Michael Greyeyes
- Acting
- June 4, 1967 · Nova Scotia, Canada
Biography
Michael Joseph Charles Greyeyes (born 4 June 1967, Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian First Nations (Plains Cree, Muskeg Lake Cree Nation) actor, dancer, choreographer, director, and educator. He was the first Indigenous boy to graduate from the National Ballet School of Canada (1984) and danced with The National Ballet of Canada and Eliot Feld's company before a leg injury led him to acting. He earned an MFA from Kent State University (2003) and is the founding artistic director of Signal Theatre. He won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor for Blood Quantum (2019) and received Independent Spirit Award nominations for Wild Indian and Rutherford Falls. His film credits include Smoke Signals (1998), The New World (2005), Woman Walks Ahead (2018), Togo (2019), and Firestarter (2022). On television he is best known as Terry Tarbell in Rutherford Falls (2021–2022, 18 episodes) and has appeared in True Detective (S3), Fear the Walking Dead, I Know This Much Is True, and 1923. He is also the first Indigenous professor in the Department of Theatre at York University. He is married to ballet dancer Nancy Latoszewski; they have two children.
Known for
Filmography
- Cold Country
- Someone's Daughter
- The Abandons · Jack Cree
- Meadowlarks · Anthony
- The American Revolution · Joseph Brant / Uhhaunauwaunmut (Voice)
- 40 Acres · Galen
- The Light Before the Sun · Director
- The King Tide · Marlon
- Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai · Geronimo (Voice)
- 1923 · Hank
- Wildhood · Smokey
- Firestarter · Rainbird
- Wild Indian · Michael/Makwa
- Rutherford Falls · Terry Tarbell
- I Know This Much Is True · Ralph Drinkwater
- Togo · Amituk
- V Wars · Jimmy Saint
- Blood Quantum · Traylor
- Woman Walks Ahead · Sitting Bull
- Star Trek: Discovery · Felix
- Fear the Walking Dead · Walker
- True Detective · Brett Woodard
- Jimmy P. · Allan
- Kissed by Lightning · Jessie Lightning
- Passchendaele · Highway
- Cosmic Radio
- The New World · Rupwew
- Numb3rs · Thomas Morris
- The Jury
- Dreamkeeper · Thunder Spirit
- Dreamkeeper · Thunder Spirit
- Skinwalkers · Dr.Stone
- Sunshine State · Billy Trucks
- Zig Zag · Dale
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent · Sonny Brightbill
- Sam's Circus · Chief
- MythQuest · Strong Bear
- The Lost Child · Eddie
- Race Against Time · Johnny Black Eagle
- Skipped Parts · Hank Elkrunner
- Charmed · Bo Lightfeather
- The Minion · Gray Eagle
- Smoke Signals · Junior Polatkin
- Big Bear · Wandering Spirit
- Firestorm · Andy
- The Magnificent Seven · Imala
- True Women · Tarantula
- Stolen Women, Captured Hearts · Tokalah
- Millennium · Joe Reynard
- Crazy Horse · Crazy Horse
- Rude · Spirit Dancer
- Dance Me Outside · Gooch
- Geronimo · Juh
- Walker, Texas Ranger · Brian Falcon
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman · Walks In The Night
- Are You Afraid of the Dark? · Shaman
- American Experience · Tecumseh
- Hallmark Hall of Fame · Eddie