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Tantoo Cardinal

Date of birth: 1950-07-20

Place of birth: Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Tantoo Martin, Tantoo Martin-Cardinal, تانتو کاردینال

Tantoo Cardinal

Biography

Tantoo Cardinal CM is a Canadian actress of Cree and Métis heritage. With over 130 credits in 50 years, she's received numerous awards, including the Earle Grey Award, and in 2009, she was made a member of the Order of Canada "for her contributions to the growth and development of Aboriginal performing arts in Canada, as a screen and stage actress, and as a founding member of the Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company." She starred in Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon," and her upcoming projects include the Marvel Series "Echo" and the animated feature "Wendell and Wild." Known for her work in Stumptown and 3 Pines, she has a rich history in films like "Legends of the Fall," "Dances with Wolves," and "Wind River," and TV shows such as "SEE," "Westworld," and "Frontier." Tantoo Cardinal has multiple honorary doctorates.

Movie Credits

Dances with Wolves
3.9

Dances with Wolves

1990-03-30

Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a rewar

Legends of the Fall
3.7

Legends of the Fall

1994-12-23

In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons,

Smoke Signals
3.4

Smoke Signals

1998-06-26

Young Native American man Thomas is a nerd in his reservation, wearing oversize glasses and telling

Unnatural & Accidental
2.1

Unnatural & Accidental

2006-07-07

Rebecca has returned home to be with her dying father. His last wish is that she track down her moth

Back Home Again
3.5

Back Home Again

2021-10-28

An animated reimaging of the largest wildfire evacuation in Alberta's history, with upwards of 88,00

Black Robe
3.3

Black Robe

1991-10-04

Missionary Father LaForgue travels to the New World in hopes of converting Algonquin Indians to Cath

Changing Climates, Changing Times
3.2

Changing Climates, Changing Times

2009-02-04

Year 2060. Climate predictions made at the beginning of the 21st century have turned out to be drama

Rez Carz
0

Rez Carz

2014-04-12

Abandoned cars rest silently in fields for decades, still holding secret conversations within their

Running Brave
1.9

Running Brave

1983-11-04

The story of Billy Mills the American Indian that came from obscurity, to win the 10,000 meter long

Dreamkeeper
3.3

Dreamkeeper

2003-12-28

In South Dakota, in an Indian reservation, an old storyteller Indian asks his grandson Shane, who is

Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
3.2

Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge

1987-09-27

Will Mannon, "product of the Devil's loins", is released from a frontier prison and promptly goes in

Eden
3.3

Eden

2013-03-20

After a night out with friends, Hyun Jae accepts a late night ride home from a young fire fighter. W

Tantoo Cardinal
0

Tantoo Cardinal

2021-06-05

A moving portrait of actress Tantoo Cardinal, travelling through time and across the many roles she’

Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
3

Tecumseh: The Last Warrior

1995-06-04

This western began in 1812 when the settlers tried to take away more and more territories from the i

Wendell & Wild
3.3

Wendell & Wild

2022-10-21

Two demon brothers enlist the aid of Kat Elliot — a tough teen with a load of guilt — to summon them

Silent Tongue
2.3

Silent Tongue

1993-01-28

Mad with grief after the death of his Kiowa wife, Roe awaits death under a tree with her body beside

The Hi-Line
2.6

The Hi-Line

2000-05-05

A con man and a young woman travel across the country, first in search of a man he knows, and then i

Places Not Our Own
2.5

Places Not Our Own

1986-01-01

By 1929, Canada's west, which had been home to generations of Métis, was taken over by the railroads

Divided Loyalties
0

Divided Loyalties

1990-02-13

Story of Joseph Brant, chief of the Mohawks, and the events that led to the birth of Canada as a nat

Dodson's Journey
2

Dodson's Journey

2001-01-10

A man takes his young daughter on a cross-country fly-fishing trip following the death of his father

A Stranger in the Kingdom
1.6

A Stranger in the Kingdom

1999-11-23

A Vermont town in the 1950s hires a new minister based on his war record, but are shocked, when he s

H2O
2.4

H2O

2004-10-31

When Canada's Prime Minister drowns in what appears to be a boating accident, his son takes office a

A Thief Of Time
2.6

A Thief Of Time

2004-07-11

Officers Leaphorn and Chee search for a missing anthropologist suspected of stealing artifacts from

Fathers & Sons
1.8

Fathers & Sons

2010-10-01

Fathers & Sons is a comedic exploration of a group of men and their relationships with their fathers

The Road to Christmas
2.9

The Road to Christmas

2006-12-17

High-powered fashion photographer Claire Jameson finds herself stranded in middle America on the way

Every Emotion Costs
0

Every Emotion Costs

2010-01-01

An exploration of the reality of returning home on the reserve to face family, community and death.

