Tantoo Cardinal
Acting
Born July 20, 1950 · Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
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.
Films (79)
Wildwood
2026
Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood
2025
Inkwo for When the Starving Return
2024
An Ode for Leviticus
2024
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo
2024
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023
The Last Manhunt
2022
Wendell & Wild
2022
Back Home Again
2021
Tantoo Cardinal
2021
The Corruption of Divine Providence
2020
Red Snow
2019
The Grizzlies
2019
Through Black Spruce
2019
Hold the Dark
2018
Falls Around Her
2018
The Great Northern Candy Drop
2017
Wind River
2017
ARQ
2016
On the Farm
2016
Hope Bridge
2015
Rez Carz
2014
Chasing Shakespeare
2014
Down Here
2014
Maïna
2013
Eden
2013
Shouting Secrets
2011
Fathers & Sons
2010
Every Emotion Costs
2010
Changing Climates, Changing Times
2009
Mothers & Daughters
2008
Dear Prudence
2008
Mom, Dad and Her
2008
Older Than America
2008
Luna: Spirit of the Whale
2007
The Road to Christmas
2006
Unnatural & Accidental
2006
H2O
2004
A Thief Of Time
2004
Dreamkeeper
2003
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
2003
How the Fiddle Flows
2002
Edge of Madness
2002
In the Light of Reverence
2001
Dodson's Journey
2001
The Lost Child
2000
The Hi-Line
2000
Postmark Paradise
2000
Navigating the Heart
2000
A Stranger in the Kingdom
1999
Smoke Signals
1998
Heartwood
1998
Big Bear
1998
Honey Moccasin
1998
The Education of Little Tree
1997
Grand Avenue
1996
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
1995
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
1995
Prophecy, Milestones & Challenges
1995
Legends of the Fall
1994
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
1994
Sioux City
1994
Spirit Rider
1993
Where the Rivers Flow North
1993
Mustard Bath
1993
Silent Tongue
1993
Black Robe
1991
The Lightning Incident
1991
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
1990
Dances with Wolves
1990
Divided Loyalties
1990
War Party
1988
Candy Mountain
1988
Loyalties
1987
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
1987
Places Not Our Own
1986
Running Brave
1983
Death Hunt
1981
Marie Ann
1978