Christopher Plummer to present Gordon Pinsent with Stratford Festival Legacy Award

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Christopher Plummer to present Gordon Pinsent with Stratford Festival Legacy Award

Lauren La Rose The Canadian Press
Published Monday, September 26, 2016 6:59AM EDT

Actor Gordon Pinsent is pictured in a Toronto hotel room as he promotes his film "The River of My Dreams: A Portrait of Gordon Pinsent" during the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

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TORONTO - Two Canadian acting legends will be in the spotlight Monday night as Christopher Plummer presents a special honour to Gordon Pinsent.

Pinsent is being recognized as this year's recipient of the Stratford Festival's Legacy Award.

Plummer will present the honour to Pinsent at a ceremony in Toronto.

It will be a reversal of roles for the two actors and longtime friends, after Pinsent presented the Oscar winner with the festival's inaugural Legacy award in 2011.

The 86-year-old Pinsent first joined the festival company in 1962, appearing in productions of "Macbeth," "The Taming of the Shrew" and "The Tempest."

He also starred in the Stratford production of "Cyrano de Bergerac" alongside Plummer, which was filmed and broadcast on U.S. TV network NBC.