August Werner Schellenberg (July 25, 1936 â€" August 15, 2013) was a
Canadian theatre, film and television actor. He played Randolph in the
first three installments of the Free Willy film series (1993â€"1997)
as well as characters in Black Robe (1991), The New World (2005), and
dozens of other films and television shows.During his career,
Schellenberg won a Gemini Award in 1986 and a Genie Award in 1991, as
well as being nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in
2007.Schellenberg was born and lived in Montreal, Quebec, until moving
to Toronto, Ontario, in 1967. He was of Mohawk and Swiss-German
descent. He established himself in Toronto until 1995. He lived in
Dallas, Texas, with his wife, actress Joan Karasevich. He was the
father of three daughters, two with Karasevich. He was trained at the
National Theatre School of Canada.His initial work was in the Don
Shebib-directed coming-of-age film, Rip-Off, in 1971. In 1981, he did
voices for the animated film Heavy Metal. During the 1990s he had
major roles in Black Robe (as Chomina), Free Willy and its sequels (as
Randolph Johnson), Iron Will (Ned Dodd), True Heart (Khonanesta), and
TV film Crazy Horse (Sitting Bull). He went on to star as Chief
Powhatan in Terrence Malick's 2005 film The New World. He also had
roles in Disney's Eight Below and the doco within a film The Green
Chain (2007). In 2011, he appeared in two episodes of the television
series Stargate Universe as Yaozu. His favorite role was that of
Sitting Bull in the film Crazy Horse, a character he reprised in the
film version of the Dee Brown bestseller Bury My Heart at Wounded
Knee, for which he received an Emmy nomination. He also starred in
Dreamkeeper (2003) as Pete Chasing Horse.
Canadian theatre, film and television actor. He played Randolph in the
first three installments of the Free Willy film series (1993â€"1997)
as well as characters in Black Robe (1991), The New World (2005), and
dozens of other films and television shows.During his career,
Schellenberg won a Gemini Award in 1986 and a Genie Award in 1991, as
well as being nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in
2007.Schellenberg was born and lived in Montreal, Quebec, until moving
to Toronto, Ontario, in 1967. He was of Mohawk and Swiss-German
descent. He established himself in Toronto until 1995. He lived in
Dallas, Texas, with his wife, actress Joan Karasevich. He was the
father of three daughters, two with Karasevich. He was trained at the
National Theatre School of Canada.His initial work was in the Don
Shebib-directed coming-of-age film, Rip-Off, in 1971. In 1981, he did
voices for the animated film Heavy Metal. During the 1990s he had
major roles in Black Robe (as Chomina), Free Willy and its sequels (as
Randolph Johnson), Iron Will (Ned Dodd), True Heart (Khonanesta), and
TV film Crazy Horse (Sitting Bull). He went on to star as Chief
Powhatan in Terrence Malick's 2005 film The New World. He also had
roles in Disney's Eight Below and the doco within a film The Green
Chain (2007). In 2011, he appeared in two episodes of the television
series Stargate Universe as Yaozu. His favorite role was that of
Sitting Bull in the film Crazy Horse, a character he reprised in the
film version of the Dee Brown bestseller Bury My Heart at Wounded
Knee, for which he received an Emmy nomination. He also starred in
Dreamkeeper (2003) as Pete Chasing Horse.
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