Lorne Cardinal was born on 6 January 1964 and is a Gemini Award-winning Canadian stage, television and film actor, and stage and TV director.
14 Facts About Lorne Cardinal
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Lorne Cardinal is best known for portraying Sergeant Davis Quinton on the comedy series Corner Gas.
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Lorne Cardinal's parents were survivors of the residential school system.
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Lorne Cardinal played for the Edmonton Druids RFC and then the Strathcona Druids, and was the first Indigenous person to play for the latter team.
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Lorne Cardinal has had a variety of roles in theatre, film and television.
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Lorne Cardinal 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.
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Lorne Cardinal appeared on many episodes of North of 60.
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Lorne Cardinal can be heard as the voice of Jacob Morin on the APTN stop motion animated series Wapos Bay: The Series.
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In 2011, Cardinal starred alongside Craig Lauzon in a production of Kenneth T Williams' play Thunderstick.
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Lorne Cardinal completed a documentary film titled Chasing Lear with producer Monique Hurteau; it premiered on APTN.
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Lorne Cardinal did double-duty, serving as assistant director and carrying the role of Duke of Albany.
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Lorne Cardinal recently starred in the award-winning satirical short film 'No Reservations'.
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Lorne Cardinal's brother Lewis, a business consultant and human rights activist in Edmonton, was a New Democratic Party candidate in the 2011 federal election.
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Lorne Cardinal has eight other siblings who live in several areas of Canada.