Chasing Shakespeare
1.6

Chasing Shakespeare

2014-02-03

Two souls are so deeply in love with one another that they are entangled beyond life itself.

The Lightning Incident
2

The Lightning Incident

1991-09-12

McKeon's baby is kidnapped by a devil-worshipping cult and she uses her new-found psychic abilities

The Last Manhunt
3

The Last Manhunt

2022-11-18

In 1909, Willie Boy and his love Carlota go on the run after he accidentally shoots her father in a

The Lost Child
3

The Lost Child

2000-11-19

Knowing the past changes the future. Seeking a connection to her heritage, Rebecca Hoffman sets out

Older Than America
2.2

Older Than America

2008-03-08

The truth of the past come to light in a series of haunting visions in this drama. The strange visio

Navigating the Heart
3.2

Navigating the Heart

2000-02-14

When sophisticated New York journalist Edith Iglauer is assigned to go to British Columbia to write

Wildwood
0

Wildwood

Set beyond Portland’s city limits, in Wildwood. You’re not supposed to go there. You’re not even sup

Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
2.5

Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee

1994-10-16

Mary Crow Dog, daughter of a desperately poor Indian family in South Dakota, is swept up in the prot

Where the Rivers Flow North
3.1

Where the Rivers Flow North

1993-06-14

Sleeper with a top notch cast in the story of a lone wolf logger who fights developers, bankers and

Dear Prudence
3.3

Dear Prudence

2008-08-23

Prudence MacIntyre, the 'New York home tips' TV show presenter, is sent on holiday, by studio boss J

Mom, Dad and Her
2.3

Mom, Dad and Her

2008-05-10

Sydney is a troubled teen heading for trouble. After being caught shoplifting and a case of alcohol

Mothers & Daughters
0.5

Mothers & Daughters

2008-09-08

Comedy about three very different women and the complex relationship they have with their mothers.

Loyalties
2.5

Loyalties

1987-11-20

Lily and her three youngest children join her husband David Sutton, a doctor in an isolated northern

Luna: Spirit of the Whale
3.1

Luna: Spirit of the Whale

2007-05-13

When a government representative announces that he intends to reunite an orphaned orca with his pod

The Education of Little Tree
3.3

The Education of Little Tree

1997-12-25

Little Tree is an 8-year-old Cherokee boy, who, during the time of the depression, loses his parents

Marie Ann
0

Marie Ann

1978-08-02

A young married woman, after a kidnapping, becomes attached to an Indian.

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo
3

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo

2024-01-31

Join us on a revealing journey behind-the-scenes of Maya Lopez’s own groundbreaking series. Witness

Down Here
2.6

Down Here

2014-01-01

When an alcoholic detective fights to find a murderer targeting street workers in Vancouver's Downto

Spirit Rider
3

Spirit Rider

1993-08-23

Jesse Threebears is a troubled Native-American teen who has been tossed from one foster home to the

Grand Avenue
4.5

Grand Avenue

1996-06-30

When Mollie's boyfriend Jack dies on the reservation, she is asked to leave the reservation by her b

Edge of Madness
2.8

Edge of Madness

2002-03-01

1851, Manitoba's Red River Valley. As winter sets in, a young woman on the edge of madness arrives e

Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
0

Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West

1995-05-10

Real stories of five women of the Old West....

