First Nation Actors
by suomiXOX | created - 7 months ago | updated - 7 months ago | PublicFirst Nation/Native American/Indigenous/Native/"Indian" Men
1. Michael Greyeyes
Actor | Blood Quantum
Michael Greyeyes is an actor, director, scholar and founding artistic director of Signal Theatre. He is Nêhiyaw (Plains Cree) from Muskeg Lake Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada. His film work includes the role of Sitting Bull in "Woman Walks Ahead," (A24/ DirecTV) co-starring Jessica Chastain and...
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2. Adam Beach
Actor | Flags of Our Fathers
Adam Beach was born in Ashern, Manitoba, the son of Sally and Dennis Beach, and was raised on the Dog Creek First Nations Reserve, with his two brothers. A troubled childhood saw his mother killed by a drunk driver, and his alcoholic father drowned only weeks afterward. The three brothers went to ...
3. Eddie Spears
Actor | DreamKeeper
Eddie Spears was born on November 29, 1982. He is an actor, known for DreamKeeper (2003), Bone Tomahawk (2015) and Into the West (2005).
4. Michael Spears
Actor | Into the West
Born in Chamberlain, South Dakota and resides in Montana he has five brothers, one sister and is Lakota Sioux Tribe. His first role was in the film "Dances With Wolves" as Otter. Michael went onto appear in "Skins", "Into The West", "Yellow Rock", guest role on "Longmire" and in Cyril Morin's "The ...
5. Rick Mora
Rick was born in a field of corn called Los Angeles but raised on a 100 acre farm with no electricity and a wood burning stove in Crescent City, California. He returned to the city at age 7. He obtained a Bachelors Degree from California State University, Northridge in communication. Acting and ...
6. Zahn McClarnon
Actor | Into the West
Zahn McClarnon was born on October 24, 1966 in Denver, Colorado, USA as Zahn Tokiya-ku McClarnon. He is known for his work on Into the West (2005), Strike One (2014) and Dangerous Minds (1996).
7. Eric Schweig
Actor | The Last of the Mohicans
Eric Schweig was born on June 19, 1967 in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada as Ray Dean Thrasher. He is an actor, known for The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Tom and Huck (1995) and Big Eden (2000).
8. Rodney A. Grant
Actor | Dances with Wolves
Native American actor, Rodney Arnold Grant was born the 9th of March, 1959. After his biological parents abandoned him, his grandparents raised him from 6 months of age, up until 1982. Rodney has five adult children: three daughters from his ex-wife, all of which were raised by their mother, and ...
9. Jay Tavare
Actor | Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Jay Tavare describes himself best when he says he is a storyteller and a citizen of the world.
Jay's acting performances in several Oscar winning films--with some of our era's most talented and acclaimed directors and actors--are the natural outcome of his eclectic life experiences and the direct ...
10. Pato Hoffmann
Actor | The Sentinel
Pato Hoffmann, the 1999 Indian Celebrity of the Year, was born in Bolivia to Andes Indian parents with Spanish and German blood. He was in San Francisco, taking kung fu and acting classes, after the success of Dances with Wolves (1990). Agents were looking for Native American talent and signed him ...
11. Buffalo Child
Actor | Dances with Wolves
Buffalo Child is a full-blooded Plains Cree Native American. In addition to television, he has also acted on stage. Both of his parents were raised having traditional lives. Buffalo resided with his maternal grandmother who was a well known medicine woman. His father was an American and his mother ...
12. Chris Eyre
Director | Smoke Signals
Chris Eyre was born in 1969 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Smoke Signals (1998), Edge of America (2003) and Skins (2002).
13. Cody Lightning
Actor | Four Sheets to the Wind
Cody Lightning was born on August 8, 1986 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is known for his work on Four Sheets to the Wind (2007), Brick (2005) and Smoke Signals (1998).
14. Dakota House
Actor | North of 60
Dakota was born in a small town in Northern Alberta, he now resides in Edmonton, Alberta. He has been acting from age eighteen and has worked with such people as Graham Greene, Tom Jackson, David Duchovny from X-Files and many others who Dakota credits for his learning and knowledge in the film ...
