1. Gary Dale Farmer was born on June 12,1953 and is a Canadian First Nations actor and musician.
21 Facts About Gary Farmer
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Gary Farmer is perhaps best known for his role as Nobody in the films Dead Man and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, and for his role in Smoke Signals.
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Gary Farmer is widely recognized as a pioneer in the development of First Nations media in Canada and is the founding director of an urban Indian radio network, Aboriginal Voices Radio Network.
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Gary Farmer grew up in the American city of Buffalo where his father worked as a crane operator.
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Gary Farmer attended Syracuse University and Ryerson Polytechnic University, where he studied photography and film production.
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Gary Farmer's first acting role was in the 1976 play On The Rim of a Curse, about the Beothuk.
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Gary Farmer subsequently played police captain Joe Stonetree on the syndicated TV series Forever Knight, and Chief Tom in the CBC first nations TV series The Rez.
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Gary Farmer is best known for his role as spiritual Native American guide Nobody in Dead Man.
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Gary Farmer reprised the role for a cameo in Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, directed by Jim Jarmusch.
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Gary Farmer has performed in both the film and television adaptations of Tony Hillerman's novels.
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Gary Farmer played "Cowboy" Albert Dashee in the 1991 film The Dark Wind, and Captain Largo in the television adaptations of Coyote Waits and A Thief of Time.
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Gary Farmer played a supporting character Burt in the 2001 crime thriller The Score starring Robert De Niro, Marlon Brando, Ed Norton, Angela Bassett and Paul Soles.
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Gary Farmer appeared in two episodes of the popular children's television show Big Comfy Couch as Wobbly.
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Gary Farmer played the role of Fagin in Twist, the 2003 independent adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic novel Oliver Twist, and the role of "Iktome" in the 2003 all Native American cast TV film Dreamkeeper, directed by Steve Barron.
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Gary Farmer recorded the audiobook version of Louise Erdrich's 2012 novel The Round House, winner of the 2012 National Book Award for Fiction.
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Gary Farmer appeared in season 1 of the Sundance TV series The Red Road in 2014.
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In 2020, Gary Farmer had brief appearances in the films First Cow and The Dark Divide.
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Gary Farmer was nominated for Independent Spirit Awards for his roles in the movies Powwow Highway, Dead Man, and Smoke Signals.
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Gary Farmer has a blues band called Gary Farmer and the Troublemakers.
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Gary Farmer is a regular supporter of University of Nebraska Omaha Wambli Sapa Memorial Pow Wow, held a week before the Gathering of Nations Powwow.
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Gary Farmer makes appearances selling his CD's and occasionally giving speeches.