Graham Greene’s Final Act: What the Stars Didn’t Warn Us Before This Legendary ‘Dances With Wolves’ Icon Passed at 73!
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So here we are, under a sky where Mercury is doing its usual retrograde shimmy—perfect timing, right?—we’re saying goodbye to a true luminary of the silver screen: Graham Greene. At 73, this Canadian First Nations icon wrapped up a legendary career that kicked off with a bang in Dances With Wolves, where he didn’t just play Kicking Bird—he became him, speaking Lakota with a soul-deep sincerity that earned him an Oscar nod. It’s the kind of role that sticks with you, much like a cosmic alignment that reshuffles the stars in your personal galaxy. Greene wasn’t just an actor; he was a storyteller who wore his heritage like a badge of honor, always injecting that rare, darker humor into his characters, quietly shifting the way First Nations people were seen on screen. From gritty cops to death row inmates, and spirited appearances in everything from Wind River to Marvel’s Echo, his presence was as undeniable as a full moon rising. And just when you think his story’s told, IMDb tells us he has eight films yet to bless us with his craft. Now, if that’s not a cosmic encore, what is? Click here to LEARN MORE.
A Canadian legend has passed away. Graham Greene, a trailblazing actor of Canadian First Nations descent, has passed away at 73. According to Deadline, the actor had suffered a long illness and died in a Toronto hospital. Greene had a long and distinguished Hollywood career, having first blasted onto the scene with a key supporting role in Dances With Wolves. In it, he played Kicking Bird, the medicine man of a Sioux tribe who becomes close friends with Kevin Costner’s John Dunbar. Greene performed the entire role in the Lakota dialect and earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.
This movie kicked off a massively successful career for Greene as a character actor in American movies, with highlights including his role as a tribal cop opposite the late Val Kilmer in Thunderheart, a send-up of his Dances With Wolves role in the Mel Gibson remake of Maverick, an against-type part as a NYPD cop in Die Hard With a Vengeance, a death row inmate in The Green Mile, plus roles in Taylor Sheridan’s Wind River, 1883, and Tulsa King, Marvel’s Echo, and so many more. Greene kept working until shortly before his death, with IMDb listing eight films he appears in that are yet to be released. One thing Greene always advocated for was a less stoic approach to writing First Nations characters, always trying to find the humour in his roles, no matter how dark.
Greene was something of a legend in the Canadian film industry, receiving a whole host of honours, including an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Sir Wilfrid Laurier University, and being appointed to the Order of Canada. He also won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for his 2000 album Listen to the Storyteller.
Indeed, Greene was a first-rate character actor who will be missed. I’m going to throw on my copy of Dances With Wolves in his honour.
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