Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie (born 20 June 2003) is a Canadian actor. Raised on the Kitigan Zibi Reservation, Whiteduck-Lavoie is of Algonquin,
Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation and French-Canadian heritage.
He is most noted for his performance in the film A Colony (Une colonie), for which he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 2019 and a Prix Iris nomination for Revelation of the Year at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards. He stars in the Amazon Prime series Sterling Point as Ellis.
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Biography
Whiteduck-Lavoie was born June 20, 2003, in Québec, Canada, to a mother of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation heritage and a French-Canadian father. Whiteduck-Lavoie grew up on a First Nation reserve and spoke Algonquin, but has forgotten most of it since he left the reservation at age 10. Whiteduck-Lavoie is fluent in French and English.
