Michael Greyeyes

Michael Greyeyes

actor, director, writer

Michael Greyeyes was born on Jun 04, 1967 in Canada. Michael Greyeyes's big-screen debut came with Geronimo directed by Roger Young in 1993, strarring Juh. Michael Greyeyes is known for I Know This Much Is True directed by Derek Cianfrance, Mark Ruffalo stars as Dominick Birdsey and John Procaccino as Ray Birdsey. Michael Greyeyes has got 2 awards and 6 nominations so far. The most recent award Michael Greyeyes achieved is Canadian Screen Awards, CA. The upcoming new movie Michael Greyeyes plays is Wildhood which will be released on Jun 24, 2022.

Michael Greyeyes is an actor, director, scholar and founding artistic director of Signal Theatre. He is Nêhiyaw (Plains Cree) from Muskeg Lake Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada. His film work includes the role of Traylor in "Blood Quantum," (Elevation Pictures/ Shudder Original), written and directed by Jeff Barnaby, Sitting Bull in "Woman Walks Ahead," (A24/ DirecTV) co-starring Jessica Chastain and directed by Susanna White. He also appeared in HBO's "True Detective" (Season 3) in the role of Brett Woodard and AMC Television's third season of "Fear the Walking Dead," playing Qaletaqa Walker. He has appeared in numerous feature films, including "The New World," directed by Terence Malick, "Skipped Parts," "Sunshine State," directed by John Sayles, "Passchendaele" directed by Paul Gross and "Dance Me Outside," a cult-classic directed by Bruce McDonald.Most recently, he can be seen as Ralph Drinkwater in HBO's acclaimed mini-series "I Know This Much is True," written and directed by Derek Cianfrance and starring Mark Ruffalo, Apple TV+ "Home Before Dark," Disney+ "Togo," and "V-Wars" for Netflix. He has appeared in a wide range of roles, including "Law and Order: Criminal Intent," to the title role in "Crazy Horse" (TNT), and Tecumseh in "Tecumseh's Vision" (PBS) to mini-series such as "Klondike" (Discovery), "Saints and Strangers" (National Geographic), and "Dreamkeeper" (ABC). As a director, he has created numerous theatre works including "Bearing," a searing dance opera that premiered at the 2017 Luminato Festival in Toronto, "A Soldier's Tale" (National Arts Centre), "from thine eyes" (Harbourfront Centre), and wrote "Nôhkom" (directed by Yvette Nolan). He was nominated for a Dora award for his direction (with Cole Alvis) for "Two Odysseys: Pimooteewin / Gállábártnit," a full-length evening of Indigenous opera featuring 2 librettos in Cree and Sami.He is represented by long-time manager Alan Mills (Mills Kaplan Entertainment) and talent agents MaryJane MacCallum (ARC) and Harry Gold (Talent Works).

  • Birthday

    Jun 04, 1967
  • Place of Birth

    Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada
  • Also known

    Mike Greyeyes

Known For

Awards

2 wins & 6 nominations

Canadian Screen Awards, CA
2021
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Winner - Canadian Screen Award
First Americans in the Arts Awards
2001
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a TV Movie/Special
Winner - FAITA Award

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