Lorne Cardinal

Lorne Cardinal
Lorne Cardinal
Born	6 January 1964 (age 61); Sucker Creek, Alberta, Canada
Alma mater	University of Alberta, (BFA), Thompson Rivers University (Honourary D.Litt)
Occupations	Actor; director; producer; writer; voice artist; dramaturg;
Years active	1994–present
Known for	Corner Gas
Spouse	Monique Hurteau (m. 2018)

Lorne Cardinal (born 6 January 1964)^[2] is a Gemini Award-winning Canadian stage, television and film actor, and accomplished stage and TV director.^[3] He is best known for portraying Sergeant Davis Quinton on the comedy series Corner Gas.^[4]

Early life

Cardinal was born on a reserve of the Sucker Creek First Nation at Lesser Slave Lake. He attended local schools as a child. He obtained a B.F.A. degree in acting from the University of Alberta in 1993, and was also the first Indigenous student to do so.^[5]

Cardinal is also a rugby union enthusiast. He played for the Edmonton Druids RFC and then the Strathcona Druids, and was the first Indigenous person to play for the latter team. In his role in Corner Gas, he is shown wearing Saskatchewan Prairie Fire rugby team merchandise.

Career

Cardinal has had a variety of roles in theatre, film and television. These include Insomnia, renegadepress.com, Crazy Horse and Wolf Canyon.

Of Cree descent, he is noted for playing First Nations roles in many productions, including Tecumseh in Canada: A People's History, an aboriginal elder in Tkaronto, and Davis Quinton, a Cree man, on Corner Gas. He also appeared on many episodes of North of 60.^[6] Cardinal can be heard as the voice of Jacob Morin on the APTN stop motion animated series Wapos Bay: The Series.

In 2011, Cardinal starred alongside Craig Lauzon in a production of Kenneth T. Williams' play Thunderstick. The two actors traded roles on alternate days.^[5]

Cardinal completed a documentary film titled Chasing Lear (2016) with producer Monique Hurteau; it premiered on APTN. Chasing Lear explores the National Arts Centre theatre production of King Lear, that had an all-Aboriginal cast. Actors included August Schellenberg as Lear, Billy Merasty, Jani Lauzon, Tantoo Cardinal, and Kevin Loring. Lorne Cardinal did double-duty, serving as assistant director and also carrying the role of Duke of Albany.

He recently starred in the award-winning satirical short film 'No Reservations'. The film looks at pipeline politics and was created as a part of the Crazy8's film competition. As of 2020 Cardinal has a recurring role in the network TV drama FBI: Most Wanted.

Personal life

Cardinal lives on the coast of British Columbia in Squamish with his wife Monique Hurteau, a producer, writer, and comedian. His brother Lewis, a business consultant and human rights activist in Edmonton, was a New Democratic Party candidate in the 2011 federal election.

Cardinal has eight other siblings who live in several areas of Canada.

Filmography

Film

Film
Year	Show	Role	Notes
1999	The Strange Case of Bunny Weequod		Short film
2002	Insomnia	Rich
2006	Dream Makers	Himself	Documentary
2007	Tkaronto	Max Cardinal
2007	I'm Not the Indian You Had in Mind		Short film
2008	Cafe Utopia: Cinéma Trip Tych	Performer #1	Video short
2008	Palace	Simon	Short film
2010	Flicka 2	Sheriff	Direct-to-video
	Rust	Duane	Direct-to-video
	Reserved for Hollywood	Himself	Short film
2012	Higher Ground	Jacob/Father	Video short
2012	Path of Souls	Dave Courchene
2013	The Shape of Rex	Stanley
	Pilgrim	Asshole	Short film
	If I Had Wings	Coleman
2014	Corner Gas: The Movie	Davis Quinton	Reprise of role from the 2004–2009 Corner Gas TV series
2015	Canadian Star	Himself	Documentary
	Disorder	John	Short film
	Into the Forest	Jerry
	Open Season: Scared Silly	Sheriff Gordy	Voice Released in theatres in Turkey while direct-to-video in North America
2016	Chasing Lear	Himself	Director Executive producer Write Documentary
	Gods Acre	Frank	Short film
	The Adventure Club	Curtis
2017	Limina	Mr. Gibbs	Short film
	No Reservations	Joseph Stillwater	Short film
	Never Steady, Never Still	Lenny
	Kayak to Klemtu	Don
	Good Girls Don't	Larry
	Unintentional Mother	Anna's Father	Short
2018	The Humanity Bureau	Border Ranger
2021	Run Woman Run	Len
2022	The Bad Seed Returns	Brian
2023	Four Souls of Coyote	Old Man Creator/Grandpa	Voice Released in theatres in Hungary while dubbed in English

