Michael Greyeyes
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 4, 1967 (age 59)
- Birthplace
- Nova Scotia, Canada
Biography
Michael Joseph Charles Greyeyes (born 4 June 1967, Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian First Nations (Plains Cree, Muskeg Lake Cree Nation) actor, dancer, choreographer, director, and educator. He was the first Indigenous boy to graduate from the National Ballet School of Canada (1984) and danced with The National Ballet of Canada and Eliot Feld's company before a leg injury led him to acting. He earned an MFA from Kent State University (2003) and is the founding artistic director of Signal Theatre. He won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor for Blood Quantum (2019) and received Independent Spirit Award nominations for Wild Indian and Rutherford Falls. His film credits include Smoke Signals (1998), The New World (2005), Woman Walks Ahead (2018), Togo (2019), and Firestarter (2022). On television he is best known as Terry Tarbell in Rutherford Falls (2021–2022, 18 episodes) and has appeared in True Detective (S3), Fear the Walking Dead, I Know This Much Is True, and 1923. He is also the first Indigenous professor in the Department of Theatre at York University. He is married to ballet dancer Nancy Latoszewski; they have two children.
Known For
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Filmography
Telephone
Movie
Cold Country
TV · 1 ep
Someone's Daughter
Movie · as Kent
40 Acres
Movie · as Galen
Meadowlarks
Movie · as Anthony
The American Revolution
TV · as Joseph Brant / Uhhaunauwaunmut (voice) · 3 eps
The Abandons
TV · as Jack Cree · 6 eps
The King Tide
Movie · as Marlon
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
TV · as Geronimo (voice) · 1 ep
Wildhood
Movie · as Smokey
Firestarter
Movie · as Rainbird
1923
TV · as Hank · 4 eps
Wild Indian
Movie · as Michael/Makwa
Rutherford Falls
TV · as Terry Tarbell · 18 eps
I Know This Much Is True
TV · as Ralph Drinkwater · 6 eps
Blood Quantum
Movie · as Traylor
Togo
Movie · as Amituk
V Wars
TV · as Jimmy Saint · 8 eps
Woman Walks Ahead
Movie · as Sitting Bull
Star Trek: Discovery
TV · as Felix · 1 ep
Fear the Walking Dead
TV · as Walker · 10 eps
True Detective
TV · as Brett Woodard · 4 eps
Jimmy P.
Movie · as Allan
Kissed by Lightning
Movie · as Jessie Lightning
Passchendaele
Movie · as Highway
Cosmic Radio
Movie
The New World
Movie · as Rupwew
Numb3rs
TV · as Thomas Morris · 1 ep
The Jury
TV · 1 ep
Dreamkeeper
Movie · as Thunder Spirit
Dreamkeeper
TV · as Thunder Spirit · 2 eps
Skinwalkers
Movie · as Dr.Stone
Zig Zag
Movie · as Dale
Sunshine State
Movie · as Billy Trucks
Sam's Circus
Movie · as Chief
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV · as Sonny Brightbill · 1 ep
MythQuest
TV · as Strong Bear · 1 ep
Skipped Parts
Movie · as Hank Elkrunner
Race Against Time
Movie · as Johnny Black Eagle
The Lost Child
Movie · as Eddie
The Minion
Movie · as Gray Eagle
Firestorm
Movie · as Andy
Smoke Signals
Movie · as Junior Polatkin
Big Bear
Movie · as Wandering Spirit
Charmed
TV · as Bo Lightfeather · 1 ep
The Magnificent Seven
TV · as Imala · 1 ep
Stolen Women, Captured Hearts
Movie · as Tokalah
True Women
TV · as Tarantula · 2 eps
Crazy Horse
Movie · as Crazy Horse
Millennium
TV · as Joe Reynard · 1 ep
Dance Me Outside
Movie · as Gooch
Rude
Movie · as Spirit Dancer
Geronimo
Movie · as Juh
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV · as Brian Falcon · 2 eps
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
TV · as Walks In The Night · 2 eps
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
TV · as Shaman · 1 ep
American Experience
TV · as Tecumseh · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Eddie · 1 ep