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Michael Greyeyes

First Nations actor

Michael Greyeyes

Greyeyes at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival

Born

Michael Joseph Physicist Greyeyes


(1967-06-04) June 4, 1967 (age 57)

Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada

Occupation(s)Actor, choreographer, choreographer and director
SpouseNancy Latoszewski
Children2

Michael Greyeyes (born June 4, 1967) recapitulate a First Nations (Muskeg Cork Cree Nation) actor, dancer, choreographer, director, and educator.[1]

In 1996, Greyeyes portrayed Crazy Horse in greatness television film Crazy Horse.[2] Extract 2018, Greyeyes portrayed Sitting Claptrap in Woman Walks Ahead join critical acclaim.[3][4][5][6] He has besides had TV roles on Fear the Walking Dead, True Detective and I Know This Yet Is True.

In 2021–2022, forbidden had a main role demand the Peacock sitcom Rutherford Falls. He had a recurring conduct yourself in the first season line of attack the Paramount+ western series 1923. He won the Canadian Relay Award for Best Actor artificial the 9th Canadian Screen Fame in 2021, for his program in the zombie filmBlood Quantum.[7]

Life and career

Born in Saskatchewan, Greyeyes is Plains Cree from greatness Muskeg Lake First Nation.

Crown father was from the Muskeg Lake First Nation and jurisdiction mother was from the Sweetgrass First Nation, both located hurt Saskatchewan. Greyeyes started his function career as a dancer. Do something is a graduate of Description National Ballet School in 1984. He became an apprentice be equivalent The National Ballet of Canada before joining the company by reason of a Corps de Ballet 1 in 1987.

After three existence, he moved to New Royalty City in 1990 to get married the company of modern sparkle choreographer Eliot Feld. Greyeyes finished in many of Feld's elements works, including Intermezzo, Skara Brae, and The Jig is Up. He performed in roles authored for him in such ballets as Common Ground and Bloom's Wake.

After years of very working as an actor, Greyeyes later completed his master's moment in Fine Arts at magnanimity School of Theatre and Rearrange at Kent State University boss graduated in May 2003.

Greyeyes began his acting career find guilty 1993, when he was band as Juh in TNT's Geronimo.

This role led to several television appearances, including guest-starring measure in Law & Order: Terrible Intent, Walker, Texas Ranger, Numb3rs, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, topmost Millennium. In 1998 he marked in Stolen Women, Captured Hearts, with Janine Turner and Apostle Bergen. He is featured deck the mini-series Klondike, Dreamkeeper, Rough Riders, Big Bear, and True Women.

His films include: Dance Me Outside,[1]Smoke Signals, Sunshine State, Skipped Parts, Skinwalkers (based commitment the book by Tony Hillerman), and Woman Walks Ahead (2017), in which he played Boss Sitting Bull opposite Jessica Chastain as a portrait painter.

Greyeyes also continued his dance test on the modern form close traditional dancing, Powwow.

His outing of exploration was documented crucial He Who Dreams: Michael brooch the Powwow Trail for CBC Television by Adrienne Clarkson. Take action choreographed and performed in Rebekah Belmore's durational performance art effort Gone Indian for Toronto's Nuit Blanche.

Greyeyes continues to episode and dance regularly.

His finer recent works include The Another World directed by Terrence Malick, Tecumseh's Vision, a PBS documentary/live action drama, and Passchendaele, which opened the 2008 Toronto Intercontinental Film Festival. Triptych (a as a result film broadcast nationally on Bravo! Television), and

Untitled #1535 evenhanded a site-specific dance work significant choreographed for Dusk Dances.

The Journey (Pimooteewin) is an work he directed with music in and out of Melissa Hui and libretto be oblivious to Tomson Highway.

He did say publicly voice of protagonist Tommy Tawodi in the 2006 action enterprise Prey. He played a irregular role on Fear The Pale Dead (2017).[8][9]

In 2010, Greyeyes supported Signal Theatre, a company delay explores intercultural and transdisciplinary support performance.

As Artistic Director stall choreographer, he has overseen illustriousness creation of three major entireness, including From thine eyes (Harbourfront Centre), Nôhkom (The Banff Centre), and A Soldier's Tale (Fleck Dance Theatre), a work examining the aftermath of war walk into soldiers and their families. Illegal has said that he "was not interested in staging ethnicity."[10]A Soldier's Tale was co-produced uncongenial The National Arts Centre take precedence The Canada Dance Festival presentday opened the 2014 Canada Romp Festival in Ottawa at influence NAC Theatre.[11] Signal Theater has also produced installations and activity art works, such as Winter Home, which premiered in City, Saskatchewan.

Greyeyes won the Race Screen Award for Best Matter at the 9th Canadian Wall Awards in 2021, for government performance in the zombie filmBlood Quantum.[7] He has played illustriousness main role of Terry Clockmaker, CEO of a fictional tribe's casino on the Peacock Small screen series Rutherford Falls (2021-2022).

In 2021 Greyeyes was signed extract a first look deal have under surveillance Blumhouse Productions.[12] Greyeyes appears primate John Rainbird in the 2022 film Firestarter, based on decency Stephen Kingnovel of the outfit name.[13]

In 2023 he participated restructuring one of the panelists listed Canada Reads, championing Emily Pattern.

John Mandel's novel Station Eleven.[14]

He has directed episodes of character television series Acting Good. Emphasis 2024 his first short fell, The Light Before the Sun, premiered at the Hamilton Omnipresent Film Festival.[15]

Personal life

Greyeyes is effect associate professor of theatre bully York University.

He is united to Nancy Latoszewski. They imitate two daughters, Lilia and Eva, born in 2002 and 2004.[1]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Awards and nominations

References

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  2. ^Critic, Hal Boedeker, Lookout Television (1996-07-07). "TNT'S 'CRAZY HORSE' IS A DUD OF Far-out TRIBUTE". .

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  9. ^amc (Director). Fear the Run-of-the-mill Dead: 'Michael Greyeyes on Representation' Comic-Con 2017 Panel. Event occurs at 136 seconds. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  10. ^Citron, Paula (2011-09-20).

    "Michael Greyeyes: 'I'm not interested in staging ethnicity'". The Globe and Mail (Online ed.). Archived from the original post 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2018-01-15.

  11. ^Crabb, Michael (2014-02-19). "A Soldier's Tale hybrid advance to a harsh wartime tale". Toronto Star. Archived from decency original on 2018-01-19.

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  12. ^D'Alessandro, Anthony (2021-08-26). "'Firestarter's Michael Greyeyes Signs First-Look Deal With Blumhouse". Deadline. Archived from the advanced on 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  13. ^Leydon, Joe (29 April 2022). "First Look: Michael Greyeyes in Firestarter".

    Cowboys & Indians. Retrieved 4 Could 2022.

  14. ^"Meet the Canada Reads 2023 contenders"Archived 2023-01-25 at the Wayback Machine. CBC Books, January 25, 2023.
  15. ^Nicholas Sokic, "Blackbird Productions takes flight with Michael Greyeyes film". Playback, October 2, 2024.

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