Michael Greyeyes

Michael Greyeyes (born June 4, 1967) is a Canadian actor, choreographer, director and educator. He is Plains Cree from the Muskeg Lake First Nation in Saskatchewan. His father was from the Muskeg Lake First Nation and his mother was from the Sweetgrass First Nation, both located in Saskatchewan.

Michael Greyeyes
Greyeyes at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con International
Born
Michael Joseph Charles Greyeyes

(1967-06-04) June 4, 1967
Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada
OccupationActor, Dancer, Choreographer and Director
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Spouse(s)Nancy Latoszewski
Children2

In 2018, Greyeyes portrayed Sitting Bull in Woman Walks Ahead to critical acclaim.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Greyeyes completed his master's degree in Fine Arts at the School of Theatre and Dance at Kent State University and graduated in May 2003. He is a graduate of The National Ballet School in 1984, he went on to apprentice with The National Ballet of Canada before joining the company as a Corps de Ballet member in 1987. After three years, he moved to New York City to join the company of choreographer Eliot Feld. Greyeyes performed in many of Mr. Feld's seminal works including Intermezzo, Skara Brae, and The Jig is Up. He performed in roles created for him in such ballets as Common Ground and Bloom's Wake.

Greyeyes‘ acting career began in 1993 when he was cast as Juh in TNT's Geronimo, which led to numerous television appearances, including guest starring performances in Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Walker, Texas Ranger, Numb3rs, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Millennium, and in 1998 starred in Stolen Women, Captured Hearts, with Janine Turner and Patrick Bergen. He is featured in the mini-series Klondike, Dreamkeeper, Rough Riders, Big Bear, and True Women. His films include: Dance Me Outside, Smoke Signals, Sunshine State, Skipped Parts, Skinwalkers ( based on the book by Tony Hillerman), and Woman Walks Ahead.

Greyeyes continued his dance research on the modern form of traditional dancing, Powwow. His journey of exploration was documented in a documentary entitled He Who Dreams: Michael on the Powwow Trail for CBC Television by Adrienne Clarkson. He choreographed and performed in Rebecca Belmore's durational performance art work Gone Indian for Toronto's Nuit Blanche.

Greyeyes continues to perform regularly. His more recent works include The New World directed by Terence Malick, Tecumseh's Vision a PBS Documentary/ Live Action drama created for PBS, Passchendaele which opened the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, Untitled #1535 a site-specific dance work he choreographed for Dusk Dances, Triptych (a short film broadcast nationally on Bravo! Television), and The Journey (Pimooteewin), an opera work he directed with music by Melissa Hui and libretto by Tomson Highway. He also did the voice of Tommy in the action game Prey and recently played a recurring role on Fear The Walking Dead.[5][6]

In 2010, Greyeyes founded Signal Theatre, a company that explores intercultural and transdisciplinary live performance. As Artistic Director and choreographer, he has overseen the creation of three major works, including From thine eyes (Harbourfront Centre), Nôhkom (The Banff Centre), and A Soldier's Tale (Fleck Dance Theatre), a work examining the aftermath of war upon soldiers and their families.[7] A Soldier's Tale was co-produced by The National Arts Centre and The Canada Dance Festival and opened the 2014 Canada Dance Festival in Ottawa at the NAC Theatre. [8]

Greyeyes at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018 for Woman Walks Ahead

Signal Theater has also produced installations and performance art works, such as Winter Home which premiered in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Greyeyes is an Associate Professor of Theatre at York University. Married to wife Nancy, he has two daughters, Eva (b. 2002) and Lilia (b. 2004).

