15 Facts About Kiowa Gordon

Kiowa Joseph Gordon is a Native American actor of Hualapai heritage.

Kiowa Gordon is best known for his role as shapeshifter Embry Call in The Twilight Saga, as well as Junior in the TV series The Red Road.

Since 2022, Gordon has played Jim Chee in the AMC series Dark Winds.

Kiowa Gordon was born in Berlin, Germany, where his father, Thomas Kiowa Gordon, was working.

Kiowa Gordon is a citizen of the Hualapai Tribe of Northern Arizona through his mother's side as well as European from his father.

Kiowa Gordon's family moved back to the US when he was two years old, and he grew up in Arizona, where he attended Cactus Shadows High School in Cave Creek, Arizona.

Kiowa Gordon attended the LDS church for a while in the same ward as Twilight author Stephenie Meyer.

Kiowa Gordon used to be a member of a progressive metal band called Touche, leaving it to focus on acting.

In 2009, Kiowa Gordon played shapeshifter Embry Call in New Moon, based on Stephenie Meyer's novel of the same name.

Kiowa Gordon has said that he was approached one day at church by Stephenie Meyer as she thought he would be perfect for the wolf pack.

Kiowa Gordon then attended an open casting where he landed the role of Jacob Black's best friend.

Kiowa Gordon replaced Krys Hyatt in New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn.

Kiowa Gordon was set to play Brad in the proposed American film Into The Darkness, but the film never came to fruition.

Kiowa Gordon portrayed Jake Kingston in the 2014 thriller Wind Walkers, which tells a Native American urban legend.

Kiowa Gordon starred in An Act of War, released on Netflix in 2015.