Biography
August Schellenberg was a Canadian actor. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he trained at the National Theatre School of Canada and began his career in theatre and film in the early 1970s.
He is known for his role as Randolph Johnson in the Free Willy film series (1993–1997), as Chomina in Black Robe (1991), and as Powhatan in The New World (2005). He also appeared in Eight Below (2006) and television series including Grey's Anatomy and Stargate Universe.
Schellenberg won a Gemini Award for The Prodigal and a Genie Award for Black Robe. He received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his performance as Sitting Bull in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007). He died in Dallas, Texas, in 2013.
