Graham Greene
Graham Greene
Native American actor who gained fame as Kicking Bird, friend and mentor to Kevin Costner, in DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990). A full-blooded Oneida, Greene was born on the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, Canada. Prior to his DANCES WITH WOLVES success, he appeared with Al Pacino in the Revolutionary War misfire, REVOLUTION (1985); co-starred with Robby Benson in RUNNING BRAVE (1983); and played a Vietnam vet in the comedy adventure, POWWOW HIGHWAY (1989).
After DANCES Greene began making frequent appearances on TV, generally playing quietly dignified characters on shows like "L.A. Law," "Northern Exposure" and "Murder, She Wrote." He also proved effective in less traditional fare such as "Where the Spirit Lives" (1990) for PBS' "American Playhouse" and the HBO film THE LAST OF HIS TRIBE (1992), in which he played the last survivor of the Yahi nation. He turned in a superb, laconic performance as a reservation cop who teaches rookie FBI man Val Kilmer a thing or two in Michael Apted's sober environmental thriller, THUNDERHEART (1992). Greene remains active in the Toronto theater community, where he has appeared in over a dozen productions.
1983 RUNNING BRAVE performer
1985 REVOLUTION performer
1989 POWWOW HIGHWAY performer
1990 LOST IN THE BARRENS performer
1990 NORTHERN EXPOSURE (TV Series) performer
1990 DANCES WITH WOLVES performer
1991 CLEARCUT performer
1992 RAIN WITHOUT THUNDER performer
1992 THUNDERHEART performer
1992 RAIN WITHOUT THUNDER performer
1992 THE LAST OF HIS TRIBE (TV) performer
1993 SPIRIT RIDER (TV) performer
1993 EARTH AND THE AMERICAN DREAM voice
1993 COOPERSTOWN (TV) performer
1993 BROKEN CHAIN (TV) performer
1993 BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT performer
1994 HUCK AND THE KING OF HEARTS performer
1994 SAVAGE LAND performer
1994 RUGGED GOLD (TV) performer
1994 NORTH performer
1994 MAVERICK performer
1994 CAMILLA performer
1994 LONESOME DOVE: THE SERIES (TV) performer
1995 DIE HARD: WITH A VENGEANCE performer
1995 500 NATIONS (TV Series)