Television

Television
Year	Show	Role	Notes
1994	Lonesome Dove	Indian Brave	Episodes: "O Western Wind: Part 1" and "Down Come Rain: Part 2"
	Hawkeye	Brother of the North Wind	Episode: "The Furlough"
	Frostfire	Dennis	TV movie
1995	Tecumseh: The Last Warrior	Loud Noise	TV movie
1995-1997	North of 60	Gambler Daniel Deela	Appeared in six episodes
1995-1997	Jake and the Kid	Moses Lefthand	21 episodes
1996	Crazy Horse	Young Man Afraid	TV movie
1997	Out of Nowhere		TV movie
1998	Big Bear	Little Bad Man	Mini-series Episodes: "#1.1 and "#1.2"
1999	Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science	Frank Roy	Episode: "Killer in a Box"
	The City	Gabriel	Appeared in four episodes
	In the Blue Ground	Daniel Dééla
2000	Thin Air	Bobby Horse	TV movie
2000-2001	Canada: A People's History	Harold Cardinal/Mike Mountainhorse/Poundmaker/Tecumseh/Huron Warrior	Five episodes
2000-2002	Wumpa's World	Wumpa the Walrus (voice)	Appeared in all 26 episodes
2001	The Associates	Preston Stanley	Episode: "Encumbered"
2001-2002	Blackfly	Chief Smack-Your-Face-In	Appeared in eight episodes
2001	Buffalo Tracks		Host
2002	Relic Hunter	Sheriff Dark Feather	Episode: "Fire in the Sky"
2003	Monsters We Met	Clovis man	Episode: "Eternal Frontier (America, 11,000 years ago)"
	Another Country	Daniel Deela	TV movie
	Ice Bound		TV movie
	Fallen Angel	Clerk	TV movie
2004-2008	renegadepress.com	Wayne Sinclair	Appeared in six episodes and directed two
2004-2009	Corner Gas	Davis Quinton	Appeared in 107 episodes
2005	Distant Drumming: A North of 60 Mystery	Daniel Deela	TV movie
2005–Present	Wapos Bay: The Series	Jacob	Voice role
2006	Moccasin Flats	Himself	Director Episode: "Hide and Seek"
2006	The Road to Christmas	Chaba
2007	Rabbit Fall	Himself	Director Episode: "The Weetigo"
2007	Elijah	Chief Archie	TV movie
2008	Winnipeg Comedy Festival	Himself	Host Episode: "Hardly Working"
	Roxy Hunter and the Secret of the Shaman	Lorne Red Deer	TV movie
	Moccasin Flats: Redemption	Detective #1	TV movie
2009	The Time Traveler	Himself	Producer
	Wolf Canyon	Rancher Heavyfeather
	It's Been a Gas	Himself/Sgt. Davis Quinton	TV documentary
	Memories, Milestones and Moving Forward	Himself	Host
2010	Great Canadian Books	Himself	Episode: "Three Day Road"
2011	Wapos Bay: Long Goodbyes	Jacob	TV movie/special
	Level Up	Principal Storm	TV movie
	Snowmageddon	Larry	TV movie
2012	Arctic Air	Zachary Ward	Four episodes
2012	Primeval: New World	Raymond	Episode: "Sisiutl"
2012-2013	Level Up	Principal Storm
2013	If I Had Wings	Angus Coleman
2014	Far from Home	Roger Calhoun	TV movie
2014	Fargo	Ray Almond	Episode: "A Fox, A Rabbit and a Cabbage"
2016	Unser Traum von Kanada	Harry	TV mini-series Episodes: "Sowas wie Familie" and "Alles auf Anfang"
	Going for Broke	Tour Commissioner Fraser
	Brewstars	Ned	TV movie
	Shut Eye	Pete - Gardener	Episode: "The Fool"
2017	Royal Canadian Air Farce		Episode: "Air Farce Canada 150"
	Tin Star	Officer Lightfoot	Season 1 episode 7: "Exposure"
	The Great Northern Candy Drop	Johnny May	Voice TV movie
2018–2021	Corner Gas Animated	Sgt. Davis Quinton	Voice Main role
2018	The Bad Seed	Brian	TV movie
2018	Wynter	Gabe	TV movie Post production
2019–present	Molly of Denali	Grandpa Nat	Voice Main role
2020–present	FBI: Most Wanted	Nelson Skye	Recurring role
2021	Big Sky	Bruce Stone	Season 1 episode 10: "Catastrophic Thinking"
2022	Rutherford Falls	Bill Wells	Episode: "Aunt Sue"^[7]^[8]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film/Series	Result	Notes
2004	Gemini Award	Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series	Corner Gas	Won	Shared with the cast of Corner Gas for the episode "Gopher It."
2004	Gemini Award	Best Individual or Ensemble Performance in an Animated Program or Series	Corner Gas	Nominated	Shared with the cast of Corner Gas for the episode "Face Off."
2006	Gemini Award	Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series	Corner Gas	Nominated	Shared with the cast of Corner Gas for the episode "Merry Gasmas."
2008	Gemini Award	Best Individual or Ensemble Performance in an Animated Program or Series	Wapos Bay: The Series	Nominated	Shared with the cast of Wapos Bay: The Series for the episode "The Guardians."
2009	Leo Award	Best Performance in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series	Wolf Canyon	Nominated
2021	Canadian Screen Awards	Best Performance in an Animated Program or Series	Corner Gas Animated	Won

