DANCES WITH WOLVES Actor Graham Greene Passes Away at 73
Greene received an Oscar nomination for his performance as Kicking Bird in the 1990 award-winning film Dances with Wolves.
By: Chloe Rabinowitz Sep. 02, 2025
Graham Greene, a Canadian First Nations actor, best known for his Oscar nominated performance in Dances with Wolves, passed away on September 1 at the age of 73.
Greene first appeared on screen in 1979 in an episode of the Canadian drama series The Great Detective. His first film appearance was in 1983's Running Brave.
Following his Oscar-nominated turn in Dances with Wolves, Greene appeared in Maverick (1994), Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), The Green Mile (1999), The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), Molly’s Game (2017) and more.
On television, Greene appeared in Paramount+'s 1883 and Tulsa King. Additional TV credits include Wolf Lake, Defiance, Marvel’s Echo, American Gods and many more.
On stage, Greene appeared at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in 1991 in Tomson Highway’s Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing, the first show written by an Indigenous author and performed by an all-Indigenous cast to play at the 118-year-old venerable venue.
Greene also starred as Pierre St. Pierre, a role he originated in the play’s 1989 premiere in a production by Native Earth Performing Arts and Theatre Passe Muraille. Greene won a Dora award for his work.
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