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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Last Movie
2012
as Samuel Booker
Madness turns the making of a noir thriller into a variation on the same genre.
45 R.P.M.
2008
as Peter George Moses
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
2008
as Narrator (voice)
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
2007
as White Deer
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
2007
as The Executive - John Clements
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
2007
as Sitting Bull
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
2006
as Mindo
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
2005
as Powhatan
A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century.

Going the Distance
2004
as Emile
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
2004
as Tecopa
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
2003
as Grandpa
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
2001
as Detective Hannah
A doctor dealing with the aftermath of his son's death tries to help a troubled young man.

High Noon
2000
as Antonio
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
2000
as Young Dog
A man awakwens after sleeping for 20 years to find that his small local town has changed for the worse.

Lakota Moon
1999
as Bull Elk
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
1999
as Khonanesta
A brother and sister are plane-wrecked in Canada, where they must rely on the help of a native and his bear.

Scattering Dad
1998
as Fierce Crow
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
1997
as Narrator
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
1997
as Narrator
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
1997
as Randolph Johnson
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
1997
as Det. Frank Britten
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
1996
as Earl
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
1996
as Sitting Bull
The legendary Native American chieftain refuses to go with his people peacefully to the reservation and starts a rebellion.

Grand Avenue
1996
as Sherman
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
1996
as Indian
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
1995
as Serge
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
1995
as Randolph Johnson
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
1995
as Black Hoof
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
1994
as Dick Wilson
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
1994
as Willie Boy Johnson
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
1994
as Ned Dodd
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
1993
as Cochise
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
1993
as Randolph Johnson
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
1992
as Vargas
A New York detective tracks a serial killer who injects his victims with poison at Grand Central Station.

The Broken Cord
1992
as Duane Buckanagee
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
1991
as Chomina
Missionary Father LaForgue travels to the New World in hopes of converting Algonquin Indians to Catholicism. Accepted, though warily, by the Indians, ...

Divided Loyalties
1990
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
1986
as Otto
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
1986
as Fabien
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
1986
as Charles Ripley
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
1985
as Jake Striker
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
1984
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
1984
as Joel Vacchio
Young girl enters the modeling industry wanting to becoming "the face of the '80s."

Cross Country
1983
as Glen Cosgrove
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
1983
as Billy's father
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
1983
as Nelson Harting
The adventures of a group of friends who plan to recover crates full of gold from a fall in Canada.

Kings and Desperate Men
1981
as Stanley Aldini
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
1981
as Norl / Taarak (voice)
The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.

Death Hunt
1981
as Deak de Clearque
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
1980
as Wilbert Coffin
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
1979
as Marine Technician
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
1978
as Minh
A group of military officers frustrated by government corruption and brutality attempts a coup.

Drying Up the Streets
1978
as Nick
An ex-junkie takes on seedy urban culture to try and locate his daughter.

One Man
1977
as Ernie Carrick
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
First Nations documentary