Lorne Cardinal

{{Infobox person

| name = Lorne Cardinal

| image =

| caption =

| alma_mater = University of Alberta, (BFA), Thompson Rivers University (Honourary D.Litt)[https://www.tru.ca/convocation/history/honorary-degree/2009.html "TRU 2009 Honorary Degree Recipients"]

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|01|06|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sucker Creek, Alberta, Canada

| spouse = {{marriage|Monique Hurteau| August 20, 2018}}

| known_for = Corner Gas

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|director|producer|writer|voice artist|dramaturg}}

| years_active = 1994–present

}}

Lorne Cardinal (born 6 January 1964)[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/lorne-cardinal "Lorne Cardinal"] is a Gemini Award-winning Canadian stage, television and film actor, and stage and TV director.[https://www.tru.ca/convocation/history/honorary-degree/2009.html "TRU 2009 Honorary Degree Recipients"] He is best known for portraying Sergeant Davis Quinton on the comedy series Corner Gas.{{cite web

| title = Corner Gas Online :: Who's Who

| work = Lorne Cardinal as Davis Quinton

| publisher = Pants Online Inc.

| year = 2009

| url = http://www.cornergas.com/whoswho/?bio=5

| access-date =2009-10-02}}

Early life

Cardinal is of Cree descent, and was born near High Prairie, Alberta on a reserve of the Sucker Creek First Nation.{{Cite news |date=2006-12-27 |title=Lorne Cardinal turns a new corner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-winnipeg-sun-lorne-cardinal-turns-a/166419386/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |work=The Winnipeg Sun |pages=27}}{{Cite news |last=Strachan |first=Alex |date=2008-06-18 |title=Actor says race shouldn't matter: Lorne Cardinal from 'Corner Gas' will host Aboriginal Day |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/nanaimo-daily-news-actor-says-race-shoul/166419087/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |work=Nanaimo Daily News |pages=12}} His parents were survivors of the residential school system.{{Cite news |last=Yeo |first=Debra |date=2019-09-02 |title=Power of positivity: New animated childrens series brings Indigenous stories to the small screen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-power-of-positivity-ne/166420778/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |work=The Toronto Star |pages=17}}

He obtained a B.F.A. degree in acting from the University of Alberta in 1993, the first Indigenous student to do so.{{Cite news |last=Chambers |first=Allan |date=2002-01-08 |title=Be fearless, native actor says |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal-be-fearless-native-act/166418869/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |work=Edmonton Journal |pages=15}}

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.

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wintertime.com/OH/Nof60/Interviews/lorne.html|title = Lorne Cardinal}} 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.[http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/arts/split--personalities-118973874.html "Split personalities: Actors stretch their thespian legs by switching roles nightly in Canadian dramedy"]. Winnipeg Free Press, March 31, 2011.

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.

In 2023, he had a role in the television series Bones of Crows, an expansion of a film by the same name.{{Cite news |date=2023-09-20 |title=Bones of Crows expanded for small screen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/westerly-news-bones-of-crows-expanded-fo/166420015/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |work=Westerly News |pages=A8}}

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=

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;"

! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film

align="center"

! Year

! Show

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1999

| data-sort-value="Strange Case of Bunny Weequod, The" | The Strange Case of Bunny Weequod

| Short film

2002

| Insomnia

| Rich

2006

| Dream Makers

| Himself

| Documentary

rowspan=2|2007

| Tkaronto

| Max Cardinal

I'm Not the Indian You Had in Mind

| Short film

rowspan=2|2008

| Cafe Utopia: Cinéma Trip Tych

| Performer #1

| Video short

Palace

| Simon

| Short film

rowspan=3|2010

| Flicka 2

| Sheriff

| Direct-to-video

Rust

| Duane

| Direct-to-video

Reserved for Hollywood

| Himself

| Short film

rowspan=2|2012

| Higher Ground

| Jacob/Father

| Video short

Path of Souls

| Dave Courchene

rowspan=3|2013

| data-sort-value="Shape of Rex, The" | 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

rowspan=4|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

rowspan=3|2016

| Chasing Lear

| Himself

| Director
Executive producer
Write
Documentary

Gods Acre

| Frank

| Short film

data-sort-value="Adventure Club, The" | The Adventure Club

| Curtis

rowspan=6|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

| data-sort-value="Humanity Bureau, The" | The Humanity Bureau

| Border Ranger

2021

|Back Home Again

|Short film{{Cite news |last=Feniak |first=Jenny |date=2022-05-07 |title=Back Home Again back at the Telus World of Science |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal-back-home-again-back-at/166420301/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |work=Edmonton Journal |pages=C4}}

