Tatanka Means

Biography

Tatanka Wanbli Sapa Xila Sabe Means [Black Buffalo Eagle] is a Native American actor, comedian, boxer, entrepreneur, and activist of Oglala Lakota, Omaha, and Dine descent. He is best known for his roles in Saints & Strangers and Tiger Eyes. Tatanka is one of nine children of Oglala Lakota activist Russell Means, a leader of the American Indian Movement, and himself an actor.

Known For

Banshee

Hoyt Rivers

American Experience

Nookau

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

Joe

Killers of the Flower Moon

John Wren

Outer Range

Officer Edgar

In Plain Sight

Young Fighter

A Million Ways to Die in the West

Other Apache

Echo

Tvli

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	Opus	Najee
2024	The Windigo	Ogichidaa
2024	Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1	Taklishim
2024	Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2	Taklishim
2024	Say a Little Prayer	Jared Raincloud
2023	Surrounded	Scar
2023	Killers of the Flower Moon	John Wren
2021	Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher	Rising Wolf
2019	Once Upon a River
2017	Minutes	John Locklear
2017	Native Stand Up	John
2016	The Hybrids Family	Lance Hatton
2016	Shangri-La Suite	Officer Gingrass
2016	Burning Bodhi	Lucas
2016	Neither Wolf Nor Dog	Delvin
2015	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	Joe
2014	A Million Ways to Die in the West	Other Apache
2013	The Host	Seeker Hawke
2013	The Sixth Gun	Victor Birdsong
2012	Tiger Eyes	Wolf - Martin Ortiz
2012	Universal VIP	The Creator
2011	Sedona	Chuck
2008	The Burrowers	Tall Ute
2008	Turok: Son of Stone	Bridge Sentry (voice)
	Wind River: Rising
	Canyon of the Dead	Seechi

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	ARK: The Animated Series	Mato (voice)
2024	Echo	Tvli
2022	Outer Range	Officer Edgar
2020	I Know This Much Is True	Nabby Drinkwater
2016	Graves	Russell Pratt
2015	Saints & Strangers	Hobbamock
2013	Banshee	Hoyt Rivers
2008	In Plain Sight	Young Fighter
1988	American Experience	Nookau