References

^ "TRU 2009 Honorary Degree Recipients"
^ "Lorne Cardinal"
^ "TRU 2009 Honorary Degree Recipients"
^ "Corner Gas Online :: Who's Who". Lorne Cardinal as Davis Quinton. Pants Online Inc. 2009. Retrieved October 2, 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Split personalities: Actors stretch their thespian legs by switching roles nightly in Canadian dramedy". Winnipeg Free Press, March 31, 2011.
^ "Lorne Cardinal".
^ Harjo, Noetta (June 20, 2022). "RUTHERFORD FALLS Recap (S02E03): Aunt Sue". Geek Girl Authority. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
^ Thuncher, Jennifer (December 3, 2019). "Squamish's Lorne Cardinal reflects on the need for meaningful representation". Pique News Magazine. Retrieved August 7, 2022.

External links

[1] "TRU 2009 Honorary Degree Recipients"

[2] "Lorne Cardinal"

[3] "TRU 2009 Honorary Degree Recipients"

[4] "Corner Gas Online :: Who's Who". Lorne Cardinal as Davis Quinton. Pants Online Inc. 2009. Retrieved October 2, 2009.

[split-5] "Split personalities: Actors stretch their thespian legs by switching roles nightly in Canadian dramedy". Winnipeg Free Press, March 31, 2011.

[6] "Lorne Cardinal".

[7] Harjo, Noetta (June 20, 2022). "RUTHERFORD FALLS Recap (S02E03): Aunt Sue". Geek Girl Authority. Retrieved August 7, 2022.

[8] Thuncher, Jennifer (December 3, 2019). "Squamish's Lorne Cardinal reflects on the need for meaningful representation". Pique News Magazine. Retrieved August 7, 2022.

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