August Schellenberg

August Schellenberg

1936-07-25 Montreal, Quebec, Canada 55 Credits

Biography

August Werner Schellenberg (July 25, 1936 – August 15, 2013) was a Canadian actor. He played Randolph in the first three installments of the Free Willy film series (1993–1997) 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.

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The Last Movie

The Last Movie

2012

as Samuel Booker

6.0
Acting

Madness turns the making of a noir thriller into a variation on the same genre.

45 R.P.M.

2008

as Peter George Moses

6.2
Acting

In the Autumn of 1960, a fluke atmospheric weather condition allows a young teenager, Parry Tender, to receive a radio broadcast from New York City. N...

Our Spirits Don't Speak English

Our Spirits Don't Speak English

2008

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

Told from the Native American perspective, this documentary will uncover the dark history of the U.S. government and will give a voice to the countles...

Missionary Man

Missionary Man

2007

as White Deer

5.2
Acting

A mysterious stranger rolls into town on a unique motorcycle. All he carries is the bible and a desire for justice. Past vengeance collides as Ryder r...

The Green Chain

The Green Chain

2007

as The Executive - John Clements

10.0
Acting

The battle between loggers and environmentalists is defining, dividing and destroying communities in Canada and around the world. The Green Chain is a...

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

2007

as Sitting Bull

6.5
Acting

Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is told through two unique perspectives: Charles Eastm...

Eight Below

Eight Below

2006

as Mindo

7.0
Acting

In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren, the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due...

The New World

The New World

2005

as Powhatan

6.5
Acting

A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century.

Going the Distance

Going the Distance

2004

as Emile

5.5
Acting

Nick is a successful young man whose comfortable West Coast life couldn't be better. However, when his girlfriend falls under the influence of lechero...

Tremors 4: The Legend Begins

Tremors 4: The Legend Begins

2004

as Tecopa

5.7
Acting

In 1889, seventeen men die under mysterious circumstances, and spooked by recent events, the miners who populate the town leave in droves until there'...

Dreamkeeper

Dreamkeeper

2003

as Grandpa

6.6
Acting

In South Dakota, in an Indian reservation, an old storyteller Indian asks his grandson Shane, who is in trouble owing money to some bad guys, to take ...

The Unsaid

The Unsaid

2001

as Detective Hannah

6.7
Acting

A doctor dealing with the aftermath of his son's death tries to help a troubled young man.

High Noon

High Noon

2000

as Antonio

5.2
Acting

High Noon tells the story of a lawman named Will Kane (Skerritt) who has just married a young bride, Amy (Thompson), promising to leave his dangerous ...

Out of Time

Out of Time

2000

as Young Dog

4.9
Acting

A man awakwens after sleeping for 20 years to find that his small local town has changed for the worse.

Lakota Moon

Lakota Moon

1999

as Bull Elk

Acting

This movie depicts the life of a small Indian tribe, in a time shortly before the white men became a threat. In the focus of the story is the young Sk...

True Heart

True Heart

1999

as Khonanesta

4.7
Acting

A brother and sister are plane-wrecked in Canada, where they must rely on the help of a native and his bear.

Scattering Dad

Scattering Dad

1998

as Fierce Crow

10.0
Acting

An agoraphobic woman who hasn't left her home in 20 years receives a visit from the spirit of her deceased husband who reminds her of a promise she ma...

Mission to Mir

Mission to Mir

1997

as Narrator

6.5
Acting

This film shows how far we have come since the cold-war days of the 50s and 60s. Back then the Russians were our "enemies". And to them the Americans ...

September 1972

September 1972

1997

as Narrator

Acting

Welcome to September 28, 1972. Let us take you back to what is called by many to be one of "the greatest month in the history of Canadian sport". Reli...

Free Willy 3: The Rescue

Free Willy 3: The Rescue

1997

as Randolph Johnson

6.1
Acting

Willy the whale is back, this time threatened by illegal whalers making money off sushi. Jesse, now 16, has taken a job on an orca-researching ship, a...

Sisters and Other Strangers

Sisters and Other Strangers

1997

as Det. Frank Britten

Acting

A woman (Joanna Kerns), at odds with her eccentric sister (Debrah Farentino) over a real-estate deal, becomes the prime suspect when the latter is fou...

What Love Sees

What Love Sees

1996

as Earl

6.8
Acting

Jean Treadway, a beautiful young girl in her twenties, comes from a world of wealth and privilege. Gordon Holly is a handsome but humble rancher, the ...

Crazy Horse

Crazy Horse

1996

as Sitting Bull

9.6
Acting

The legendary Native American chieftain refuses to go with his people peacefully to the reservation and starts a rebellion.

Grand Avenue

Grand Avenue

1996

as Sherman

9.0
Acting

When Mollie's boyfriend Jack dies on the reservation, she is asked to leave the reservation by her boyfriend's sister for not being one of their own, ...

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

1996

as Indian

5.1
Acting

A mini-series dramatization of the controversial 1992 attack by federal agents on the Idaho home of Randy Weaver, a white seperatist. The ten-day sieg...

The West Side Waltz

The West Side Waltz

1995

as Serge

5.2
Acting

Margaret keeps her neighbours at a distance and avoids contact except with Cara. She enjoys her company just for making music since Cara plays the vio...

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

1995

as Randolph Johnson

5.9
Acting

Jesse becomes reunited with Willy three years after the whale's jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from ...

