Rodney A. Grant
Born: 1959-03-09
Known For: Acting
Biography
Rodney Arnold Grant (born March 9, 1959) is an American actor. Grant, a Native American, was raised on the Omaha Reservation in Macy, Nebraska. He is probably most well known for his role as "Wind In His Hair" in the 1990 film Dances with Wolves. He has also appeared in other films such as John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars, Wild Wild West, Geronimo: An American Legend, White Wolves III: Cry of the White Wolf, Wagons East!, The Substitute, War Party, and Powwow Highway. In television, he played the part of "Chingachgook" in the series Hawkeye that aired in 1994-1995. He has also had guest roles in a television series such as Due South, Two, and the Stargate SG-1 episode "Spirits". He also portrayed the famous warrior Crazy Horse in the 1991 television movie Son of the Morning Star. Grant is a member of the Omaha tribe of Nebraska. He has been very active in youth activities and had served on the Native American Advisory Board for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. He has five grown children, three from a previous marriage, and two from previous relationships. He currently resides in southern California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rodney A. Grant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2012
- Dark Blood as Indian #3
2011
- Shouting Secrets as Street Chief
2005
- Don't Come Knocking as Wild-Eye
2002
- Just a Dream as Cecil Running Bear
2001
- Ghosts of Mars as Tres
2000
- The District as Tommy Morgan
- White Wolves III - Cry of the White Wolf as Quentin
1999
- Wild Wild West as Hudson
- Lakota Moon as Kills First
- The Jack Bull as Billy
- Safe Harbor
1998
- The Staircase as Geronimo
- The Killing Grounds as Ned Stillwater
- Two for Texas as Iron Jacket
1997
- Stargate SG-1 as Tonané
- Vanishing Point as Vision Quest Indian
- Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western as Self
- Stolen Women, Captured Hearts
1996
- The Substitute as Johnny Glades
1994
- Due South as Eric
- Hawkeye (The First Frontier) as Chingachgook
- Wagons East! as Little Feather
- F.T.W. as Bucky Miller
1993
- Geronimo: An American Legend as Mangas
- Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun as Lunar Commish
1991
- The Doors as Patron at Barney's
- Son of the Morning Star as Crazy Horse
1990
- Dances with Wolves as Wind In His Hair
- The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' as Himself
1989
- Powwow Highway as Brave on Horse
1988
- War Party as The Crow