1. Michael Greyeyes was born on June 4,1967 and is a First Nations actor, dancer, choreographer, director, and educator.
25 Facts About Michael Greyeyes
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In 1996, Greyeyes portrayed Crazy Horse in the television film Crazy Horse.
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In 2018, Michael Greyeyes portrayed Sitting Bull in Woman Walks Ahead to critical acclaim.
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Michael Greyeyes has had TV roles on Fear the Walking Dead, True Detective and I Know This Much Is True.
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Michael Greyeyes had a recurring role in the first season of the Paramount+ western series 1923.
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Michael Greyeyes won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, for his performance in the zombie film Blood Quantum.
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Michael Greyeyes's father was from the Muskeg Lake First Nation and his mother was from the Sweetgrass First Nation, both located in Saskatchewan.
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Michael Greyeyes is a graduate of The National Ballet School in 1984.
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Michael Greyeyes became an apprentice with The National Ballet of Canada before joining the company as a Corps de Ballet member in 1987.
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Michael Greyeyes performed in many of Feld's seminal works, including Intermezzo, Skara Brae, and The Jig is Up.
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Michael Greyeyes performed in roles created for him in such ballets as Common Ground and Bloom's Wake.
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Michael Greyeyes began his acting career in 1993, when he was cast as Juh in TNT's Geronimo.
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Michael Greyeyes is featured in the mini-series Klondike, Dreamkeeper, Rough Riders, Big Bear, and True Women.
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Michael Greyeyes's films include: Dance Me Outside, Smoke Signals, Sunshine State, Skipped Parts, Skinwalkers, and Woman Walks Ahead, in which he played Chief Sitting Bull opposite Jessica Chastain as a portrait painter.
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Michael Greyeyes continued his dance research on the modern form of traditional dancing, Powwow.
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Michael Greyeyes choreographed and performed in Rebecca Belmore's durational performance art work Gone Indian for Toronto's Nuit Blanche.
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Michael Greyeyes did the voice of protagonist Tommy Tawodi in the 2006 action game Prey.
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Michael Greyeyes played a recurring role on Fear The Walking Dead.
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In 2010, Michael Greyeyes founded Signal Theatre, a company that explores intercultural and transdisciplinary live performance.
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Michael Greyeyes won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, for his performance in the zombie film Blood Quantum.
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Michael Greyeyes has played the main role of Terry Thomas, CEO of a fictional tribe's casino on the Peacock TV series Rutherford Falls.
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In 2021 Michael Greyeyes was signed to a first look deal with Blumhouse Productions.
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Michael Greyeyes appears as John Rainbird in the 2022 film Firestarter, based on the Stephen King novel of the same name.
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Michael Greyeyes has directed episodes of the television series Acting Good.
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Michael Greyeyes is an associate professor of theatre at York University.