Lorne Cardinal

Birthday: 1964-01-06
Birthplace: Sucker Creek, Alberta, Canada
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

Winner of Best Performance, Animation at the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards as Corner Gas Animated (2018)'s Sergeant Davis Quinton. Lorne is well-known for his portrayal of this beloved character in the Corner Gas comedy franchise - now in 60 countries worldwide - including the animated series and 6 seasons of the original International Emmy-nominated live-action comedy series Corner Gas (2004) and feature Corner Gas: The Movie (2014).

Lorne has the rare honor of having a theatre space named after him in the rebuilt Roxy Theatre in Edmonton Alberta. The Lorne Cardinal Theatre is scheduled to open November 2021.

A classically trained actor, Lorne has also performed in, and directed, a diverse range of theatre productions such as King Lear, on Canada's premiere A-house stage at the National Arts Centre, and Black Elk Speaks at the Denver Center.

His work includes executive producing and directing, and he's received numerous nominations and distinguished awards for his body of work and is the recipient of an honorary PhD from Thompson Rivers University.

Additionally, he's a sought after voice actor for clients like Penguin Randomhouse, Canada's Museum of Civilization and projects such as The Great Northern Candy Drop (2017), Open Season: Scared Silly (2015) and Peabody award-winner Molly of Denali (2019).

Credits

Year Title Character
2022-09-05 The Bad Seed Returns Brian
2021-10-28 Back Home Again Mr. Grey Horn (voice)
2021-08-01 Mystery 101: Deadly History Sheriff Ridgeway
2021-04-01 Run Woman Run Len
2020-12-20 Molly and the Great One
2018-11-11 Welcome to Christmas Tom
2018-10-31 Wynter Gabe
2018-09-09 The Bad Seed Brian
2018-05-25 Kayak to Klemtu Don
2018-01-30 Good Girls Don't Larry
2017-12-17 The Great Northern Candy Drop Johnny May
2017-07-11 The Humanity Bureau Border Ranger
2017-06-04 Site Unseen: An Emma Fielding Mystery Sheriff Stannard
2017-02-25 No Reservations Joseph Sillwater
2017-02-10 The Adventure Club Curtis
2016-09-09 Gods Acre Frank
2016-06-03 Into the Forest Jerry
2015-12-18 Open Season: Scared Silly Sheriff Gordy (voice)
2014-12-03 Corner Gas: The Movie Davis Quinton
2014-03-14 Far from Home Roger Calhoun
2013-12-01 If I Had Wings Angus Coleman
2013-06-07 The Shape Of Rex Stanley
2011-12-10 Snowmageddon Larry
2010-05-04 Flicka 2 Sheriff
2007-10-21 Tkaronto Max Cardinal
2006-12-17 The Road to Christmas Chaba
2005-01-01 Distant Drumming: A North of 60 Mystery Daniel Deela
2003-02-10 Another Country: A North of 60 Mystery Daniel Deela
2002-05-24 Insomnia Rich
1999-03-27 In the Blue Ground: A North of 60 Mystery Daniel Dééla
1998-02-09 Big Bear Little Bad Man
1997-03-23 Out of Nowhere Jonas
1995-06-04 Tecumseh: The Last Warrior Loud Noise