August Schellenberg

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August Schellenberg is a Canadian actor, born in Montreal. His ethnicity is Mohawk and Swiss German. He was trained at the National Theatre School of Canada.

His first film was Rip-Off in 1971. In 1981, he did voices for the animated film Heavy Metal. He had major roles in Black Robe, Free Willy (and its sequels), Iron Will, The New World and Eight Below. He has been quoted as saying that his favorite role was that of Sitting Bull in the film Crazy Horse.

Schellenberg has been nominated for three Genie Awards and has won one (for Black Robe), and has been nominated for two Gemini Awards, and has won one (for the television movie The Prodigal).