Education
He obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in acting from the University of Alberta in 1993, becoming the first Aboriginal student ever to do southern
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He obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in acting from the University of Alberta in 1993, becoming the first Aboriginal student ever to do southern
He 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.
In 2011, he starred alongside Craig Lauzon in a production of Kenneth T. Williams" Thunderstick, in which the two traded roles on alternate days. Cardinal is working on a documentary film The Making of King Lear (working title) with producers Jeff Dorn and Monique Hurteau for an anticipated 2014 release.
The Making of King Lear is about the National Arts Centre theatre production of King Lear, with an all-Aboriginal cast which included August Schellenberg as Lear, Billy Merasty, Jani Lauzon, Tantoo Cardinal, Kevin Loring and Craig Lauzon, with Cardinal doing double-duty as both assistant director and the role of Duke of Albany.