
Tantoo Cardinal
Biography
Tantoo Cardinal CM is a Native-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.
Filmography
Moccasin Flats
2003 · 10.0
How the Fiddle Flows
2002 · 10.0

For the Record
1976 · 9.0

H2O
2004 · 9.0
Postmark Paradise
2000 · 9.0

Big Bear
1998 · 9.0
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
1995 · 9.0
Shouting Secrets
2011 · 9.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · 8.8

Canada: A People's History
2000 · 8.8

Wildwood
2026 · 8.6

New Amsterdam
2018 · 8.3

Outlander
2014 · 8.2

Family Law
1999 · 8.1

See
2019 · 8.1

Westworld
2016 · 8.0

Marie Ann
1978 · 8.0
Tom Stone
2002 · 8.0

Divided Loyalties
1990 · 8.0

Dances with Wolves
1990 · 7.8

The Killing
2011 · 7.8

Penny Dreadful
2014 · 7.8

Godless
2017 · 7.8

Longmire
2012 · 7.7

The Guard
2008 · 7.7

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993 · 7.6

ONI: Thunder God's Tale
2022 · 7.5

Dreamkeeper
2003 · 7.5

Falls Around Her
2018 · 7.5

Wind River
2017 · 7.4

The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib
2022 · 7.4

The American Buffalo
2023 · 7.4

Legends of the Fall
1994 · 7.4

Killers of the Flower Moon
2023 · 7.4

Street Legal
1987 · 7.3

Stumptown
2019 · 7.2

MythQuest
2001 · 7.2

The Grizzlies
2019 · 7.2

Below
2026 · 7.2

Cold Squad
1998 · 7.1

The Lost Child
2000 · 7.1

Bull
2016 · 7.1

Corner Gas Animated
2018 · 7.0

Blackstone
2011 · 7.0

Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis
2006 · 7.0

Mustard Bath
1993 · 7.0

The Corruption of Divine Providence
2020 · 7.0

Navigating the Heart
2000 · 7.0

Back Home Again
2021 · 7.0

Spirit Rider
1993 · 7.0

Cardinal
2017 · 6.9

Frontier
2016 · 6.8

Spirit Rangers
2022 · 6.8

Harts of the West
1993 · 6.8

Smoke Signals
1998 · 6.8

Death Hunt
1981 · 6.7

Dreamkeeper
2003 · 6.7

Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
1994 · 6.7

Loyalties
1987 · 6.7

The Education of Little Tree
1997 · 6.6

Wendell & Wild
2022 · 6.6

Three Pines
2022 · 6.5

Eden
2013 · 6.5

Black Robe
1991 · 6.5

Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
1987 · 6.5

Maïna
2013 · 6.5

Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
1995 · 6.5

Dear Prudence
2008 · 6.5

War Party
1988 · 6.4

Where the Rivers Flow North
1993 · 6.4

Changing Climates, Changing Times
2009 · 6.4

Arctic Air
2012 · 6.3

Luna: Spirit of the Whale
2007 · 6.2

ARQ
2016 · 6.1

Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
1995 · 6.1

The American Revolution
2025 · 6.0

Echo
2024 · 6.0

North of 60
1992 · 6.0

The Campbells
1986 · 6.0

Abandoned: Angelique's Isle
2018 · 6.0

A Thief Of Time
2004 · 6.0

The Great Northern Candy Drop
2017 · 6.0

Places Not Our Own
1986 · 6.0

Candy Mountain
1988 · 5.9

The Last Manhunt
2022 · 5.8

The Road to Christmas
2006 · 5.7

Edge of Madness
2002 · 5.6

The Hi-Line
2000 · 5.5

The Lightning Incident
1991 · 5.5

Hold the Dark
2018 · 5.4

Red Snow
2019 · 5.3

H2O
2004 · 5.2

Shattered
2010 · 5.2

Down Here
2014 · 5.2

Through Black Spruce
2019 · 5.2

Sioux City
1994 · 5.1

Strange Empire
2014 · 5.0

Hope Bridge
2015 · 4.9

Mohawk Girls
2014 · 4.8

Silent Tongue
1994 · 4.7
Dodson's Journey
2001 · 4.6

Mom, Dad and Her
2008 · 4.5

Older Than America
2008 · 4.4

Unnatural & Accidental
2006 · 4.4

Running Brave
1983 · 4.3

Honey Moccasin
1998 · 4.0

Inkwo for When the Starving Return
2024 · 4.0

Heartwood
1998 · 3.8

A Stranger in the Kingdom
1999 · 3.5

The Englishman's Boy
2008 · 3.2

Chasing Shakespeare
2014 · 3.1

Fathers & Sons
2010 · 2.7

Mothers & Daughters
2008 · 1.0

Rez Carz
2014 · 0.0

An Ode for Leviticus
2024 · 0.0

In the Light of Reverence
2001 · 0.0

Every Emotion Costs
2010 · 0.0
Prophecy, Milestones & Challenges
1995 · 0.0