Native-American celebrities

1. Hoyt Axton

Hoyt Axton was born on March 25, 1938 in Duncan, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Gremlins (1984), Forrest Gump (1994) and The Big Chill (1983). He was married to Deborah Hawkins, Donna "Bambi" Roberts, Kathryn Roberts and Mary Sanino. He died on October 26, 1999 in Victor, ...

2. Tanner Beard

Producer | Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2

Tanner Beard is a film and television actor, CEO of Silver Sail Entertainment, Co-Founder Mammoth Film Festival and has written and directed several motion pictures, series and documentaries over the last few decades.

Named after his father Ricky Neal Beard, Neal Tanner Beard was born on September ...

3. Irene Bedard

Actress | Pocahontas

Irene Bedard (born July 22, 1967) is an Alaska Native actress enrolled in the Native Village of Koyuk who has played many American Indian characters in a variety of television shows and films. She is best known for her voice role as the title character in the Disney animated film "Pocahontas," and ...

4. Traci Bingham

Actress | Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

Traci Bingham was born on January 13, 1968 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress, known for Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995), East of Hollywood (2015) and Baywatch (1989).

5. Mary Birdsong

Actress | Succession

Mary grew up in the small beach community of Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Mary graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where she earned her BFA in acting, and was also awarded the Stella Adler Award for Outstanding Achievement in Acting.

Mary made her Broadway debut in "Martin Short: Fame ...

6. Gil Birmingham

Actor | Wind River

Gil Birmingham is an American actor of Comanche ancestry, best known for his portrayal of Billy Black in the The Twilight Saga film series. Birmingham was born in San Antonio, Texas. His family moved frequently during his childhood, due to his father's career in the military. He learned to play the...

7. Tokala Black Elk

Actor | 1883

Tokala Black Elk was born in 1984 in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, USA. He is an actor, known for 1883 (2021), Yellowstone (2018) and Grey's Anatomy (2005).

8. Sam Bradford

Self | The NFL on CBS

Sam Bradford was born on November 8, 1987 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. He has been married to Emma Lavy since July 15, 2016.

9. Mo Brings Plenty

Actor | Yellowstone

Mo Brings Plenty is an enrolled Lakota who hails from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. His traditional name -- given to him as a young boy -- is Ta Sunke Wospapi ("catches his horse"); it befits a man who spends more time on his horses than anywhere else. As a Makes Room on his mother's side and ...

10. Steven Bruns

Actor | The Holiday

Born and raised in Alaska, Steven got his first taste of the industry when he was picked up by a modeling agency in Baltimore and sent out to Europe. After modeling in Europe for several years, Steven moved to Miami where he started booking commercials and discovered an interest in acting. Steven's...

11. Sitting Bull

Actor | Tom and His Pals

Sitting Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota (Sioux) holy man and war chief, was born in 1831 near the Grand River in what is now the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He was named after his father, who was killed by Crow warriors--the Crow tribe being a longtime enemy of the Lakota--in an ...

12. Betty Ann Carr

Actress | Hangar 18

Betty Ann Carr was born on September 6, 1942 in Tennessee, USA. She was an actress, known for Hangar 18 (1980), Cancel My Reservation (1972) and Inferno in Paradise (1974). She was married to Thomas Carr. She died on January 7, 1995 in Morristown, Tennessee, USA.

13. John David Carson

Actor | Pretty Woman

John Franklin Carson was born and raised in Hollywood, California. His father was actor Kit Carson (born Eldridge Franklin Carson), who appeared in many Western films, most notably working with Dale Robertson. His mother, the former Rosemonde James, also had some acting experience, albeit primarily...

14. Greyson Chance

Soundtrack | Raising Hope

Greyson Michael Chance is an American singer, songwriter and pianist whose April 2010 performance of Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi" at a sixth-grade music festival became a hit on YouTube, gaining over 36 million views. Two of his original compositions, "Stars" and "Broken Hearts", gained over 4 and 6 ...