War Party
3.1

War Party

1988-09-15

One hundred years after the Battle of Milk River, both sides agree to reenact it. The cavalry are su

Hope Bridge
2.6

Hope Bridge

2015-05-08

After a high school boy learns that his father committed suicide, he begins a journey to find hope a

In the Light of Reverence
0

In the Light of Reverence

2001-02-17

This documentary, originally broadcast on the PBS series 'P.O.V.', explores three places considered

Sioux City
2.5

Sioux City

1994-04-01

A young Lakota Sioux, adopted by a wealthy Jewish couple in Beverly Hills, gets in touch with his cu

Shouting Secrets
4.5

Shouting Secrets

2011-11-10

Shouting Secrets is a hopeful and heartwarming, universal story taking place in a present day Native

On the Farm
2.5

On the Farm

2016-07-26

Based on a true story, a powerful study of the dysfunction and disorder in the police and criminal j

Mustard Bath
0

Mustard Bath

1993-01-01

Matthew, a young medical student from Toronto, Ontario, returns to his birthplace in Guyana on recei

Wind River
3.7

Wind River

2017-08-03

An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a N

Heartwood
1.8

Heartwood

1998-04-19

When a large corporation threatens to take over a small town's primary business and put half of the

Candy Mountain
2.9

Candy Mountain

1988-01-20

A mediocre musician goes on the road in search of the world's greatest guitar maker.

Maïna
3.2

Maïna

2013-09-12

Maïna is the daughter of the Innu leader Mishtenapuu, who attends a bloody confrontation between his

Through Black Spruce
2.6

Through Black Spruce

2019-03-29

The disappearance of a young Cree woman in Toronto traumatizes her Northern Ontario family, and send

The Grizzlies
3.6

The Grizzlies

2019-04-19

In a small Arctic town struggling with the highest suicide rate in North America, a group of Inuit s

Falls Around Her
3.8

Falls Around Her

2018-09-08

A world-famous Anishinaabe musician returns to the reserve to rest and recharge — only to discover t

Hold the Dark
2.7

Hold the Dark

2018-09-22

In the grim Alaskan winter, a naturalist hunts for wolves blamed for killing a local boy, but he soo

The Great Northern Candy Drop
3

The Great Northern Candy Drop

2017-12-17

The pilot of an arctic community's candy air-drop is confronted by a visiting government bureaucrat

Big Bear
0

Big Bear

1998-02-09

The story of Big Bear, the real life Cree chief who campaigned for his people and their land against

Death Hunt
3.4

Death Hunt

1981-04-15

Yukon Territory, Canada, November 1931. Albert Johnson, a trapper who lives alone in the mountains,

Red Snow
2.6

Red Snow

2019-10-02

Red Snow is a dramatic adventure that begins when Dylan, a Gwich'in soldier from the Canadian Arctic

Postmark Paradise
0

Postmark Paradise

2000-03-03

The Dirty Shame is the only bar in the small town of Paradise, Michigan. A burnt out, chain-smoking

Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
4.2

Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic

2003-05-20

A documentary of the making of Dances with Wolves told through interviews with cast and crew. It des

The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
3.3

The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'

1990-11-15

A documentary about the making of director Kevin Costner's Academy Award-winning directorial debut,

ARQ
3.1

ARQ

2016-09-16

Two old friends living in a dystopic future become trapped in a mysterious time loop — one that may

Honey Moccasin
2

Honey Moccasin

1998-01-01

This all-Native production, by director Shelley Niro (Mohawk), is part of the Smoke Signals new wave

How the Fiddle Flows
0

How the Fiddle Flows

2002-04-26

How the Fiddle Flows follows Canada's great rivers west along the fur-trading route of the early Eur

Killers of the Flower Moon
3.7

Killers of the Flower Moon

2023-10-18

When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one

The Corruption of Divine Providence
3.5

The Corruption of Divine Providence

2020-05-25

16-year-old Jeanne awakens in a pool of her own blood, her hands and feet marked with stigmata and h

Prophecy, Milestones & Challenges
0

Prophecy, Milestones & Challenges

1995-01-01

Tantoo Cardinal stars as Alive, the mother of Jack and Samantha. Her children are learning about the

Inkwo for When the Starving Return
0.5

Inkwo for When the Starving Return

2024-09-07

Two lifetimes from now the world hangs in the balance. Dove, a young, enigmatic, gender-shifting war

An Ode for Leviticus
0

An Ode for Leviticus

2024-02-10

A decrepit old man discovers the true nature of his doctor's appointment and attempts to escape.

Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood
4

Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood

2025-02-04