Rodney A. Grant
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.
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Credits
- 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
- 2000 · White Wolves III - Cry of the White Wolf as Quentin
- 1999 · Safe Harbor as
- 1999 · Wild Wild West as Hudson
- 1999 · Lakota Moon as Kills First
- 1999 · The Jack Bull as Billy
- 1998 · The Killing Grounds as Ned Stillwater
- 1998 · The Staircase as Geronimo
- 1998 · Two for Texas as Iron Jacket
- 1997 · Stargate SG-1 as TonanĂ©
- 1997 · Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western as Self
- 1997 · Stolen Women, Captured Hearts as
- 1997 · Vanishing Point as Vision Quest Indian
- 1996 · The Substitute as Johnny Glades
- 1994 · Due South as Eric
- 1994 · Hawkeye (The First Frontier) as Chingachgook
- 1994 · Wagons East! as Little Feather
- 1994 · F.T.W. as Bucky Miller
- 1993 · Geronimo: An American Legend as Mangas
- 1993 · Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun as Lunar Commish
- 1991 · The Doors as Patron at Barney's
- 1991 · Son of the Morning Star as Crazy Horse
- 1990 · The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' as Himself
- 1990 · Dances with Wolves as Wind In His Hair
- 1989 · Powwow Highway as Brave on Horse
- 1988 · War Party as The Crow