15. Lonny Chapman

Actor | The Birds

Utilitarian actor Lonny Chapman remains one of those highly familiar character faces to which you can't quite place the name. While he appeared in over 30 films and well over 300 TV programs over a five-decade career, the theater remained his first and foremost passion and for which he is best ...

16. Erin Elizabeth Cook

Actress | The TentVille Knights

Actress/Producer-Erin Elizabeth Cook started training for her career in Theatre, Television, and Film at the age of twelve. She has appeared in various TV Shows, Theatrical Productions, Commercials, and Films across the United States including Texas, California, Oregon and Oklahoma. Erin Elizabeth ...

17. Rita Coolidge

Soundtrack | Octopussy

Rita Coolidge was born on May 1, 1945 in Lafayette, Tennessee, USA. She is an actress, known for Octopussy (1983), Splash (1983) and Christmas in the Clouds (2001). She has been married to Tatsuya Suda since June 19, 2004. She was previously married to Kris Kristofferson.

18. Patrick Cranshaw

Actor | Old School

Joseph Patrick Cranshaw was an American character actor from Oklahoma. He is well-known for playing fraternity brother Blue from the Todd Phillips comedy film Old School. He had minor roles in many other shows and films including Seinfeld, Air Bud, Herbie: Fully Loaded and The Dukes of Hazzard. He ...

19. Brandon Cruz

Actor | The Bad News Bears

Brandon Cruz was born on May 28, 1962 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He is an actor and editor, known for The Bad News Bears (1976), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) and The Lords of Salem (2012). He has been married to Elizabeth Finkelstein since June 26, 1994. They have two children.

20. Cody Deal

Actor | Almighty Thor

Cody Deal made his Hollywood debut by starring in the the Syfy Original Movie, Almighty Thor (2011), opposite Richard Grieco and Patricia Velasquez. Cody grew up in Sedan, Kansas (pop. 1,000) and worked on a local ranch every summer bucking hay to help support his family starting in the 6th-grade ...

21. Johnny Depp

Actor | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II was born on June 9, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky, to Betty Sue Palmer (née Wells), a waitress, and John Christopher Depp, a civil engineer. He was raised in Florida. He dropped out of school when he was 15, and fronted a series of music-garage bands, including one ...

22. Thunderbird Dinwiddie

Actress | The Aerialist

Thunderbird Dinwiddie was born on December 22, 1973 in Anchorage, Alaska, USA. She is an actress, known for The Aerialist (2020), Supernatural (2005) and The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999).

23. Chris Eyre

Director | Smoke Signals

Chris Eyre was born in 1969 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He is known for Smoke Signals (1998), Dark Winds (2022) and Skins (2002).

24. Lance Fuller

Actor | This Island Earth

Lance Fuller was born on December 6, 1928 in Somerset, Kentucky, USA. He was an actor, known for This Island Earth (1955), God's Little Acre (1958) and Kentucky Rifle (1955). He was married to Joi Lansing. He died on December 22, 2001 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

25. Trent Garrett

Actor | Army of Thieves

Trent Garrett was born in Yorktown, VA and is the son of Greg Garrett and Libby Garrett. He has 1 older brother and a younger brother and sister. He attended Liberty University for 1 semester but dropped out and decided to pursue his acting career. He has done a lot of modeling and has been in the ...

26. Chief Dan George

Actor | Little Big Man

Actor, author, and musician Chief Dan George was born in present-day North Vancouver as Geswanouth Slahoot (later anglicized as 'Dan Slaholt'), the son of a tribal chief on Burrard Indian Reserve Nº. 3. He is the only Aboriginal actor in Canadian history to date with the right to use the title "...

27. Forrest Goodluck

Actor | The Revenant

Making his big screen debut, Forrest Goodluck appears opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domnhall Gleeson and Will Poulter in FOX's epic drama, "The Revenant." Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, the movie centers on legendary hunter, Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio), who is left for dead by...

28. Kiowa Gordon

Actor | Dark Winds

Kiowa Gordon was born on March 25, 1990 in Berlin, Germany as Kiowa Joseph Gordon. Moved to the States shortly after to live on the Hualapai Indian Reservation in Peach Springs, AZ and moved around quite a bit growing up until settling down in Phoenix, AZ where he landed the role of Embry Call in ...

