show biz vet
Lorne’s an award-winning entertainment industry veteran who’s worked as an actor, director and executive producer on hundreds of creative projects throughout his career in Theatre, Film and TV.
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A classically trained actor, Lorne’s well-known for his portrayal of the beloved Sergeant Davis Quinton in the iconic Corner Gas comedy franchise – in 60 countries worldwide – including the animated series and 6 seasons of the original International Emmy-nominated live-action comedy series Corner Gas and feature Corner Gas: The Movie.
Lorne’s also an award-winning voice actor who works with clients like Penguin Randomhouse, Canada’s Museum of Civilization, Sony and Peabody award-winning Molly of Denali and the super-cute children’s animated, Mittens + Pants where he’s also a Consulting Producer.
Beyond winning awards, Lorne has the rare honor of having a theatre space named after him. The Lorne Cardinal Theatre is in the Roxy Theatre in Edmonton Alberta Canada.
Although perhaps better known for his acting, Lorne’s an experienced Director of stage + screen and is a Full Member of the Directors Guild of Canada.
The depth and breadth of Lorne’s experience runs from Directing numerous plays for the theatre, to pilots for docu-series and scripted episodics for TV.
Lorne also has two feature-length thrillers in development.
Through Lorne’s classical theatre training, and acting + directing work on stage + screen, he’s read thousands of pages of scripts, screenplays + stories so, immersing in story, for whatever medium, is second nature.
And, as an experienced Director of scripted/episodic TV and theatre, he’s keenly aware of story and character development and what’s necessary to take a story from good to great and from page to stage or page to screen.
From character-building, consulting on story, workshopping new plays, developing screenplays, world-building…this is the playground Lorne’s been working, living and playing in, professionally, for many years.
Lorne’s a frequent advisor and consultant who assists producers, writers + organizations like the Directors Guild of Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts and Telefilm in assessing projects for funding.
