Graham Greene
Acting

Graham Greene

Born 22 June 1952 · Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada · Died 1 September 2025

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.

Known for

The Green Mile
Riverdale
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
The Last of Us
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Wind River
Dances with Wolves
Molly's Game
Tulsa King
The Shack
Maverick
American Gods
Northbound
King Ivory
Icefall
Laws of Man
Trail of Vengeance
Sweet Summer Pow Wow
The Protector
Protectors of the Land
Paige Darcy: Reluctant Detective
Seeds
The Great Salish Heist
The Birds Who Fear Death
Squealer
V for Vengeance
Loch Ness Monster of Seattle
Defining Moments
A Dark Foe
Antlers
The Wolf and the Lion
Tar
The Water Walker
Blue Ridge
The Weekend Fix
Through Black Spruce
We Are Boats
Astronaut
Shadow Wolves
As You Like It
The Shack
Wind River
Te Ata
Molly's Game
The Performance
Out of the Darkness
Unnatural
Chasing Shakespeare
Winter's Tale
Corner Gas: The Movie
Atlantic Rim
The Birder
Maïna
Valley of the Sun
The Man on the Train
Running Mates
Gunless
The Legend of Secret Pass
The Wild Girl
Willatuk: The Legend of Seattle's Sea Serpent
Casino Jack
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Turok: Son of Stone
All Hat
Just Buried
Breakfast with Scot
Luna: Spirit of the Whale
A Lobster Tale
When I Find the Ocean
Transamerica
Buffalo Dreams
Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story
A Thief Of Time
A Beachcombers Christmas
Phil the Alien
Big Spender
Coyote Waits
Skins
Duct Tape Forever
The New Beachcombers
Snow Dogs
Punch and Judy
Christmas in the Clouds
Lost and Delirious
Trial By Fire: A North of 60 Mystery
Desire
The Green Mile
Misery Harbour
Bad Money
Shadow Lake
Touched
Grey Owl
Shattered Image
Heart of the Sun
Stranger in Town
The Hired Heart
The Education of Little Tree
Song of Hiawatha
Dead Innocent
Wounded
Sabotage
The Pathfinder
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Heritage Minutes: Sitting Bull
The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon: Have Yourself a Crabby Little Christmas
North
Maverick
Camilla
Rugged Gold
Savage Land
Huck and the King of Hearts
Medicine River
Rain Without Thunder
Cooperstown
Spirit Rider
The Broken Chain
Benefit of the Doubt
Thunderheart
The Last of His Tribe
Clearcut
Dances with Wolves
Lost in the Barrens
Where the Spirit Lives
Powwow Highway
Murder Sees the Light
Revolution
Running Brave
Graham Greene · Midrow