29. Rodney A. Grant

Actor | Dances with Wolves

Native American actor, Rodney Arnold Grant was born the 9th of March, 1959. After his biological parents abandoned him, his grandparents raised him from 6 months of age, up until 1982. Rodney has five adult children: three daughters from his ex-wife, all of which were raised by their mother, and ...

30. Saginaw Grant

Actor | The Lone Ranger

Saginaw is the Hereditary Chief and a respected member of the Sac and Fox, Iowa and Otoe-Missouria Nations.

In 1936, Saginaw Morgan Grant was born to Sarah and Austin Grant Sr. at Pawnee Indian Hospital in Pawnee, Oklahoma. He was raised on a farm in Cushing, Oklahoma with two brothers and one ...

31. Kimberly Guerrero

Actress | The Glorias

Kimberly is a Native American actor who has enjoyed a long career in film, television, and theatre. Some of Kimberly's recent credits include playing "Auntie B" in FX on the hit comedy RESERVATION DOGS, "Katie Clarke" opposite Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer in the lauded Amazon/BBC limited series ...

32. Joy Harjo

Writer | A Thousand Roads

Joy Harjo was born on May 9, 1951 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for A Thousand Roads (2005), Joy Harjo: Eagle Song (2002) and Reservation Dogs (2021).

33. Michael Harjo

Producer | Bottled Secrets

Michael Harjo is the Founder of Creek Brothers Films, Inc., a Native American Film and Production company. Michael is a citizen of the Muscogee Creek Nation, which is located in the heart of Oklahoma. He has over 20 years in business finance and development. Michael is also a creator and producer ...

34. Shokat Harjo

Actor | I Walked Alone

Actor, writer, director, and producer Shokat Harjo was born in northern Syria. During the Syrian Civil War, he was shot and injured by ISIS. During his recovery, he spent several years as a refugee and eventually immigrated to Norway. Harjo wants to use his unique perspective as a foreigner in new ...

35. Sterlin Harjo

Writer | Reservation Dogs

Sterlin Harjo is known for Reservation Dogs (2021), Barking Water (2009) and Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People (2015).

36. Cecilia Hart

Actress | Law & Order

Cecilia Hart was born on June 6, 1948 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA. She was an actress, known for Law & Order (1990), The Runaways (1978) and MacGyver (1985). She was married to James Earl Jones and Bruce Weitz. She died on October 16, 2016 in Westport, Connecticut, USA.

37. Chuck Hayward

Stunts | The Blues Brothers

American stuntman, long associated with John Wayne, who doubled for most of the great Western and action stars of the 1950s-1980s. His parents, Bert and Hazel Hayward, were cattle ranchers on a farm near Hyannis, Nebraska, about sixty miles east of Hayward's birthplace in Alliance. He spent his ...

38. Kelsey Hewlett

Actress | Just Our Luck

Kelsey Hewlett is known for Just Our Luck (2016), Tales of the Frontier (2012) and Theatre Fantastique (2014).

39. Pat Hogan

Actor | The Nebraskan

Thurman Lee Haas was born on 3 February, 1920 in central Oklahoma on the Pottawatomie Indian Reservation (home of the Kickapoo Tribe). His parents were Reuben Claude Haas and the former Ann Maud Waldrip. His father was a farmer who later became involved in tribal governments in Oklahoma and the ...

40. Jack Hoxie

Actor | Looking for Trouble

American cowboy star of silent films, Jack Hoxie was raised in the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) and in Idaho, learning riding and roping at an early age. He became a popular and successful rodeo star, winning national championships. In 1914, after touring the U.S. in a Wild West show, he came to...

41. Gayle Hunnicutt

Actress | Marlowe

Beautiful, auburn-haired Virginia Gayle Hunnicutt was born in Fort Worth, Texas, the daughter of Sam Lloyd Hunnicutt, an army colonel, and his wife Mary (née Dickerson). Already in her teens, Gayle was determined to become a serious actress. She attended Texas Christian University in her home town ...

