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. From Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- Canadian Screen Award — Best Supporting Performance in a Comedy Film · 2025
- Member of the Order of Canada · 2015
- Earle Grey Award · 2004
- Dora Mavor Moore Awards · 1989
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1991 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Paige Darcy: Reluctant Detective
The Green Mile
The Last of Us
Riverdale
Tulsa King
1883
The Birds Who Fear Death
This Is Wonderland
Reservation Dogs
Northern Exposure
Dances with Wolves
Longmire
The Outer Limits
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe
Goliath
The Wolf and the Lion
The Shack
Murder, She Wrote
Wind River
The Red Green Show
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Street Legal
Molly's Game
Te Ata
Amend: The Fight for America
American Gods
The Detour
L.A. Law
Reel Injun
Transamerica
Numb3rs
Song of Hiawatha
Spirit Rider
The Last of His Tribe
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
Maverick
Clearcut
Defiance
A Lobster Tale
Lost and Delirious
Powwow Highway
The Lowdown
King Ivory
Being Erica
The Education of Little Tree
Family Tree
Gunless
Icefall
Winter's Tale
Christmas in the Clouds