Graham Greene

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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, he 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

The Green Mile

Arlen Bitterbuck

Riverdale

Thomas Topaz

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Harry Clearwater

The Last of Us

Marlon

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

Joe Lambert

Wind River

Ben

Dances with Wolves

Kicking Bird

Molly's Game

Judge Foxman

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	Afterwards MOVIE	Dormer
2025	Icefall MOVIE	Oz
2025	The Lowdown TV	Arthur Williams
2025	Sweet Summer Pow Wow MOVIE	Self
2025	Paige Darcy: Reluctant Detective MOVIE	Mayor Gomber
2025	Protectors of the Land MOVIE	Grant Strongbow
2025	Graham Greene: I'm Just Me MOVIE	Self
2025	Trail of Vengeance MOVIE	Hoko
2025	The Protector MOVIE	Brand
2025	King Ivory MOVIE	Holt
2025	Laws of Man MOVIE	Sheriff Kutch
2024	Seeds MOVIE	Graham Greene
2024	The Birds Who Fear Death MOVIE	Chief Ed
2024	The Great Salish Heist MOVIE	Chief Roy
2024	Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo MOVIE	Self - Skully
2024	Echo TV	Skully
2023	Squealer MOVIE	Joe
2023	Bones of Crows TV	Constable Murphy
2023	Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe MOVIE	Self
2023	Hail to the Breadsticks! MOVIE	Self/Dan Snyder (Voice)
2023	The Last of Us TV	Marlon
2022	Tulsa King TV	Old Smoke
2022	V for Vengeance MOVIE	Bullseye
2022	LOL: Last One Laughing Canada TV	Self
2021	1883 TV	Spotted Eagle
2021	Antlers MOVIE	Warren Stokes
2021	The Wolf and the Lion MOVIE	Joe
2021	Defining Moments MOVIE	Dr. Kelly
2021	Reservation Dogs TV	Maximus
2021	A Dark Foe MOVIE	The Cradle
2021	Amend: The Fight for America TV	Self
2020	The Weekend Fix MOVIE	Bert
2020	Blue Ridge MOVIE	Cliff McGrath
2020	Tar MOVIE	Homeless Man/Carl
2020	The Water Walker MOVIE	Narrator
2019	Astronaut MOVIE	Len
2019	Shadow Wolves MOVIE	Nabahe
2019	Through Black Spruce MOVIE	Leo
2019	We Are Boats MOVIE	Cliff
2019	Project Blue Book TV	David
2017	The Performance MOVIE	Jack
2017	Molly's Game MOVIE	Judge Foxman
2017	Te Ata MOVIE	Douglas Johnston
2017	As You Like It MOVIE	Corin
2017	Wind River MOVIE	Ben
2017	American Gods TV	Whiskey Jack
2017	American Gods TV	Whiskey Jack (voice)
2017	The Shack MOVIE	Male Papa
2017	Riverdale TV	Thomas Topaz
2016	Goliath TV	Joe Littlecrow
2016	Out of the Darkness MOVIE	Gabe
2016	The Detour TV	Narvin
2015	Unnatural MOVIE	Buffalo
2014	Walking the Mile MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2014	Corner Gas: The Movie MOVIE	Fishing Guide
2014	Standing on Sacred Ground TV	Narrator (voice)
2014	Winter's Tale MOVIE	Humpstone John
2014	Chasing Shakespeare MOVIE	Mr. Mountain
2013	The Birder MOVIE	Manny
2013	Maïna MOVIE	Mishta-Napeu
2013	Atlantic Rim MOVIE	General Hadley
2013	Family Tree TV	Chief Running Bull
2013	Defiance MOVIE	Rafe McCawley
2013	Defiance TV	Rafe McCawley
2012	Longmire TV	Malachi Strand
2012	Seattle's Loch Ness: The Lake Washington Sea Monster MOVIE	Narrator
2011	The Man on the Train MOVIE	Sado
2011	Running Mates MOVIE	Dilton Harper
2011	Valley of the Sun MOVIE	Turquoise Jack
2010	The Legend of Secret Pass MOVIE	Granpa (voice)
2010	Casino Jack MOVIE	Bernie Sprague
2010	Willatuk: The Legend of Seattle's Sea Serpent MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2010	Gunless MOVIE	Two Dogs
2010	The Wild Girl MOVIE	Joseph
2010	Reel Injun MOVIE	Self
2009	The Twilight Saga: New Moon MOVIE	Harry Clearwater
2009	Being Erica TV	Dr. Arthur
2008	The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together MOVIE	Edgar Montrose
2008	Turok: Son of Stone MOVIE	Elder #1 / Lost Land Shaman (voice)
2007	Breakfast with Scot MOVIE	Bud Wilson
2007	All Hat MOVIE	Jim Burns
2007	Just Buried MOVIE	Henry Sanipass
2007	Luna: Spirit of the Whale MOVIE	Bill Louis
2006	When I Find the Ocean MOVIE	Copeland
2006	The War that Made America TV	Host
2006	A Lobster Tale MOVIE	Sherrif
2005	Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story MOVIE	Lloyd Blackburn, Ph.D
2005	Buffalo Dreams MOVIE	John Blackhorse
2005	Into the West TV	Conquering Bear
2005	Transamerica MOVIE	Calvin Many Goats
2005	Numb3rs TV	Chief James Clearwater
2004	A Beachcombers Christmas MOVIE	Colin Reid
2004	Phil the Alien MOVIE	Wolf
2004	A Thief Of Time MOVIE	Slick Nakai
