"He told CBC Q's Tom Power earlier this year that he got his first acting opportunity when he was working as a roadie, and someone asked him if he'd ever considered acting. Even though he said he knew nothing about the theatre or even what a script looked like, he said he gave it a try. And he loved it."
"I changed into the costume and they put me in the shade in a nice chair, he said. They brought me food and water and I thought, 'Jeez, I'm living the life of a dog! This is great. I don't have to carry anybody's amplifiers anymore. I don't have to do lights. I don't have to drive halfway across the country for nothing.'"
"The Oneida actor from the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario was best known for film roles such as Kicking Bird, a Sioux medicine man, in 1990's Dances with Wolves, which earned him an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor, The Green Mile with Tom Hanks in 1999, and The Twilight Saga: New Moon in 2009. On television, he had roles in Northern Exposure in the 1990s, and more recently as a guest star in Reservation Dogs and The Last of Us."
Graham Greene died Monday in Stratford, Ont., at the age of 73. He was an Oneida actor from the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario known for roles including Kicking Bird in Dances with Wolves, The Green Mile and The Twilight Saga: New Moon. His television work included Northern Exposure, Reservation Dogs and The Last of Us. He began acting after a roadie offered him an opportunity, tried it despite having no theatre experience, and loved the work. His career spanned almost five decades and earned two Gemini Awards, a Canadian Screen Award, a Grammy and the 2025 Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement.
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