Person

Tatanka Means

Acting · Born 1985-02-19 · Porcupine, South Dakota, USA

Biography

Tatanka Wanbli Sapa Xila Sabe Means [Black Buffalo Eagle] is a Native American actor, comedian, boxer, entrepreneur, and activist of Oglala Lakota, Omaha, and Dine descent. He is best known for his roles in Saints & Strangers and Tiger Eyes. Tatanka is one of nine children of Oglala Lakota activist Russell Means, a leader of the American Indian Movement, and himself an actor.

Known for

Filmography

2026MarshalsMiles Kittle
2025Ransom CanyonJake Longbow
2025OpusNajee
2024Say a Little PrayerJared Raincloud
2024Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2Taklishim
2024Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1Taklishim
2024ARK: The Animated SeriesMato (voice)
2024The WindigoOgichidaa
2024EchoTvli
2023Killers of the Flower MoonJohn Wren
2023SurroundedScar
2022Outer RangeOfficer Edgar
2021Montford: The Chickasaw RancherRising Wolf
2020I Know This Much Is TrueNabby Drinkwater
2020FBI: Most WantedCody Sampson
2019Once Upon a River
2018UmoNhoN Iye: The Omaha SpeakingSelf (Narrator)
2017Native Stand UpJohn
2017MinutesJohn Locklear
2016Shangri-La SuiteOfficer Gingrass
2016GravesRussell Pratt
2016The Hybrids FamilyLance Hatton
2016Neither Wolf Nor DogDelvin
2016Burning BodhiLucas
2015Saints & StrangersHobbamock
2015Maze Runner: The Scorch TrialsJoe
2014A Million Ways to Die in the WestOther Apache
2013The Sixth GunVictor Birdsong
2013The HostSeeker Hawke
2013BansheeHoyt Rivers
2012Tiger EyesWolf - Martin Ortiz
2012Universal VIPThe Creator
2011SedonaChuck
2008The BurrowersTall Ute
2008In Plain SightYoung Fighter
2008Turok: Son of StoneBridge Sentry (voice)
1988American ExperienceNookau
—Wind River: Rising
—As Deep as the GraveSeechi

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