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Nathaniel Arcand

{{Short description|Canadian actor}}

{{BLP primary sources|date=March 2010}}

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| birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Nathaniel Arcand (born November 13, 1971) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his first major role in the Canadian drama series North of 60, in which for three seasons he played William MacNeil, a smart-mouthed, cocky, troubled, and misunderstood teen.{{cite web|url=http://www.nativethreads.com/profiles/nathaniel-arcand/|title=Nathaniel Arcand|accessdate=May 24, 2014|publisher=Native Threads|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525233915/http://www.nativethreads.com/profiles/nathaniel-arcand/|archivedate=May 25, 2014}} In 1997, he was nominated for a Gemini Award in the category "Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series" for the North of 60 episode "Traces and Tracks."{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106087/awards|title= Awards for "North of 60"|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=May 24, 2014}}

Life and career

He was raised in Edmonton, Alberta. He is Nēhilawē (Plains Cree), from the Buffalo Lake Metis Settlement.{{cite web|url=http://www.northernstars.ca/actorsabc/arcand_nathaniel.html|title=Nathaniel Arcand|accessdate=May 24, 2014|publisher=NorthernStars.ca|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011044557/http://www.northernstars.ca/actorsabc/arcand_nathaniel.html|archive-date=October 11, 2014|url-status=dead}} Essential supports throughout his life are Nathaniel's mother and his great grandparents.{{clarify|date=June 2023}} Nathaniel has one daughter, Trisha O'Chiese, and two sons, Jaden Plaizier and Griffin Powell-Arcand.{{cite web|url=http://nathaniel-arcand.iwarp.com/html/page2.htm|title=Biography|publisher=Nathaniel Arcand Official Fansite|accessdate=May 24, 2014}} Griffin is also an actor.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1264007/|title=Griffin Powell-Arcand - IMDb|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=October 19, 2018}}

One of Arcand's most recent roles is Mato Summerhill in My Life with the Walter Boys, a Netflix TV series. One of Arcand's longest running roles is that of Scott Cardinal on the CBC series Heartland. Also in television, Nathaniel portrays Victor Merasty on Blackstone, "an unmuted exploration of First Nations’ power and politics" set in a small Plains Cree community.{{cite web|url=http://www.blackstonetheseries.com/about|title=About Blackstone|publisher=Blackstone Cycle III Ltd|accessdate=May 24, 2014}} In one of his latest film roles, Arcand portrays Nathan in the comedic drama Two Indians Talking, which won the 2010 Vancouver International Film Festival Most Popular Canadian Film Award.{{cite web|url=http://www.viff.org/VIFFBLAST2010/viffoct15.htm|publisher=Vancouver International Film Festival|title=AWARDS ANNOUNCED VIFF 2010|accessdate=May 24, 2014}}

Filmography

=Films=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Film

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1994

| Savage Land

| Tree Climber

|

1996

| Stone Coats

| Lil Crow

| Not released

1996

| Crazy Horse

| Little Hawk

| Based on a true story

1998

| data-sort-value="Legend of Two Path, The" | The Legend of Two Path

| Wanchese

|

1999

| My Brother

| Billy

| Short film

1999

| Chasing Indigo

| Tom

|

2000

| data-sort-value="Doe Boy, The" | The Doe Boy

| Junior

|

2001

| Speaking of Sex

| Calvin

|

1999

| Grey Owl

| Ned White Bear

| Based on a true story

2001

| American Outlaws

| Comanche Tom

|

2001

| Virtual Insanity

| Daniel

| Short film

2002

| Skins

| Young Mogie

|

2003

| Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning

| Hunter

|

2003

| Black Cloud

| Jimmy

|

2005

| From Cherry English

| Traylor

|Short film

2004

| BIGFOOT, The Unknown Territory

| John Eagleheart

|

2005

| Elektra

| Ninja #1

|

2006

| Pathfinder

| Wind in Tree

|

2010

| Two Indians Talking

| Nathan

|

2017

| Dead Again in Tombstone

| Bull Dog

|

2019

| Cold Pursuit

| Smoke

|

2020

| Monkey Beach

| Albert

|

2020

| Indian Road Trip

| Billy

|

2021

| Portraits from a Fire

| Gord

|

2023

| Killers of the Flower Moon

| Ancestor Warrior

|

2024

| data-sort-value="Birds Who Fear Death, The" | The Birds Who Fear Death

| Don

|

2025

| Train Dreams

| Ignatius Jack

|

2025

| Sinners

| Chayton

|

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Film

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1994–1997

| North of 60

| William MacNeil

|

1996

| Due South

| David

| Episode "The Mask"

2002

| Grandpa and Me

| Grandpa

| Short film

2002

| Caitlin's Way

| Deputy Garth Crowchild

|

2002

| Jeremiah

| Shashona

| Episode "Man of Iron, Woman Under Glass"

2002

| Before We Ruled the Earth

| Gll-AAK

|

2003

| 100 Days in the Jungle

| A Navajo from Utah

|

2003

| data-sort-value="Lone Ranger, The" | The Lone Ranger

| Tonto

|

2003

|Da Vinci's Inquest

| Vern Walker

|

2002

| Wildfire7: The Inferno

| Red

|

2004

| Dreamkeeper

| Broken Lance

|

2004

| Smallville

| Jeremiah Holdsclaw

| Season 3, episode "Talisman"

