Biography
Chief Dan George was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, a Coast Salish band whose Indian reserve is located on Burrard Inlet in the southeast area of the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He also was an actor, musician, poet and author. The Chief's best-known written work is My Heart Soars. As an actor, he is best remembered for portraying Old Lodge Skins opposite Dustin Hoffman in Little Big Man (1970), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and for his role in The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), as Lone Watie, opposite Clint Eastwood.
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Awards & recognition
- Officer of the Order of Canada
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1971 · nominated
Filmography12 titles
Kung Fu
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Bonanza
Little Big Man
The Incredible Hulk
McCloud
The Dick Cavett Show
The High Chaparral
The Bears and I
Smith!
Nothing Personal
Alien Thunder