15. Don Shanks
Actor | Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Don Shanks was born on February 26, 1950 in Piasa, Illinois, USA as Donald L. Shanks. He is known for his work on Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989), Dumb and Dumber (1994) and The World's Fastest Indian (2005).
16. Duane Loken
Actor | Mine Games
Duane Loken is an actor, known for Mine Games (2012), Centennial (1978) and Gröna gubbar från Y.R. (1986).
17. Gerald Auger
Actor | Bohemian Blood
Gerald Auger is a First Nations actor, producer, writer, entrepreneur and motivational speaker from Wabasca, Alberta. He is of Woodland Cree descent. He graduated from Grande Prairie Regional College in 1995 with a Marketing Management diploma and a Small Business Management certificate. In 1996 ...
18. Gordon Tootoosis
Actor | Legends of the Fall
A Canadian actor of Cree and Stoney descent, Gordon Tootosis made his film debut in the western film Alien Thunder (1974) with Donald Sutherland and Chief Dan George. Tootoosis provided memorable performances in television and movies, including the role of 'One Stab' in Legends of the Fall (1994), ...
19. Graham Greene
Actor | The Green Mile
Graham Greene was born on June 22, 1952 in Six Nations Reserve, Ontario, Canada. He is known for his work on The Green Mile (1999), Wind River (2017) and Dances with Wolves (1990). He has been married to Hilary Blackmore since December 20, 1990.
20. Jonathan Brewer
Actor | Apocalypto
Jonathan Brewer is an actor, known for Apocalypto (2006), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) and DreamKeeper (2003).
21. Litefoot
Actor | The Indian in the Cupboard
Litefoot was born on March 1, 1969 in Upland, California, USA as Gary Paul Davis. He is an actor, known for The Indian in the Cupboard (1995), Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) and Adaptation. (2002). He has been married to Carmen Davis since July 11, 1998. They have two children.
22. Nathaniel Arcand
Actor | Pathfinder
2019 Nathaniel featured in the CBS Television show FBI: Americas Most Wanted as Clinton Skye. Nathaniel is a highly respected actor. He got his start, starring in a few smaller roles for local independent filmmakers, Nathaniel's big break came when he auditioned for the role of William MacNeil in ...
23. Noah Watts
Actor | Assassin's Creed III
Noah Watts is an actor and composer, known for Assassin's Creed III (2012), Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington (2013) and Ringer (2011).
24. Saginaw Grant
Actor | The Lone Ranger
Saginaw is the Hereditary Chief and a respected member of the Sac and Fox, Iowa and Otoe-Missouria Nations.
In 1936, Saginaw Morgan Grant was born to Sarah and Austin Grant Sr. at Pawnee Indian Hospital in Pawnee, Oklahoma. He was raised on a farm in Cushing, Oklahoma with two brothers and one ...
25. Sean Wei Mah
Actor | DreamKeeper
Sean Wei Mah was born on December 14, 1976 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is known for his work on DreamKeeper (2003), Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007) and Frontier (2016).
26. Steve Reevis
Actor | Fargo
Steve was born and raised on the Blackfeet Reservation in Browning, Montana. Son of Curley and Lila Reevis, he is the 4th of 6 siblings. He graduated from Flandreau High School and attended Haskell Indian Junior College in Lawrence, Kansas where he received a degree in arts. After junior college, ...
27. Wes Studi
Actor | The Last of the Mohicans
From small-town Oklahoma native to internationally acclaimed actor and musician, Wes Studi credits his passion and multi-faceted background for his powerful character portrayals that forever changed a Hollywood stereotype. Within a few years of his arrival in Hollywood, Studi caught the attention ...
28. William Belleau
Actor | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
William Belleau is an actor, known for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), Frontier (2016) and Psych (2006).
29. Will Strongheart
Actor | The American West
Will Strongheart is an actor, known for The American West (2016), Indian Horse (2017) and Falls Around Her (2018).
30. Mo Brings Plenty
Actor | Yellowstone
Moses J. Brings Plenty is Oglala Lakota born on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; he is fluent in the Lakota language, culture and traditions. He is a gifted musician, actor, model and spokesperson. He dedicates much of his time traveling throughout the United States speaking on ...
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