Acting
Tantoo Cardinal
- Titles
- 82movies46TV shows
- Career
Active from 1978 to 2024, busiest in 2008 with 5 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 34top three billing
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
The American Buffalo86/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 66 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Spiritual4.5average 2.0
- Historical4.6average 2.6
- Family Dynamics6.5average 4.8
- Pathos6.8average 5.2
- Politics4.1average 2.6
- Social Commentary6.3average 4.9
- Melancholy5.9average 4.7
- Coming of Age4.0average 3.0
Rarely in their work
- Physical Comedy1.2, average 2.4
- Situational Comedy1.7, average 2.7
- Pop Culture1.2, average 2.2
- Absurdist Humor1.1, average 2.0
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Historical Drama 7
- Social Commentary 6
- Canadian History 5
- Cultural Identity 5
- Character-Driven 4
- Social Justice 3
- Coming-of-Age 3
- Contemporary Realism 3
- Native American History 2
- Heartwarming 2
- Environmentalism 2
- Faith and Doubt 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Graham GreeneActorEcho, Dances with Wolves, Luna: Spirit of the Whale, The Education of Little Tree, Through Black Spruce, +4 more
Irene BedardActorSmoke Signals, Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee, The Lost Child, Grand Avenue
Gordon TootoosisActorMoccasin Flats, Marie Ann, Spirit Rider, Big Bear
Adam BeachActorLuna: Spirit of the Whale, Smoke Signals, Older Than America, Spirit Rider
Michelle St. JohnActorRez Carz, Every Emotion Costs, Spirit Rider
Billy MerastyActorIndian Summer: The Oka Crisis, Honey Moccasin, Falls Around Her
Cody LightningActorEcho, Smoke Signals, Grand Avenue
Lorne CardinalActorTecumseh: The Last Warrior, The Great Northern Candy Drop, Big Bear
Lawrence BayneActorBlack Robe, Tecumseh: The Last Warrior, Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
Gary FarmerActorSmoke Signals, An Ode for Leviticus, Rez Carz
Carl BessaiActorFathers & Sons, Mothers & Daughters, Unnatural & Accidental
Anne WheelerWriterMom, Dad and Her, Edge of Madness, Loyalties
Movies and TV shows
1212020s
17 titles · average score 70
TV show · as Anik
TV show · as (voice)
TV show · as Chula Battiest
as Auntie (voice)
as Lizzie Q
TV show · as (voice)
as Ms. Hunter (voice)
TV show · as Bea Mayer
TV show · as Marie Chalifoux (voice)
TV show · as Moon (voice)
TV show · as Principal (voice)
as Juniper Fairweather
2010s
37 titles · average score 67
TV show · as Sue Lynn Blackbird
as Grandmother Ruth
as Janace
as Illanaq
as Green Thunderbird Woman
as Mary Birchbark
TV show · as Iyovi
as The Pope
TV show · as Ehawee
as Stella Mitchell
TV show · as Adawehi
as The Nurse
2000s
28 titles · average score 62
as Grace Lajoie
as Auntie Apple
as Celine
TV show · as Little Soldier's Wife
as Gloria Maquinna
TV show · as Iba Beauvais
as Aunt Shadie / Rita
TV show · as Betty
as Narrator (voice)
as Singing Bird
as Reenie
1990s
27 titles · average score 67
as Honey Moccasin
as Arlene Joseph
as Running Second
as Turtle Mother
as Mary's Mother
as Silent Tongue
as Bangor
as Chomina's Wife
as Vivian
as Black Shawl
as Molly Brant
1980s
9 titles · average score 58
as Sonny's Mother
as Annie
as Rosanne Ladouceur
TV show · as Renee Stonehouse
as Little Doe
as Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)
TV show · as Maria Brant
as Caroline
as Indian Woman
1970s
2 titles
as Tantou, Indian princess
TV show
1950s
1 title · average score 85
TV show · as Aunt Mary