- Born
- Died
- Birth nameAugust Werner Schellenberg
- Nickname
- Augie
- Height1.73 m
- August Schellenberg was born on July 25, 1936 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was an actor, known for Black Robe (1991), Le nouveau monde (2005) and Sauvez Willy (1993). He was married to Joan Karasevich. He died on August 15, 2013 in Dallas, Texas, USA.
- SpouseJoan Karasevich(? - August 15, 2013) (his death, 3 children)
- He has played the Lakota Sioux chief Sitting Bull in three otherwise unrelated productions: Witness to Yesterday (1973), Crazy Horse, le plus grand d'entre nous (1996) and Enterre mon coeur à Wounded Knee (2007).
- Of all the characters he has portrayed, Sitting Bull is his favorite.
- His father was born in Switzerland and his mother was Jewish and immigrated to Canada in 1923 from Poland.
- Was a skilled amateur chef and a lifelong athlete who was a champion diver and boxer in his youth.
- Has conducted acting workshops in Toronto at the Centre for Indigenous Theatre and at York University.
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