Noël Qumaq

 (born June 11, 1967) is a Canadian actor, dancer and singer who was one of the original castmembers of It's the Paul Taylor Program!. He performed the First Nations character of Noel Big Bull. After the show concluded in 1995, he subsequently launched a solo career.

Early years
Noël was born and raised in, , the son of a Inuit mother and Métis father. His mother, a traditional dancer, was his main inspiration during his childhood. In 1980, when Noël was 12 years old, he joined a children's theater program at 's in.

Paul Taylor
In 1985, when Noël was 17 years old, he was performing in a dance show in Toronto when he was discovered by Dutch-born impresario Sjoerd Broekhuizen and Toronto-based producer Saul Vanetti, and became the fourth recruit for the new It's the Paul Taylor Program! series airing on in  and the RKO Network in the United States.

Both Broekhuizen and Vanetti were fascinated with Noël's display of traditional First Nations dancing and saw the potential in including a character to represent Native Americans and First Nations people. While two more performers (Dennis Parrott and Amanda Nathan) were recruited, Noël spent time with Barney Hartikainen Park and Jacek Fiedorowicz as well as the other recruits (Cynthia Jo Budinger, Tamitha Cunningham, and Ken Hyde).

Solo career
In June 2002, Noël moved to, , which he described as "a place where I could discover my roots." In 2004, Noël donated the cast's 1988 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program to the in

Later years
In 2015, Noël reprised his role of Noel Big Bull for the show's 35th anniversary special It's the Paul Taylor Anniversary Special!. Noël currently lives in.