Tom Jackson
Acting • Born 1948-10-27
Biography
One of Canada's most popular actors and country folk singers, Jackson is also well known as an entrepreneur. He was born to Rose, a Cree mother and Marshall, an English father on the One Arrow Reserve in Saskatchewan, Canada. His family moved to Namao, Alberta when he was seven years old. He moved with his family to Winnipeg, Manitoba at age fourteen. A year later, Jackson dropped out of high school taking a life on the streets for seven years. From these humble beginnings, he rose to become one of Canada's favorite and most honoured First Nations performers. Jackson founded the annual Huron Carole fund-raising concerts in 1987 in order to support the Salvation Army. His most notable television appearances were on Shining Time Station (1989) as Billy Twofeathers and North of 60 (1992) as Peter Kenidi. In January 2000, he was named to the Order of Canada, that country's highest civilian award. Jackson was the Chancellor of Trent University from 2009 to 2013.
Filmography
38 credits
Skinwalkers
Movie • 2006
Will
The Diviners
Movie • 1993
Befriend and Betray
Movie • 2011
Guy Poirier
Grizzly Falls
Movie • 1999
Joshua
Loyalties
Movie • 1987
Eddy
Shining Time Station: One of the Family
Movie • 1995
Billy Twofeathers
Shining Time Station: Second Chances
Movie • 1995
Billy Twofeathers
Shining Time Station: Once Upon a Time
Movie • 1995
Billy Twofeathers
Dream Storm: A North of 60 Mystery
Movie • 2001
Peter Kenidi
Distant Drumming: A North of 60 Mystery
Movie • 2005
Peter Kenidi
Trial By Fire: A North of 60 Mystery
Movie • 2000
Peter Kenidi
The Dependables
Movie • 2014
Sgt Robinson
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
Movie • 2005
Custer
Deadfall
Movie • 2012
Old Indian Hunter
Medicine River
Movie • 1993
Harlen Bigbear
Clearcut
Movie • 1991
Tom Starblanket
Cold Pursuit
Movie • 2019
White Bull Legrew
Spirit Rider
Movie • 1993
Albert St. Clair
Rhapsody of Love
Movie • 2021
Hugh
Martha, Ruth & Edie
Movie • 1988
Morrie
North of 60
TV • 1992
Peter Kenidi
Shining Time Station
TV • 1989
Billy Twofeathers
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV • 1987
Lakanta
Relic Hunter
TV • 1999
Bobby Green
500 Nations
TV • 1995
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Peter Matthews
The Tall Man
TV • 1960
Tom Stone
TV • 2002
Highway Patrol
TV • 1955
Lawman
TV • 1958
The Roaring 20's
TV • 1960
Supergirl
TV • 2015
Warden Wyatt Kote
Outlander
TV • 2014
Tehwahsehkwe
For the Record
TV • 1976
Sullivan's Crossing
TV • 2023
Frank Cranebear
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Chief Johnson
The Longhouse Tales
TV • 2000
Hector Longhouse
The Last Frontier
TV • 2025
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