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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.
Graham Greene was a Canadian Oneida actor whose career spanned over five decades, marked by his Academy Award-nominated performance as Kicking Bird in Dances with Wolves.
He is recognized for a body of work including roles in The Green Mile, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Wind River, and his contributions to Indigenous representation in screen acting.
He received an Academy Award nomination, a Grammy Award, a Canadian Screen Award, and the Governor General's Performing Arts Award.