Byron Chief-Moon
Known For: Acting
Biography
Byron Chief-Moon is an American actor, choreographer, dancer, playwright, and founder of the Coyote Arts Percussive Performance Association, a dance theatre company. He was born in Carlsbad, California, United States and is a member of the Kainai First Nation of the Blackfoot Confederacy in southern Alberta. Chief-Moon has made appearances in several well-known American and Canadian TV shows (such as MacGyver, North of 60, Stargate SG-1, Da Vinci's Inquest,Highlander: The Series, and appeared on Walker, Texas Ranger, as well as several feature films. He appeared in Disney's White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf, a sequel to the 1991 adventure film. Some of his dance theatre pieces have included Possessed, Dancing voices and Voices, as well as Jonesing, an experimental video dance piece. He is also known for his choreography work on the documentary Echoes of the Sisters and the dance film Quest. Chief-Moon plays the Quileute chief Taha Aki in the Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Chief-Moon is a father of three children.
Filmography
2011
- Bloodland as Band Councillor #1 / Drillman #1
2010
- The Twilight Saga: Eclipse as Taha Aki
2009
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine as Hunter #2
2008
- Sanctuary as Spirit Being
- The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon as Aztec Priest
2007
2005
- Little House on the Prairie as Soldat Du Chene
2003
- Scary Movie 3 as Native American #2
2001
- MythQuest as Chaczal
1999
- The Fear: Resurrection as Crow
1998
1997
- Stargate SG-1 as Elder #2
1996
- Millennium as Fenton
- Alaska as Chip's Father
- Kidz in the Wood as Brandon Three Tongues
1995
- Black Fox as Standing Bear (as Byron Chief Moon)
- Suspicious Agenda as Silverwing
- Children of the Dust as Chief Walks-The-Clouds
1994
- Samurai Cowboy as Jack Eagle Eye
- White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf as Matthew
1993
- The X-Files as Father (uncredited)
- Walker, Texas Ranger as Red Bear
- Medicine River as Clyde Whiteman
1992
- Highlander: The Series as Jim Coltec
1991
1985
- MacGyver as Sammy