Acting
Tantoo Cardinal
- Titles
- 82movies45TV 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 65 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Spiritual4.3average 2.0
- Historical4.6average 2.6
- Family Dynamics6.5average 4.7
- Pathos6.7average 5.2
- Politics4.1average 2.6
- Social Commentary6.3average 4.9
- Coming of Age4.2average 2.9
- Melancholy6.0average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Physical Comedy1.3, average 2.5
- Situational Comedy1.8, average 2.7
- Absurdist Humor1.2, average 2.0
- Showbiz0.3, average 1.2
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Historical Drama 7
- Social Commentary 6
- Character-Driven 5
- Cultural Identity 5
- Canadian History 4
- Contemporary Realism 3
- Social Justice 3
- Coming-of-Age 3
- Bleak 2
- Cultural Clash 2
- Spiritual Journey 2
- Social Issues 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Graham GreeneActorEcho, Dances with Wolves, The Education of Little Tree, Luna: Spirit of the Whale, Chasing Shakespeare, +4 more
Irene BedardActorSmoke Signals, Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee, The Lost Child, Grand Avenue
Gordon TootoosisActorMoccasin Flats, Marie Ann, Big Bear, Spirit Rider
Adam BeachActorSmoke Signals, Luna: Spirit of the Whale, Older Than America, Spirit Rider
Cody LightningActorEcho, Smoke Signals, Grand Avenue
Gary FarmerActorSmoke Signals, An Ode for Leviticus, Rez Carz
Billy MerastyActorIndian Summer: The Oka Crisis, Honey Moccasin, Falls Around Her
Lawrence BayneActorBlack Robe, Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee, Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
Michelle St. JohnActorEvery Emotion Costs, Rez Carz, Spirit Rider
Lorne CardinalActorTecumseh: The Last Warrior, The Great Northern Candy Drop, Big Bear
Carl BessaiActorMothers & Daughters, Fathers & Sons, Unnatural & Accidental
Anne WheelerDirectorMom, Dad and Her, Edge of Madness, Loyalties
Movies and TV shows
1202020s
16 titles · average score 70
76
TV show · as (voice)
60
TV show · as Chula Battiest
as Auntie (voice)
83
as Lizzie Q
86
TV show · as (voice)
69
TV show · as Bea Mayer
68
as Ms. Hunter (voice)
63
TV show · as Marie Chalifoux (voice)
92
TV show · as Principal (voice)
69
TV show · as Moon (voice)
33
as Ticup
as Juniper Fairweather
2010s
37 titles · average score 67
78
TV show · as Sue Lynn Blackbird
50
as Grandmother Ruth
69
as Janace
57
as Illanaq
62
as Green Thunderbird Woman
84
as Mary Birchbark
79
TV show · as Iyovi
52
as The Pope
77
TV show · as Ehawee
as Stella Mitchell
71
as The Nurse
as Aunt Marcy
2000s
28 titles · average score 62
as Grace Lajoie
48
as Auntie Apple
as Celine
TV show · as Little Soldier's Wife
51
as Heather
62
as Gloria Maquinna
TV show · as Iba Beauvais
48
as Aunt Shadie / Rita
TV show · as Betty
as Narrator (voice)
57
as Singing Bird
as Reenie
1990s
27 titles · average score 67
77
as Arlene Joseph
as Running Second
as Honey Moccasin
64
as Turtle Mother
73
as Mary's Mother
42
as Silent Tongue
83
as Bangor
as Vivian
81
as Chomina's Wife
80
as Black Shawl
as Molly Brant
1980s
9 titles · average score 58
33
as Sonny's Mother
66
as Annie
as Rosanne Ladouceur
72
TV show · as Renee Stonehouse
66
as Little Doe
as Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)
TV show · as Maria Brant
64
as Caroline
47
as Indian Woman
1970s
2 titles
as Tantou, Indian princess
TV show
1950s
1 title · average score 85
85
TV show · as Aunt Mary