{{Short description|American-born Canadian ice hockey player, actor, and stuntman}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | position = Left wing | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 202 | played_for = Vancouver Canucks<br />New York Rangers<br />Quebec Nordiques<br />Buffalo Sabres<br />Philadelphia Flyers<br />Brunico (''Serie A'')<br />Solihull Barons (''BHL'')<br />Peterborough Pirates (''BHL'') | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|1|18}} | birth_place = Bend, Oregon, U.S. | career_start = 1977 | career_end = 1991 | draft = 4th overall | draft_year = 1977 | draft_team = Vancouver Canucks | wha_draft = 7th overall | wha_draft_year = 1977 | wha_draft_team = Cincinnati Stingers }}

'''Jere Alan Gillis''' (born January 18, 1957) is an American-born Canadian former professional ice hockey player, actor and stuntman.

==Background== Gillis was born in Bend, Oregon and raised in Montreal, the son of skier Gene Gillis (a member of the American alpine skiing team for the 1948 Winter Olympics), and Rhona Wurtele, a Canadian Olympic skier who competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics.<ref name="twin">{{cite news|last1=Bell|first1=Graham|title=Rhona and Rhoda Wurtele: the twin sisters who conquered the world of ski racing|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/ski/interviews/graham-bell-interviews-ski-racers-rhona-and-rhoda-wurtele/|newspaper=The Telegraph|accessdate=4 June 2017|date=2 March 2017}}</ref> His sister Margie Gillis is a dancer and choreographer, and member of the Order of Canada. His older brother Christopher Gillis was also an important dancer and choreographer, and a member of the Paul Taylor Dance Company.

==Playing career== As a youth, Gillis played in the 1970 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Mount Royal, Quebec.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-10|archive-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Drafted fourth overall in the 1977 NHL amateur draft by the Vancouver Canucks,<ref>{{cite news|title=1977 Amateur Draft|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/06/15/archives/1977-amateur-draft.html?_r=0|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=4 June 2017|date=15 June 1977}}</ref> Gillis played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1977 to 1987 for the Canucks, New York Rangers, Quebec Nordiques, Buffalo Sabres and Philadelphia Flyers. From 1988 to 1991, he played in the United Kingdom for Solihull Barons and Peterborough Pirates, finally playing five games in the Quebec Senior Provincial Hockey League in 1996–97.

==Personal life== Upon retiring from ice hockey he became a stuntman in movies<ref name="twin" /> as well as a Scientologist.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lifeimprovementconsultant.com/Photos.htm |title=Photos |access-date=2013-11-01 |archive-date=2013-11-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102210324/http://www.lifeimprovementconsultant.com/Photos.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp; ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp; ! colspan="5" | Regular&nbsp;season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp; ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1973–74 | Sherbrooke Castors | QMJHL | 69 || 20 || 19 || 39 || 96 | 5 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1974–75 | Sherbrooke Castors | QMJHL | 54 || 38 || 57 || 95 || 89 | 9 || 5 || 3 || 8 || 2 |- | 1975–76 | Sherbrooke Castors | QMJHL | 60 || 47 || 55 || 102 || 40 | 17 || 8 || 14 || 22 || 27 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1976–77 | Sherbrooke Castors | QMJHL | 72 || 55 || 85 || 140 || 80 | 18 || 11 || 12 || 23 || 40 |- | 1977–78 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 79 || 23 || 18 || 41 || 35 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1978–79 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 78 || 13 || 12 || 25 || 33 | 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 |- | 1979–80 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 67 || 13 || 17 || 30 || 108 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1980–81 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 11 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 4 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1980–81 | New York Rangers | NHL | 35 || 10 || 10 || 20 || 4 | 14 || 2 || 5 || 7 || 9 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1981–82 | New York Rangers | NHL | 26 || 3 || 9 || 12 || 16 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1981–82 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 12 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1981–82 | Fredericton Express | AHL | 28 || 2 || 17 || 19 || 10 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1982–83 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1982–83 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 53 || 18 || 24 || 42 || 69 | 16 || 1 || 7 || 8 || 11 |- | 1983–84 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 37 || 9 || 13 || 22 || 7 | 4 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1983–84 | Fredericton Express | AHL | 36 || 22 || 28 || 50 || 35 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1984–85 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 37 || 5 || 11 || 16 || 23 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1984–85 | Fredericton Express | AHL | 7 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1985–86 | Fredericton Express | AHL | 29 || 4 || 14 || 18 || 21 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1986–87 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1986–87 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 47 || 13 || 22 || 35 || 32 | 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 9 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1986–87 | HC Sierre | NDA | 3 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1987–88 | SG Brunico | ITA | 24 || 20 || 16 || 36 || 10 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1988–89 | Solihull Barons | GBR | 18 || 46 || 47 || 93 || 12 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1989–90 | Solihull Barons | GBR | 30 || 50 || 35 || 85 || 16 | 4 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1990–91 | Peterborough Pirates | GBR | 6 || 13 || 4 || 17 || 22 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1996–97 | Acton Vale Nova | QSPHL | 5 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 386 !! 78 !! 95 !! 173 !! 230 ! 19 !! 4 !! 7 !! 11 !! 9 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | AHL totals ! 200 !! 61 !! 106 !! 167 !! 169 ! 21 !! 1 !! 7 !! 8 !! 20 |}

===International=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:50em" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp; ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1976 | Canada | WJC | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |}

*''All statistics are taken from eliteprospects.com.<ref name="NHL Bio">{{Cite web|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/122989/jere-gillis|title=Player Profile: Jere Gillis|accessdate=2021-11-07|publisher=eliteprospects.com|year=2020}}</ref>''

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== * {{Ice hockey stats}} *{{IMDb name|0318583}}

{{S-start}} {{s-ach}} {{succession box | before = Rick Blight | title = Vancouver Canucks first-round draft pick | years = 1977 | after = Bill Derlago}} {{succession box | before = Peter Marsh | title = Cincinnati Stingers first round draft pick | years = 1977 | after = None}} {{S-end}}

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