Graham Greene Bio Info

Native American actor who gained fame as Kicking Bird, friend and mentor to Kevin Costner, in DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990). A full-blooded Oneida, Greene was born on the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, Canada. Prior to his DANCES WITH WOLVES success, he appeared with Al Pacino in the Revolutionary War misfire, REVOLUTION (1985); co-starred with Robby Benson in RUNNING BRAVE (1983); and played a Vietnam vet in the comedy adventure, POWWOW HIGHWAY (1989).
 After DANCES Greene began making frequent appearances on TV, generally playing quietly dignified characters on shows like "L.A. Law," "Northern Exposure" and "Murder, She Wrote." He also proved effective in less traditional fare such as "Where the Spirit Lives" (1990) for PBS' "American Playhouse" and the HBO film THE LAST OF HIS TRIBE (1992), in which he played the last survivor of the Yahi nation. He turned in a superb, laconic performance as a reservation cop who teaches rookie FBI man Val Kilmer a thing or two in Michael Apted's sober environmental thriller, THUNDERHEART (1992). Greene remains active in the Toronto theater community, where he has appeared in over a dozen productions.