Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 22, 1952
Place of Birth:
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
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Graham Greene
Biography
Graham Greene CM (June 22, 1952 – September 1, 2025) was a Canadian First Nations(Oneida) actor and recording artist, active in film, television and theatre in a career spanning over 50 years. He achieved international fame for his role as Kicking Bird (Ziŋtká Nagwáka) in Kevin Costner's Dances With Wolves (1990), which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. His other notable films include Thunderheart (1992), Maverick (1994), Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), The Green Mile (1999), Skins (2002), Transamerica (2005), Casino Jack (2010), Winter's Tale (2014), The Shack (2017), and Wind River (2017).
In addition to his Oscar nomination, Greene was a Grammy Award, Gemini Award, Canadian Screen Award, and a Dora Mavor Moore Award winner. In 2025, he received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Echo | Skully |
| 2023 | The Last of Us | Marlon |
| 2022 | LOL: Last One Laughing Canada | Self |
| 2022 | Tulsa King | Old Smoke |
| 2021 | Reservation Dogs | Maximus |
| 2021 | 1883 | Spotted Eagle |
| 2021 | Amend: The Fight for America | Self |
| 2019 | Project Blue Book | David |
| 2017 | American Gods | Whiskey Jack |
| 2017 | American Gods | Whiskey Jack (voice) |
| 2017 | Riverdale | Thomas Topaz |
| 2016 | The Detour | Narvin |
| 2016 | Goliath | Joe Littlecrow |
| 2014 | Standing on Sacred Ground | Narrator (voice) |
| 2013 | Defiance | Rafe McCawley |
| 2013 | Family Tree | Chief Running Bull |
| 2012 | Longmire | Malachi Strand |
| 2009 | Being Erica | Dr. Arthur |
| 2006 | The War that Made America | Host |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | Chief James Clearwater |
| 2005 | Into the West | Conquering Bear |
| 2004 | The Collector | George |
| 2004 | This Is Wonderland | Paul Hilliard |
| 2003 | Mister Sterling | Senior Senator Jackson |
| 2003 | Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion | Elijah Cobb |
| 2001 | Wolf Lake | Sherman Blackstone |
| 2000 | Canada: A People's History | Additional Voices (voice) |
| 2000 | Canada: A People's History | Kondiaronk |
| 2000 | Canada: A People's History | Elijah Harper |
| 1999 | Big Wolf on Campus | Ferryman |
| 1998 | First Wave | Lonetree |
| 1997 | Dead Man's Gun | Grey Eagle |
| 1997 | Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science | Self - Host |
| 1996 | Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal | Dr. David Lands |
| 1996 | Poltergeist: The Legacy | Charlie |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Chief Weapons Officer |
| 1995 | Liberty Street | Mr. Jones |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Brown Bear (voice) |
| 1995 | Jake and The Kid | Chief Fly Like an Arrow |
| 1994 | Lonesome Dove: The Series | Red Hawk |
| 1993 | The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon | Mr. Crabby Tree |
| 1992 | North of 60 | Rico Nez |
| 1992 | HBO First Look | |
| 1991 | The Red Green Show | Edgar K. B. Montrose |
| 1991 | Heritage Minutes | Sitting Bull |
| 1990 | Northern Exposure | Leonard Quinhagak |
| 1988 | Mount Royal | Chief Big Charles |
| 1988 | 9B | Dan Jackson |
| 1987 | Street Legal | Paulo |
| 1987 | Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future | Cherokee |
| 1986 | The Campbells | Iroquois Chief |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | David Wauneka |
| 1986 | Adderly | Pinball |
| 1984 | Spirit Bay | Pete Green |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Sheriff Sam Keeyani |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Peter Henderson |
| 1979 | The Great Detective | Grey Sky |
| 1979 | Read All About It! | John Norton |