42. Mylo Ironbear

Actor | Rites of Passage

Mylo Ironbear was born on December 4, 1965 in Devils Lake, North Dakota, USA. He is an actor, known for Rites of Passage (2012), Tilda (2011) and Family Law (1999).

43. Julia Jones

Actress | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Julia Jones is one of the entertainment industry's brightest talents.

Julia stars in a leading role on Dexter: New Blood, Showtime's record-shattering, most watched series to date. She can also be seen in Peacock's comedy series Rutherford Falls, Disney+'s hit series The Mandalorian, and HBO's ...

44. Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley

Actor | Brother Bear

Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley was born on November 8, 1934 in Bethel, Alaska, USA. He was an actor, known for Brother Bear (2003), Salmonberries (1991) and M.U.G.E.N (1999). He died on April 24, 2011 in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.

45. Q'orianka Kilcher

Actress | The New World

At fourteen years old, Q'orianka Kilcher emerged into the front ranks of young actresses with her portrayal of Pocahontas opposite Colin Farrell and Christian Bale in Terrence Malick's 'The New World', an epic about the encounter between English and North American societies in the early 1600s. Her ...

46. Austin Kincaid

Animation_department | Jeanetic

Austin Kincaid is known for Jeanetic (2019).

47. Stepfanie Kramer

Actress | Hunter

In her iconic role as Sgt Dee Dee McCall, from 1984 to 1990, she helped to make the NBC hit series "Hunter" a true international hit with a fan base around the world. Her strong portrayal became a powerful positive influence for many women and helped to change how women were seen in crime dramas ...

48. Sacheen Littlefeather

Actress | The Trial of Billy Jack

Sacheen Littlefeather was born on November 14, 1946 in Salinas, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Trial of Billy Jack (1974), Johnny Firecloud (1975) and Winterhawk (1975). She was married to Charles Koshiway Johnston. She died on October 2, 2022 in Novato, California, USA.

49. Randolph Mantooth

Actor | Emergency!

Randolph Mantooth definitely fit the bill when he made a bankable name for himself in the TV medical series Emergency! (1972) as strong but sensitive paramedic/firefighter "John Gage".

Tall, dark and good-looking, Randy is of Seminole Indian heritage, born in Sacramento, California on September 19, ...

50. Robin Maxkii

Director | Blood Quantum

Robin Maxkii is known for Blood Quantum (2016), Autopsy (2008) and The Whisperers (2009).

51. Charlene May

Transportation_department | Bumblebee

Charlene was born and grew up in Florida. Her interest in films started at a young age when her father would take her to see movies as a child. In high school she worked at a movie theater just so she could see every movie that came out for free. She developed a real passion for story, which is ...

52. Russell Means

Actor | The Last of the Mohicans

Russell Means was born an Oglala/Lakota Sioux Indian. He was the first national director of the American Indian Movement (AIM) in which role he became prominent during the 1973 standoff with the U.S. government at Wounded Knee. In 1987, he joined the U.S. Libertarian Party and announced his ...

53. Tatanka Means

Actor | Killers of the Flower Moon

Tatanka Means was born on February 19, 1985 in Rapid City, South Dakota, USA. He is an actor, known for Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) and The Host (2013).

54. Casey Messer

Actress | Army of the Dead

Casey Messer was born on October 8, 1983 in Soldotna, Alaska, USA. She is an actress, known for Army of the Dead (2021), Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) and Carriers (2009).

55. Joshua Morrow

Actor | The Young and the Restless

Joshua Morrow was born on February 8, 1974 in Juneau, Alaska, USA. He is an actor, known for The Young and the Restless (1973), Parker (2013) and Golden Shoes (2015). He has been married to Tobe Keeney since August 4, 2001. They have four children.

56. Wes Motley

Producer | Prisoner

Wes Motley began his theatrical career onstage in productions such as Hair!, Days of Wine and Roses, Twelfth Night and Cyrano De Bergerac among many others. He met Tamara Trexler while playing a leading role opposite her in a Nashville, Tennessee theatrical production. They teamed up as business ...