2021

| Run Woman Run

| Len

|Short film

2022

| data-sort-value="Bad Seed Returns, The" | 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=

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;"

! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Television

align="center"

! Year

! Show

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan=3|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"

rowspan=3|1999

| Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science

| Frank Roy

| Episode: "Killer in a Box"

data-sort-value="City, The" | 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

| data-sort-value="Associates, The" | The Associates

| Preston Stanley

| Episode: "Encumbered"

2001-2002

| Blackfly

| Chief Smack-Your-Face-In

| Appeared in eight episodes

2001

| Buffalo Tracks

| Himself|

| Host

2002

| Relic Hunter

| Sheriff Dark Feather

| Episode: "Fire in the Sky"

rowspan=4|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

| data-sort-value="Road to Christmas, The" | The Road to Christmas

| Chaba

rowspan=2|2007

| Rabbit Fall

| Himself

| Director
Episode: "The Weetigo"

Elijah

| Chief Archie

| TV movie

rowspan=3|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

rowspan=4|2009

| data-sort-value="Time Traveler, The" | 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"

rowspan=3|2011

| Wapos Bay: Long Goodbyes

| Jacob

| TV movie/special

Level Up

| Principal Storm

| TV movie

Snowmageddon

| Larry

| TV movie

rowspan=2|2012

| Arctic Air

| Zachary Ward

| Four episodes

Primeval: New World

| Raymond

| Episode: "Sisiutl"

2012-2013

| Level Up

| Principal Storm

2013

| If I Had Wings

| Angus Coleman

rowspan=2|2014

| Far from Home

| Roger Calhoun

| TV movie

Fargo

| Ray Almond

| Episode: "A Fox, A Rabbit and a Cabbage"

rowspan=4|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"

rowspan=3|2017

| Royal Canadian Air Farce

| Episode: "Air Farce Canada 150"

Tin Star

| Officer Lightfoot

| Season 1 episode 7: "Exposure"

data-sort-value="Great Northern Candy Drop, The" | The Great Northern Candy Drop

| Johnny May

| Voice
TV movie

2018–2021

| Corner Gas Animated

| Sgt. Davis Quinton

| Voice
Main role

rowspan=2|2018

| data-sort-value="Bad Seed, The" | The Bad Seed

| Brian

| TV movie

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"{{cite web |last1=Harjo |first1=Noetta |title=RUTHERFORD FALLS Recap (S02E03): Aunt Sue |url=https://www.geekgirlauthority.com/rutherford-falls-aunt-sue-recap/ |website=Geek Girl Authority |access-date=7 August 2022 |date=20 June 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Thuncher |first1=Jennifer |title=Squamish's Lorne Cardinal reflects on the need for meaningful representation |url=https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/must-reads/squamishs-lorne-cardinal-reflects-on-the-need-for-meaningful-representation-4828111 |access-date=7 August 2022 |work=Pique News Magazine |date=3 December 2019 |language=en}}

2023

| Mittens & Pants

| Narrator

| Every Season{{cite web |title=Parents' Guide to Mittens & Pants |url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/mittens-pants|access-date=17 November 2023 |website=Common Sense Media |date=17 November 2023 |language=en}}

2023

|Bones of Crows (series)

|Stephen Means

|Episodes: "To Be Here", "To Let Go"

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"

style="background:#B0C4DE;"

! Year

! Award

! Category

! Film/Series

! Result

! Notes

2004

| rowspan="4" |Gemini Award

|Best Individual or Ensemble Performance in an Animated Program or Series

|Corner Gas

|{{nom}}

|Shared with the cast of Corner Gas for the episode "Face Off."

2006

|Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

|Corner Gas

|{{nom}}

|Shared with the cast of Corner Gas for the episode "Merry Gasmas."

2007

|Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

|Corner Gas

|{{won}}

|Shared with the cast of Corner Gas for the episode "Gopher It."{{Cite news |last=Strachan |first=Alex |date=2007-10-29 |title=Corner Gas three-peats |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-phoenix-corner-gas-three-peats/166421486/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |work=Star-Phoenix |pages=11}}

2008

|Best Individual or Ensemble Performance in an Animated Program or Series

|Wapos Bay: The Series

|{{nom}}

|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

|{{nom}}

2021

|Canadian Screen Awards

|Best Performance in an Animated Program or Series

|Corner Gas Animated

|{{won}}

|{{Cite news |date=2021-05-19 |title=Polley, Jayne Eastwood among winners |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/red-deer-advocate-polley-jayne-eastwood/166420646/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |work=Red Deer Advocate |pages=A25}}