Michael Greyeyes
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.
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Films (34)
Someone's Daughter
2026 · Kent
Meadowlarks
2025 · Anthony
40 Acres
2025 · Galen
The Light Before the Sun
2024 · Director
La grande marée
2024 · Marlon
Wildhood
2022 · Smokey
Charlie
2022 · Rainbird
Wild Indian
2021 · Michael/Makwa
Togo
2019 · Amituk
Rouge quantum
2019 · Traylor
Woman Walks Ahead
2018 · Sitting Bull
Jimmy P.
2013 · Allan
Kissed by Lightning
2009 · Jessie Lightning
La Bataille de Passchendaele
2008 · Highway
Cosmic Radio
2007
Le Nouveau Monde
2005 · Rupwew
Dreamkeeper
2003 · Thunder Spirit
Skinwalkers
2002 · Dr.Stone
Sunshine State
2002 · Billy Trucks
Zig Zag
2002 · Dale
Sam's Circus
2001 · Chief
The Lost Child
2000 · Eddie
Race Against Time
2000 · Johnny Black Eagle
Skipped Parts
2000 · Hank Elkrunner
The Minion
1998 · Gray Eagle
Smoke Signals
1998 · Junior Polatkin
Big Bear
1998 · Wandering Spirit
Firestorm
1998 · Andy
Stolen Women, Captured Hearts
1997 · Tokalah
Crazy Horse
1996 · Crazy Horse
Rude
1995 · Spirit Dancer
Dance Me Outside
1995 · Gooch
Geronimo
1993 · Juh
Telephone
Séries (25)
Cold Country
2027
Les abandonnés
2025 · Jack Cree
La guerre d’indépendance américaine : toute l’histoire
2025 · Joseph Brant / Uhhaunauwaunmut (voice)
Gremlins : Secrets du mogwai
2023 · Geronimo (voice)
1923
2022 · Hank
Rutherford Falls
2021 · Terry Tarbell
La Puissance des Vaincus
2020 · Ralph Drinkwater
De guerre et de sang
2019 · Jimmy Saint
Star Trek: Discovery
2017 · Felix
Fear the Walking Dead
2015 · Walker
True Detective
2014 · Brett Woodard
Numb3rs
2005 · Thomas Morris
The Jury
2004
Dreamkeeper
2003 · Thunder Spirit
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Sonny Brightbill
MythQuest
2001 · Strong Bear
Charmed
1998 · Bo Lightfeather
The Magnificent Seven
1998 · Imala
True Women
1997 · Tarantula
Millennium
1996 · Joe Reynard
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Brian Falcon
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993 · Walks In The Night
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
1992 · Shaman
American Experience
1988 · Tecumseh
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Eddie