RIP Graham Greene

 

Veteran First Nations actor Graham Greene died in Toronto, Canada on September 1^st. He was 73. Born on Six Nations Reserve in Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada on June 22, 1952. He worked odd jobs before giving acting a go. Greene started on stage, and by the 1970s he was performing in Canadian and English professional theater productions. He made his screen debut in 1979 in an episode of the Canadian drama series ‘The Great Detective’; his first movie was the 1983 “Running Brave”. Greene’s big breakthrough came several years later when Kevin Costner cast him as Kicking Bird, one the main characters in his 1990 Western “Dances with Wolves”. The film landed 12 Academy Award nominations — including one for Greene as Best Supporting Actor — and won seven, including Best Picture. “Dances with Wolves” launched Greene’s Hollywood career. He went on to appear in such high-profile features as “Maverick” (1994) with Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster, “Die Hard with a Vengeance” (1995) with Bruce Willis, “The Green Mile” (1999) with Tom Hanks, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” (2009) with Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. Green appeared in four Euro-westerns: ‘The Campbells’ (TV) 1986-1988 as an Iroquois chief, “Powwow Highway” in 1988 as Vietnam veteran, “Grey Owl” in 1999 as Jim Bernard and “Wind River” in 2016 as Ben.