Lorne Cardinal
| Lorne Cardinal | |
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| Born | Sucker Creek, Alberta, Canada |
| Residence | British Columbia, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of Alberta |
| Occupation | Actor, director, producer, writer, voice artist, comedian |
| Years active | 1994-present |
| Known for | Corner Gas |
| Partner(s) | Monique Hurteau |
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| Awards won | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Nominations | 5 | |||||||||||||
Lorne Cardinal is a Canadian stage, television and film actor and former rugby union player, best known for portraying Davis Quinton in Corner Gas.
Cardinal obtained a B.F.A. degree in acting from the University of Alberta in 1993, becoming the first Aboriginal student ever to do so.
Cardinal is a rugby union enthusiast. He played for the Edmonton Druids RFC and then the Strathcona Druids, becoming the first Aboriginal person to play for the team. He can be seen wearing Prairie Fire rugby team merchandise in Corner Gas.
Cardinal has also had various other roles in theatre, film and television, some of which include Insomnia, renegadepress.com, Crazy Horse and Wolf Canyon.
Of Cree descent, he is also noted for playing First Nations roles in many productions, including Tecumseh in Canada: A People's History and an aboriginal elder in Tkaronto. He also appeared on many episodes of North of 60. Currently, 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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