57. Gary Mule Deer

Actor | Annie Hall

Gary Mule Deer's unique comedy and music have set him apart as one-of-a-kind. He has performed on every major concert stage in the country and made over 350 television appearances, including many on both The Tonight Show and The Late Show With David Letterman. He was one of six comedians, along ...

58. Chantay Nieber

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Chantay was born in Glendale CA and grew up in the LA area. She got the acting bug when she was asked to be a featured extra in the movie "Sandman" in 1992. She took a commercial acting class lead by Gordon Jump. She has appeared in many Television shows including "My so called" "Superhuman Samurai...

59. Shawn Parsons

Actor | The Gunfighter

The Alabama native is best known for co-starring with Nick Offerman in "The Gunfighter", an internationally acclaimed short film, as The Pig in the final season of FX's "Justified", and as Sam in The CW/Netflix series "Containment". Notable theatrical performances include "Trog & Clay" at the ...

60. Burt Reynolds

Actor | Boogie Nights

Enduring, strong-featured, and genial star of US cinema, Burt Reynolds started off in T.V. westerns in the 1960s and then carved his name into 1970s/1980s popular culture, as a sex symbol (posing nearly naked for "Cosmopolitan" magazine), and on-screen as both a rugged action figure and then as a ...

61. Lily Richards

Actress | Twenty

Lily Richards was born on November 14, 1994 in Denver, Colorado, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Twenty (2017), Welcome, Megan (2023) and Erin (2019).

62. Will Rogers

Actor | Steamboat Round the Bend

World-famous, widely popular American humorist of the vaudeville stage and of silent and sound films, Will Rogers graduated from military school, but his first real job was in the livestock business in Argentina, of all places. He transported pack animals across the South Atlantic from Buenos Aires...

63. Bob Ross

Self | Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting

Bob Ross was born on October 29, 1942 in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA. He was married to Lynda Lucille Freeman, Jane Ross and Vicky Ross. He died on July 4, 1995 in Orlando, Florida, USA.

64. Gina St. John

Actress | Prom Night

Gina St. John was born in Natchez, Mississippi, USA. She is known for Prom Night (2008), Baby Daddy (2012) and xXx: State of the Union (2005).

65. Will Sampson

Actor | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

A Native American actor of the Creek Nation, Sampson's "big break" came from his memorable role in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) opposite Jack Nicholson. He was also starred opposite Clint Eastwood in the western The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976). He had supporting roles in Orca (1977), The ...

66. Johnny Sands

Actor | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Johnny Sands was born on April 29, 1928 in Lorenzo, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), Born to Speed (1947) and Aladdin and His Lamp (1952). He was married to Donella B. Clementini and Sue Allen. He died on December 30, 2003 in Ainaloa, Hawaii, USA.

67. Larry Sellers

Actor | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Larry Sellers was a Native American actor and stuntman of Osage and Cherokee descent and an adopted member of the Lakota nation. Sellers became known for his regular role as Cloud Dancing in the popular CBS hit series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993). He also worked in the capacity of technical ...

68. Martin Sensmeier

Actor | The Magnificent Seven

Martin Sensmeier is an American Actor and Producer from the Alaskan Native Tribes, Tlingit as well as Koyukon-Athabascan. He was raised in the village of Yakutat, Alaska.

He is best known for his roles in the Magnificent Seven, Wind River, Yellowstone and Westworld. He next can be seen in Netflix' ...

69. Cynthia Sikes

Producer | Blade Runner 2049

Cynthia Sikes was born on January 2, 1954 in Coffeyville, Kansas, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988) and JAG (1995). She was previously married to Bud Yorkin.

70. Scott Anthony Simmons

Actor | Space Between Breaths

Scott calls himself a "recovered actor". He returned to the business in the fall of 2011 in the film "Nostalgia" from the award winning script. He portrayed Dean Samuel Pilsner in the comedic thriller. He has since been busy acting in films, television, web series and on stage.

Scott, who is equally...