2005

| Into the West

| Brings Horse

|

2005

| Da Vinci's City Hall

| Cage

| Season 1, "Isn't Very Pretty But You Can Smoke It" (episode 3), "One Man, Two Jobs" (episode 4), "Put Down the Hose, Pick Up a Gun" (episode 5)

2005

| Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story

| Paramedic

|

2005

| Johnny Tootall

|RT

|

2006

| Clean Fight

| Trevor

|

2006

| Northern Town

| Georgee

|

2007

| Montana Sky

| Adam Wolfchild

|

2007

| Moose TV

| Clifford Matthew

|

2009

| Murdoch Mysteries

| Jimmy

| Season 2, Episode 12: "Werewolves"

2007–2019, 2021, 2022

| Heartland

| Scott Cardinal

| Main role seasons 1–4; Recurring role seasons 5–11, 15-16

2011

| Blackstone

| Victor Merasty

| Season 1, 9 episodes: "Future, What Future?", "A New Beginning", "White Bread Red Class", "Suffer the Children", "Ditch Monkey", "Daddy's Home", "Bingo Night", "Push Pull Twist Turn", "Time's Up" Relevant content to Aboriginal Peoples Television Network

2012

| Longmire

| Avo

| Pilot

2013

|Arctic Air

|Bruce Ward

|Season 2, 5 episodes: "Bombs Away", "Open Season", "There's Gold in Them Thar Hills", "Hell Hath No Fury", "Ts'inada",

2017

|Frontier

|Wahush

|Season 2, 3 episodes: "The Wolf and the Bear", "Cannonball", "Return of the Wolf"

2017

|Bull

|Makya "Mack" Benally

|Season 2, Episode 5: "Play the Hand You're Dealt"

2017

|Supernatural

|Derek Swan

|Season 13, Episode 9: "The Bad Place"

2019

|FBI

|Special Agent Clinton Skye

|Guest Role

2019

|Black Summer

|Governale

|Recurring Role, 3 Episodes

2020

|FBI: Most Wanted

|Special Agent Clinton Skye

|Main Role, 17 Episodes

2023

|My Life with the Walter Boys

|Mato Summerhill

|Recurring Role, 5 Episodes

2024

| Avatar: The Last Airbender

| Chief Arnook

| 2 episodes{{cite web |last=Williams |first=Caleb |date=August 20, 2022 |title=Meegwun Fairbrother & Nathaniel Arcand Join Netflix's 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' as Avatar Kuruk & Chief Arnook |url=https://knightedgemedia.com/2022/08/meegwun-fairbrother-nathaniel-arcand-join-netflixs-avatar-the-last-airbender/ |website=Knight Edge Media |access-date=August 25, 2022}}

Awards and recognition

  • Best Supporting Actor, American Indian Film Festival 2005 for Johnny Tootall{{cite web|url=http://www.nativenetworks.si.edu/eng/purple/festivals_arch.htm|title=Festivals Archive. |publisher=Native Networks|accessdate=November 10, 2011}}
  • Performing Arts Award, Aboriginal Role Models of Alberta 2006{{cite web|url=http://www.showcase.ca/shows/bios.aspx?root_title_Id=259275&bio_id=8827212235640434323|title=Nathaniel Arcand|publisher=Showcase.ca|accessdate=November 10, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404120126/http://www.showcase.ca/shows/bios.aspx?root_title_Id=259275&bio_id=8827212235640434323|archivedate=April 4, 2012}}
  • Best Actor Nomination, Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival 2010 for Two Indians Talking{{cite web|url=http://www.kissdustpictures.com/2it/|title=Two Indians Talking|publisher=Kiss Dust Pictures|accessdate=November 10, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924172019/http://kissdustpictures.com/2it/|archivedate=September 24, 2013}}
  • Best Actor Nomination, American Indian Motion Picture 2010 for Two Indians Talking

Trivia

Nathaniel Arcand is a lead character in both the film Two Indians Talking by director Sara McIntyre and in the television series Blackstone. In both the film and the television series, he shares the screen with two of the same actors: Carmen Moore and Justin Rain.{{cite web|url=http://kissdustpictures.com/cast/|title=Cast of Two Indians Talking|publisher=Kiss Dust Pictures|accessdate=November 10, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810002407/http://kissdustpictures.com/cast/|archivedate=August 10, 2011}}

References

External links

  • [http://kissdustpictures.com/ Kiss Dust Pictures]
  • [http://www.blackstonetheseries.com/home Blackstone Official Website]
  • [https://www.northernstars.ca/arcand_nathaniel/ Nathaniel Arcand's profile at Northernstars.ca]
  • [http://www.iheartedmonton.com/2009/09/homegrown-talent-nathaniel-arcand.html Article about Arcand in I Heart Edmonton blog]
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Category:Canadian male film actors

Category:Canadian male television actors

Category:Cree male actors

Category:Living people

Category:1971 births

Category:Male actors from Edmonton