Graham Greene

Acting · Born 1952-06-22 in Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada

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…

Filmography

• The Green Mile as Arlen Bitterbuck
• Transamerica as Calvin Many Goats
• Dances with Wolves as Kicking Bird
• Die Hard: With a Vengeance as Joe Lambert
• The Shack as Male Papa
• Wind River as Ben
• Molly's Game as Judge Foxman
• The Wolf and the Lion as Joe
• All Hat as Jim Burns
• North as Alaskan Dad

TV

• The Outer Limits as Chief Weapons Officer
• Riverdale as Thomas Topaz
• Reservation Dogs as Maximus
• Project Blue Book as David
• Northern Exposure as Leonard Quinhagak
• 1883 as Spotted Eagle
• The Last of Us as Marlon
• Longmire as Malachi Strand
• Tulsa King as Old Smoke
• Numb3rs as Chief James Clearwater