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1995Dance Me OutsideGooch
RudeSpirit Dancer
1998FirestormAndy
Smoke SignalsJunior Polatkin
The MinionGrey Eagle
2000Skipped PartsHank Elkrunner
2002ZigZagDale
Sunshine StateBilly Trucks
2004The ReawakeningRobert Doctor
2005The New WorldRupwew
2008PasschendaeleHighway
The DreamingSpirit
2013Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains IndianAllan
2017Woman Walks AheadSitting Bull
2019Blood QuantumTraylor
TogoAmituk

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1993GeronimoJuhTV
1995Are You Afraid of the Dark?The ShamanEpisode: "The Tale of the Manaha"
1996Crazy HorseCrazy Horse
1997Stolen Women, Captured Hearts aka Stolen Women (UK)TokalahTV
Promised LandRod1 episode
Dr. Quinn, Medicine WomanWalks In The NightSeason 5, episodes 25 & 26 (Moment of Truth Parts 1 & 2)
True WomenTarantulaTV
Rough RidersDelchaney (Apache)TV
MillenniumJoe ReynardEpisode: "A Single Blade of Grass"
1998Big BearWandering SpiritTV mini-series
The Magnificent SevenImalaEpisode: "Ghosts of the Confederacy"
1999Walker, Texas RangerBrian FalconEpisode: "Team Cherokee" (2 parts)
2000Race Against TimeJohnny Black EagleTV
Harsh RealmThe BraveEpisode: "Cincinnati"
The Lost ChildEddieTV
2001CharmedBo LightfeatherEpisode: "The Good, the Bad and the Cursed"
MythQuestStrong BearEpisode: "Red Wolf's Daughter"
Sam's CircusChiefTV
2002Body & SoulDetective CornstalkEpisode: "Graveyard Shift"
SkinwalkersDr. StoneTV
2003DreamkeeperThunder SpiritTV
2004The JuryTy SawyerEpisode: "Lamentation on the Reservation"
2005Law & Order: Criminal IntentSonny BrightbillEpisode: "Gone"
Numb3rsThomas MorrisEpisode: "Bones of Contention"
2007Dancing with SpiritLead DancerEpisode: "Triptych"
2009American ExperienceTecumsehEpisode: "We Shall Remain Part II: Tecumseh's Vision"
2014KlondikeTlingit leaderRecurring
2015Saints & StrangersCanonicus2 episodes
2017Fear the Walking DeadQaletaqa Walker10 episodes
Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Guest Performance in a Television Series
American GodsPit BossEpisode: "Git Gone"
2019True DetectiveBrett WoodardSeason 3
V WarsJimmy Saint
2020Home Before DarkSam GillisSeason 1
I Know This Much Is TrueRalph Drinkwater4 episodes

Video games
Year Title Voice role Notes
2006 Prey Domasi Tawodi (Tommy)
Hiders #1
Abducted #2
Radio Caller #1
gollark: Hmmmm.
gollark: Um.
gollark: Probably not, we know it's 5d6 to duplicate it → likely failure, and bye.
gollark: I'll have to naturally level up in duplication or something.
gollark: You WOULD? Bee, guess we'll retroactively unexist that.

References
  1. "Review: A 'Woman Walks Ahead,' and Sitting Bull Stands Up". mobile.nytimes.com.
  2. "Review". www.rogerebert.com.
  3. "Jessica Chastain plays the artist who painted Sitting Bull in the inert history lesson 'Woman Walks Ahead'". www.latimes.com.
  4. ""Woman Walks Ahead" Finds Jessica Chastain and Sitting Bull Lost on the Plains". www.villagevoice.com.
  5. Schilling, Vincent (2017-08-14). "An Extensive Interview With 'Fear The Walking Dead' Star Michael Greyeyes". Indian Country Media Network. Archived from the original on 2018-01-30. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  6. amc (Director). Fear the Walking Dead: 'Michael Greyeyes on Representation' Comic-Con 2017 Panel. Event occurs at 136 seconds. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  7. Citron, Paula (2011-09-20). "Michael Greyeyes: 'I'm not interested in staging ethnicity'". The Globe and Mail (Online ed.). Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  8. Crabb, Michael (2014-02-19). "A Soldier's Tale hybrid approach to a harsh wartime tale | Toronto Star". Retrieved 2018-01-15.
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