Graham Greene (actor)
Sign in to saveGraham Greene 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 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).
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Graham Greene was a Canadian actor and musician of Oneida ethnicity. Born on June 22, 1952, in Six Nations of the Grand River 40, he was a member of the Iroquois. He worked in the field of acting from 1979 until his death on September 1, 2025, in Toronto, Stratford. Greene spoke English and had one child.
His professional career included a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was based in Ontario and is recorded as having five works.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Canada
- Active from
- 1952
- Active to
- 2025
Discography
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate
· 2009 · cited 22,227x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,321x
- Mixed effects models and extensions in ecology with R
· 2009 · cited 12,553x
- A More Accurate Method To Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate from Serum Creatinine: A New Prediction Equation
· 1999 · cited 12,233x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,170x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1952-06-22 ) June 22, 1952, Six Nations Reserve , Ohsweken, Ontario , Canada
- Died
- September 1, 2025 (2025-09-01) (aged 73), Stratford, Ontario , Canada
- Occupations
- Actor recording artist
- Years active
- 1976–2025
- Spouse
- Hilary Blackmore ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1990-2025</span>"}]]}'>1990 )
- Relatives
- Gary Farmer (second cousin once removed)
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Described at
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Graham
- Family name
- Greene
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of death
- Stratford
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- acting
- Image
- Graham Greene March 2015.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Work location
- Ontario
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- Commons category
- Graham Greene (actor)
- date of birth
- 1952-06-22
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- start of work period
- 1979-00-00
- name in native language
- Graham Greene
- ethnic group
- Oneida
- date of death
- 2025-09-01
- end of work period
- 2025-00-00
- member of
- Iroquois
- described at URL
- baike.sogou.com/v184046786.htm
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Encyclopedic overview
Graham Greene (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, Greene 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.
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