a Time.
Arnold Pinnock Age
Arnold Pinnock was born in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. He was born on 10th December 1967. His current age is 51 years old as of 2018.
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Arnold Pinnock Height
Arnold Pinnock is quite a tall and handsome man. He stands at a height of 1.85 m, that is 6 feet and i inches. We will update you soon on his other body measurements.
Arnold Pinnock Net Worth
Arnold Pinnock is a well known television actor. He has appeared in numerous television shows and films. He earns his main source of income from the acting career. Having been in the industry for quite a while now, he has accumulated huge amounts of wealth.
He can afford to live a lavish and luxurious lifestyle. His net worth is estimated to be approximately $ 1.6 million. We will update you on further new details.
Arnold Pinnock Movies And Tv Shows | Arnold Pinnock Altered Carbon | Arnold Pinnock Once Upon A Time
Movies
- Must Be Santa 1999
- Judgment 2001
- Down to Earth 2001
- Cypher 2002
- New York Minute 2004
- Assault on Precinct 13 2005
- Twitches 2005
- Lars and the Real Girl 2007
- Twitches Too 2007
- The Incredible Hulk 2008
- Carrie 2013
- A Day Late and a Dollar Short 2014
- Cold Pursuit 2019
Television Shows
- The City 1999
- The War Next Door 2000
- Lord Have Mercy! 2003–04
- Beautiful People 2005–06
- Billable Hours 2007–08
- Grey’s Anatomy 2010
- Lost Girl 2010
- The Listener 2009–11
- Air Farce Not the New Year’s Eve Special 2012
- Beauty & The Beast 2015
- Once Upon a Time 2016
- Travelers 2016
- Altered Carbon
Arnold Pinnock Interview
Q: What is Young Drunk Punk about?
Arnold Pinnock: Other than the fact that Young Drunk Punk is a very funny show, it’s set in the ‘80s and based loosely on Bruce McCulloch from Kids in the Hall and his life growing up in Calgary. It’s about the shenanigans that the main character (Ian McKay) and his friend Shinky get themselves into throughout their post-high school life.It’s really, really funny and the fact that you’ve got the ‘80s aspect in it is quite hilarious. It sets up a lot of great situations for comedy. I’m very proud to be a part of this show as well.
Q: How did you get involved with Young Drunk Punk?
Arnold Pinnock: Just like every other character, we all auditioned for it but when I read the first script, the comedy definitely spoke to me. I love the timing of it, the double entendre of the scenes or lines. There’s just multiple layers of comedy within each scene and that is rare to get. It’s usually just ba-dum-puh and that’s it, but there was so much going on in it. Comedy is hard — it’s very hard — and that’s what excites me about it; it’s the challenge of getting all of those layers of comedy so precise within the time period given. It was really exciting so once I was on board, I was flabbergasted. And, of course, to work with Bruce McCulloch — for me, he’s a legend so I was pretty psyched about that.
Q: Tell us about your character, Mr. Orenstein. Do you connect with him in any way?
Arnold Pinnock: Definitely not with his last name — there’s not a lot of brothers I know walking around town or in the ‘80s with that name. I try to connect with almost every character I can, that’s the job, but the thing I do like about him is that he cares about the kids, Shinky and Ian, to the point where he’ll try to help them after school or after the class. He wants them to be people that are going to contribute to society in a positive way and that aspect of him I do connect with, especially with the youth. Any chance I can, I like to give back.
Q: Tell us one thing you love about your character and one thing you dislike about it.
Arnold Pinnock: I love his ‘fro — and I just want everyone to know that that’s MY hair and I love rocking that thing. These days everyone has their hair cut low so it’s different and he has the moustache, so really he could be an ‘80s cop with the whole look. Think about it: Orenstein becomes a cop — don’t hesitate to put that out there.
Jennifer, who does the clothes, has done such a good job with that period that every time I fly in from Toronto and go to see her in wardrobe, I’m excited because I’m wondering what she’s going to put me in today. She’s just top-notch when it comes to the wardrobe and designing what we’re all wearing.
Q: What did you do to prepare for playing this character?
Arnold Pinnock: I did some homework regarding the time period which was really important and asking the writers and Bruce about a bit of backstory, because this is all really based loosely on his life, so there was an Orenstein somewhere in his life. Was it a brother with a ‘fro and a moustache? I don’t know but, nonetheless, here I am.
When I start working on characters I work with the physicality first. I brainstorm the character: how does he walk? How does he move? How does he turn his neck? Is he left-handed or is he right handed? Does he purse his lips? Does he hesitate before he talks? That’s how I work on characters.
Q: The show is set in 1980. What was your life like in 1980?
Arnold Pinnock: I had ‘fros — I can’t remember if I had actual platform shoes but I had some for going to church and they were cool to walk around in. Of course the hair, the plug-in afro pick and I’m sure I experimented with a little bit of a Jheri curl at the time.
When I think back to it, ‘80s for me was just music and music is a big thing in my life. I grew up in Scarborough so I had my turntable and my buddy across the street, he had the crates of records, so I’d have to go and knock on the door, he’d bring the crates over and you’d mix that slow jam for the girl you had a crush on at school. I had the JVC, just like everybody else.
Q: You’ve been in so many great movies and series such as in Life With Derek, The Incredible Hulk, Lars and the Real Girl, Carrie, Beauty and the Beast, The Listener… What was your favourite role to play and why?
Arnold Pinnock: They were all so good at the time but that’s a really tough one. I’ve been very blessed to work on a lot of shows and movies and I love all of my characters, but two are my favourite.
I did a movie called Exit Wounds with Steven Seagal and I played this kind of crooked, sleazy car salesman. That was a lot of fun — it was with DMX and Anthony Anderson and we just really hit it off. I’ll never forget that we were shooting by this posh car dealership up on Dupont that sells Aston Martins and Jaguars and I was never going to be in that place, but we did a great scene.
Another one was a character in Beautiful People. I played this eccentric, but not over-the-top, gay designer in New York. It was really cool because I was only hired to work one day and that one day turned into two years.
Q: What’s next for you or do you have any other projects coming up?
Arnold Pinnock: I am doing a movie in Montreal called Incendo, it’s a movie of the week. I have things going on in Vancouver which I, unfortunately, can’t say, but they are really exciting. I’m also doing some things in a new show, Heroes Reborn, which is wicked and a couple things that I’m producing as well.
I do photography as well so I’m working on doing a photography book for 2016, which I’m really excited about.
SOURCE: byblacks.com