Graham Greene

Background information

Born

June 22,1952 (age 72)
Six Nations Reserve, Ohsweken, Ontario,Canada

Nationality

Canadian

Occupation

Actor

Years active

1979-present

Family information

Spouse

Hilary Blackmore (1990-present)

Children

Graham Greene (CM) is a Canadian Native First Nations (Oneida) actor who has worked on stage and in film and television productions in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. His work withDisney includes his role as Peter Yellowbear inSnow Dogs, John Blackhorse inBuffalo Dreams, Maximus in theFX seriesReservation Dogs, and as Skully in theMarvel TV seriesEcho. He also narratedBrother Bear as part ofDisney's Storyteller album series.

Born on the he Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, Greene worked in various trade before focusing on acting. By the 1970s, he began performing in theater venues in Canada and England where was a part of productions, such asWacousta,Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasi,The Crackwalker,History of the Village of the Small Huts, andThe Merchant of Venice.

Switching to screen acting by the 1980s, Greene made his film debut withRunning Brave. He achieved higher recognition appearingKevin Costner'sDances with Wolves as Kicking Bird, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for "Best Supporting Actor". He made further appearances withThunderheart,Maverick,Die Hard with a Vengeance,The Education of Little Tree,The Green Mile,Skins,Transamerica,The Twilight Saga: New Moon,Casino Jack,Winter's Tale,The Shack,Wind River,Shadow Wolves, andThe Wolf and the Lion. His television credits includeSpirit Bay,The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon,The Campbells,L.A. Law,Murder, She Wrote,Northern Exposure,North of 60,The Red Green Show,Lonesome Dove: The Series,Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child,Wolf Lake,Defiance,Longmire,Riverdale, andReservation Dogs. He also appeared in made-for-television films, such asThe Pathfinder,The New Beachcombers,Into the West,1883, andSpirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story.