Tecumseh: The Last Warrior

Tecumseh: The Last Warrior

1995

as Black Hoof

6.0
Acting

This western began in 1812 when the settlers tried to take away more and more territories from the indians. Tecumseh, who is the leader of the Shawnee...

Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee

Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee

1994

as Dick Wilson

5.0
Acting

Mary Crow Dog, daughter of a desperately poor Indian family in South Dakota, is swept up in the protests of the 1960s and becomes sensitized to the in...

Getting Gotti

Getting Gotti

1994

as Willie Boy Johnson

4.6
Acting

Though she grew up in the same neighborhood with him, the new Assistant U.S. Attorney is determined to prosecute Mafia boss John Gotti. Uncooperative ...

Iron Will

Iron Will

1994

as Ned Dodd

6.7
Acting

When Will Stoneman's father dies, he is left alone to take care of his mother and their land. Needing money to maintain it, he decides to join a cross...

Geronimo

Geronimo

1993

as Cochise

6.8
Acting

The story of the greatest Native American warrior who, together with the rest of his Apache tribesmen, defied American and Mexican Armies in 1867. Fin...

Free Willy

Free Willy

1993

as Randolph Johnson

6.2
Acting

When maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme park, he is placed with foster parents and must work at the park to make amends. There he meets Willy...

Terror on Track 9

Terror on Track 9

1992

as Vargas

3.2
Acting

A New York detective tracks a serial killer who injects his victims with poison at Grand Central Station.

The Broken Cord

The Broken Cord

1992

as Duane Buckanagee

5.0
Acting

Fact-based story of an idealistic single dad who discovers that his beloved Native American adopted son is afflicted with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and c...

Black Robe

Black Robe

1991

as Chomina

6.5
Acting

Missionary Father LaForgue travels to the New World in hopes of converting Algonquin Indians to Catholicism. Accepted, though warily, by the Indians, ...

Divided Loyalties

Divided Loyalties

1990

Acting

Story of Joseph Brant, chief of the Mohawks, and the events that led to the birth of Canada as a nation. During the time of the American Revolution, w...

Mark of Cain

Mark of Cain

1986

as Otto

5.0
Acting

A couple live in an old, isolated mansion. The husband's murderous, insane twin escapes from a lunatic asylum. The cops haul off the wrong twin and th...

A Question of Loving

A Question of Loving

1986

as Fabien

4.0
Acting

A drama of manners, spiced by light moments, describing the "love stories" of a mother and her daughter. The two women spend a summer together. Madeli...

Confidential

Confidential

1986

as Charles Ripley

2.4
Acting

The year is 1949 and reporter Hugh Jameson is looking for a story. He focuses on Emma Porter, a woman who was accused of the axe murder of her father ...

Striker's Mountain

Striker's Mountain

1985

as Jake Striker

1.0
Acting

A construction conglomerate, headed by a ruthless millionaire, wants to buy a ski resort that has been a family business for years, but the family doe...

The Painted Door

The Painted Door

1984

4.5
Acting

The Painted Door is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Bruce Pittman and released in 1984. Based on a short story by Sinclair Ross, the film was...

Covergirl

Covergirl

1984

as Joel Vacchio

4.0
Acting

Young girl enters the modeling industry wanting to becoming "the face of the '80s."

Cross Country

Cross Country

1983

as Glen Cosgrove

5.0
Acting

After a woman is found butchered in her New York apartment, suspicion falls on her estranged husband, an ad executive who has suddenly left town on a ...

Running Brave

Running Brave

1983

as Billy's father

3.9
Acting

The story of Billy Mills the American Indian that came from obscurity, to win the 10,000 meter long distance foot race in the Tokyo Olympics.

The Ruffian

The Ruffian

1983

as Nelson Harting

6.2
Acting

The adventures of a group of friends who plan to recover crates full of gold from a fall in Canada.

Kings and Desperate Men

Kings and Desperate Men

1981

as Stanley Aldini

3.0
Acting

A group of terrorists take a radio disk jockey and his wife and child hostage in order to get their manifesto out to the world.

Heavy Metal

Heavy Metal

1981

as Norl / Taarak (voice)

6.5
Acting

The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.

Death Hunt

Death Hunt

1981

as Deak de Clearque

6.6
Acting

Yukon Territory, Canada, November 1931. Albert Johnson, a trapper who lives alone in the mountains, buys a dog almost dead after a brutal dogfight, a ...

The Coffin Affair

The Coffin Affair

1980

as Wilbert Coffin

Acting

In 1953, in the Gaspé forest, there are three bodies half eaten by bears. Fearing repercussions on tourism and investment, Prime minister Maurice Dupl...

Bear Island

Bear Island

1979

as Marine Technician

5.9
Acting

A group of people converge on a barren Arctic island. They have their reasons for being there but when a series of mysterious accidents and murders ta...

Power Play

Power Play

1978

as Minh

7.0
Acting

A group of military officers frustrated by government corruption and brutality attempts a coup.

Drying Up the Streets

Drying Up the Streets

1978

as Nick

1.0
Acting

An ex-junkie takes on seedy urban culture to try and locate his daughter.

One Man

One Man

1977

as Ernie Carrick

1.0
Acting

In this socially conscious drama, a TV journalist begins investigating a large factory that has been threatening the health of the children who live i...

Walk With Dignity

1972

as Self

Acting

First Nations documentary