2004	The Collector TV	George
2004	This Is Wonderland TV	Paul Hilliard
2003	Coyote Waits MOVIE	Slick Nakai
2003	Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion TV	Elijah Cobb
2003	Declaration of Independence MOVIE	Self
2003	Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic MOVIE	Self
2003	Big Spender MOVIE	Jake Cotter
2003	Mister Sterling TV	Senior Senator Jackson
2002	The New Beachcombers MOVIE	Colin Reid
2002	Skins MOVIE	Mogie Yellow Lodge
2002	Duct Tape Forever MOVIE	Edgar K.B. Montrose
2002	Punch and Judy MOVIE	Charley
2002	Snow Dogs MOVIE	Peter Yellowbear
2001	Wolf Lake TV	Sherman Blackstone
2001	Christmas in the Clouds MOVIE	Earl
2001	Lost and Delirious MOVIE	Joe Menzies
2000	Canada: A People's History TV	Additional Voices (voice)
2000	Canada: A People's History TV	Kondiaronk
2000	Canada: A People's History TV	Elijah Harper
2000	Desire MOVIE	Connor
2000	Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile MOVIE	Self (uncredited)
2000	Trial By Fire: A North of 60 Mystery MOVIE	Walter Pearce
1999	The Green Mile MOVIE	Arlen Bitterbuck
1999	Grey Owl MOVIE	Jim Bernard
1999	Bad Money MOVIE	George Baines
1999	Touched MOVIE	Albert
1999	Misery Harbour MOVIE	Burly
1999	Big Wolf on Campus TV	Ferryman
1999	Shadow Lake MOVIE	Sgt. Garson Longfellow
1998	Shattered Image MOVIE	Detective
1998	Stranger in Town MOVIE	Eddie Lester
1998	First Wave TV	Lonetree
1998	Heart of the Sun MOVIE	Ol'Billy
1997	The Education of Little Tree MOVIE	Willow John
1997	The Hired Heart MOVIE	Keith
1997	Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science TV	Self - Host
1997	Song of Hiawatha MOVIE	O Kagh
1997	Dead Innocent MOVIE	Detective Mike Salvatori
1997	Dead Man's Gun TV	Grey Eagle
1997	Wounded MOVIE	Nick Rollins
1996	Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal TV	Dr. David Lands
1996	The Pathfinder MOVIE	Chingachgook
1996	Poltergeist: The Legacy TV	Charlie
1996	Sabotage MOVIE	Nicholas Tollander
1995	Jake and The Kid TV	Chief Fly Like an Arrow
1995	Heritage Minutes: Sitting Bull MOVIE	Sitting Bull
1995	Die Hard: With a Vengeance MOVIE	Joe Lambert
1995	The Outer Limits TV	Chief Weapons Officer
1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child TV	Brown Bear (voice)
1995	The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon: Have Yourself a Crabby Little Christmas MOVIE	Mr. Crabby Tree
1995	Liberty Street TV	Mr. Jones
1994	Rugged Gold MOVIE	Samuel Smith
1994	Camilla MOVIE	Hunt Weller
1994	Savage Land MOVIE	Skyano
1994	Lonesome Dove: The Series TV	Red Hawk
1994	North MOVIE	Alaskan Dad
1994	Maverick MOVIE	Joseph
1994	Huck and the King of Hearts MOVIE	Jim
1993	The Broken Chain MOVIE	Peace Maker (Spirit)
1993	The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon TV	Mr. Crabby Tree
1993	Spirit Rider MOVIE	Vern
1993	Benefit of the Doubt MOVIE	Calhoun
1993	Rain Without Thunder MOVIE	Author on History
1993	Cooperstown MOVIE	Raymond Maracle
1993	Medicine River MOVIE	Will
1992	North of 60 TV	Rico Nez
1992	HBO First Look TV	Self
1992	Thunderheart MOVIE	Walter Crow Horse
1992	The Last of His Tribe MOVIE	Ishi
1991	The Red Green Show TV	Edgar K. B. Montrose
1991	Rabbit Ears - Squanto and the First Thanksgiving MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1991	Clearcut MOVIE	Arthur
1991	Heritage Minutes TV	Sitting Bull
1990	Lost in the Barrens MOVIE	Mewasin
1990	The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' MOVIE	Himself
1990	Northern Exposure TV	Leonard Quinhagak
1990	Where the Spirit Lives MOVIE	Komi's Father
1990	Dances with Wolves MOVIE	Kicking Bird
1989	Powwow Highway MOVIE	Vietnam Vet
1988	Mount Royal TV	Chief Big Charles
1988	9B TV	Dan Jackson
1987	Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future TV	Cherokee
1987	Street Legal TV	Paulo
1986	Adderly TV	Pinball
1986	L.A. Law TV	David Wauneka
1986	The Campbells TV	Iroquois Chief
1986	Murder Sees the Light MOVIE	Aeneas
1985	Revolution MOVIE	Ongwata
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Sheriff Sam Keeyani
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Peter Henderson
1984	Spirit Bay TV	Pete Green
1983	Running Brave MOVIE	Eddie Mills
1979	The Great Detective TV	Grey Sky
1979	Read All About It! TV	John Norton
	Northbound MOVIE	Self
	Brave MOVIE	Pops
	A Life Connected MOVIE	The Judge

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