71. Eddie Spears

Actor | DreamKeeper

Eddie Spears was born on November 29, 1982 in Chamberlain, South Dakota, USA. He is an actor, known for DreamKeeper (2003), Hell on Wheels (2011) and Bone Tomahawk (2015).

72. Chaske Spencer

Actor | The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Chaske Spencer is an award-nominated actor who currently stars in Marvel Studios' new series ECHO as 'Henry "Black Crow" Lopez, Maya's (Alaqua Cox) well-intended uncle with ties to Fisk's (Vincent D'Onofrio) criminal underworld. His recent co-lead opposite Emily Blunt in Hugo Blick's limited series...

73. Booboo Stewart

Actor | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

Booboo Stewart was thrust into the spotlight with his winning the coveted role of Seth Clearwater in the The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) and reprising the role in both The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011) and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012). At age 10 Booboo began his...

74. Glenn Strange

Actor | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

At various times in his life a rancher, deputy sheriff and rodeo performer, this huge, towering (6' 5") beast of a man was born George Glenn Strange in Weed, New Mexico, on August 16, 1899, but grew up a real-life cowboy in Cross Cut, Texas. He taught himself (by ear) the fiddle and guitar at a ...

75. Wes Studi

Actor | The Last of the Mohicans

From small-town Oklahoma native to internationally acclaimed actor and musician, Wes Studi credits his passion and multi-faceted background for his powerful character portrayals that forever changed a Hollywood stereotype. Within a few years of his arrival in Hollywood, Studi caught the attention ...

76. Jade Tailor

Actress | The Magicians

Jade Tailor is most known for playing the role of "Kady" in five seasons of the SyFy series "The Magicians." The show is based on Lev Grossman's best-selling book trilogy, centering around Brakebills University, a secret institution specializing in magic. Tailor appeared in the TNT series "Murder ...

77. Christy Taylor

Actress | O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Christy Taylor was born on June 29, 1974 in Anchorage, Alaska, USA. She is a production manager and producer, known for O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Waitress (2007) and Mortdecai (2015).

78. Tate Taylor

Producer | Get on Up

Tate Taylor was born on June 3, 1969 in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Get on Up (2014), The Help (2011) and The Girl on the Train (2016).

79. Jim Thorpe

Actor | Trailin' West

Jim Thorpe is an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. Thorpe became the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States. Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, he won Olympic gold medals in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon, and played American ...

80. Stacey Thunder

Actress | Yellowstone

Stacey Thunder is a producer, television host, actress, and attorney serving Indian Country for over 20 years. She began her television career in 2004 as the host and co-producer of the on-going PBS weekly news magazine series, "Native Report", of which she has hosted 154 episodes in eleven years. ...

81. Jeanne Tripplehorn

Actress | Basic Instinct

Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 10, 1963, Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn developed an interest in performing through her father, guitarist Tom Tripplehorn, who at one time recorded with the pop group Gary Lewis & The Playboys on such hits as "This Diamond Ring". (Note: many references list Jeanne's ...

82. John Trudell

Actor | Smoke Signals

John Trudell was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to a Santee Sioux father and Mexican Indian mother. After a stint in the Navy (and Vietnam) from 1963 to 1969, he became involved with the American Indian Movement, becoming National Chairman in 1973. He held that position until 1979; it was then that his ...

83. Ariel Tweto

Producer | The Pipeline

Ariel Tweto was born in 1987 in Unalakleet, Alaska, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for The Pipeline, Francis (2010) and The Great North (2021).

84. Misty Upham

Actress | August: Osage County

Misty Anne Upham, born in Kallispell, Montana, grew up in south Seattle, the fourth of five children. She began her career at the age of thirteen when she joined a community theater group, Red Eagle Soaring. What began as a summer workshop soon turned into a full-time job. By the age of fourteen ...

85. Elizabeth Warren

Actress | Alpha House

Elizabeth Warren was born on June 22, 1949 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. She is an actress, known for Alpha House (2013), Maxed Out (2006) and Capitalism: A Love Story (2009). She has been married to Bruce Hartllng Mann since July 12, 1980. She was previously married to James Robert Warren.

86. Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman

Actor | Dances with Wolves

Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman was born on August 17, 1936 in Lake Traverse Indian Reservation, Roberts County, South Dakota, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Dances with Wolves (1990), Hidalgo (2004) and Dharma & Greg (1997). He was married to Rosie. He died on December 13, 2007 in Los...

87. Amelia White

Actress | The Dawnseeker

Amelia White is a SAG-AFTRA actor originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is a proud member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Amelia's journey into the world of acting began in her home state, where she gained her SAG eligibility. Amelia's personality radiates warmth and determination, reflecting ...

88. Wade Williams

Actor | Ken Park

Wade Williams was born on December 24, 1961 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. He is an actor, known for Ken Park (2002), Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012) and Gangster Squad (2013). He is married to Emma. They have one child.

89. Shannon Woodward

Actress | Westworld

Shannon Woodward is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Sabrina Collins on the FOX sitcom Raising Hope (2010-2014), Elsie Hughes on the HBO science-fiction thriller series Westworld (2016-2018), and the voice and motion capture of Dina in the video game The Last of Us Part II, ...

90. Corey James Wright

Actor | Let's Be Cops

Corey James Wright was born on December 7, 1980 in Anchorage, Alaska, USA. He is an actor, known for Let's Be Cops (2014), Parental Guidance (2012) and Month to Month (2011).

91. Sara Evans

Soundtrack | Where the Heart Is

Sara Evans was born on February 5, 1971 in New Franklin, Missouri, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Where the Heart Is (2000), Sara Evans: Born to Fly (2009) and To Appomattox (2015). She has been married to Jay Barker since June 14, 2008. She was previously married to Craig Schelske.

92. Dylan Mobley

Actor | Arukimedesu no taisen

Dylan Mobley is known for The Great War of Archimedes (2019), Date a Live (2013) and The Divine Fury (2019).

93. Linda Darnell

Actress | Fallen Angel

Linda Darnell, one of five children of a postal clerk, grew up fast. At 11, she was modeling clothes, giving her age as 16. At 13, she was appearing on the stage with little theater groups. Her mother encouraged her to audition when Hollywood talent scouts came to Dallas. She went to California and...

94. John Ashley

Producer | The A-Team

Oklahoma-bred John Ashley got his start in the movie business while on a vacation in California. A friend from Oklahoma State University got him onto the set of the John Wayne movie The Conqueror (1956), and Wayne in turn steered him toward a job in television in the William Castle series Men of ...

95. Monte Blue

Actor | Key Largo

Stalwart, durable Monte Blue, a romantic leading man of the silent days, was born January 11, 1887, as Gerard Monte Blue (some sources indicate 1890, but his mother's application for his admission to the Soldier's and Sailor's Orphan's Home lists his birth date as January 11, 1887). Various sources...

96. Henry Kingi

Stunts | Venom

Henry Kingi was born on December 2, 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Venom (2018), Predator 2 (1990) and Bad Boys II (2003). He was previously married to Lindsay Wagner and Eilene Frances Davis.

97. Wayne Newton

Actor | Vegas Vacation

Wayne Newton was born on April 3, 1942 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Vegas Vacation (1997), Licence to Kill (1989) and The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990). He has been married to Kathleen McCrone since April 9, 1994. They have one child. He was previously ...

98. Richard Trueblood

Animation_department | DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp

Richard Trueblood was born on August 4, 1941. He was a director and producer, known for DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990), He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983) and Fantastic Four: The Animated Series (1994). He died on August 21, 2019 in Haskell, Texas, USA.

99. John War Eagle

Actor | The Man from Laramie

John War Eagle was born on September 24, 1901 in Charles Mix, South Dakota. He was an actor, known for The Man from Laramie (1955), Last of the Comanches (1953) and The Great Sioux Uprising (1953). He was married to Harriet Pansy McBride. He died on June 21, 1977 in Orange County, California, USA.

100. Quannah Chasinghorse

Actress | Reservation Dogs

Quannah Chasinghorse is known for Reservation Dogs (2021), Feels Good (2016) and Haute Saison (2022).