Byron Chief-Moon
{{Short description|Canadian actor}}Byron Chief-Moon is an Aboriginal Canadian actor, choreographer, dancer, playwright, and founder of the Coyote Arts Percussive Performance Association, a dance theatre company.
Early life and education
Chief-Moon was born in Carlsbad, California, and is a member of the Kainai Nation of the Blackfoot Confederacy in southern Alberta.{{Cite web |title=Byron Chief-Moon |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0157294/ |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=IMDb}}
Career
Chief-Moon has made appearances in several well-known American and Canadian TV shows (such as MacGyver, North of 60, Stargate SG-1, Da Vinci's Inquest, Highlander: The Series, and appeared on Walker, Texas Ranger, as well as several feature films.
He appeared in Disney's White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf, a sequel to the White Fang.{{Cite book |last=Pitts |first=Michael R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vgo3EgGRt44C&dq=Byron+Chief-Moon+White+Fang+2:+Myth+of+the+White+Wolf&pg=PA396 |title=Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed. |date=2012-12-13 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0090-1 |language=en}}
Some of his dance theatre pieces have included Possessed, Dancing voices and Voices, as well as Jonesing, an experimental video dance piece. He is also known for his choreography work on the documentary Echoes of the Sisters and the dance film Quest. Chief-Moon plays the Quileute chief Taha Aki in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.{{Cite book |last=Hudson |first=Dale |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fC5WDwAAQBAJ&dq=Byron+Chief-Moon&pg=PA186 |title=Vampires, Race, and Transnational Hollywoods |date=2017-05-18 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=978-1-4744-2309-0 |language=en}}
Personal life
Chief-Moon is a father of three children.{{CN|date=June 2022}}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1994
|Jack Eagle Eye | |
| 1994
|White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf |Matthew | |
| 1994
|Max |Bobby One Spot | |
| 1995
|Suspicious Agenda |Silverwing | |
| 1995
|Julio | |
| 1996
|Chip's Father | |
| 1999
|The Fear: Resurrection |Crow | |
| 2000
|Chatuga | |
| 2003
|Little Brother of War |Blaine | |
| 2003
|Native American #2 | |
| 2009
|Hunter #2 | |
| 2010
|Taha Aki | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1987, 1989
|Sammy / Joe Whales |2 episodes |
| 1990
|White Feather |Episode: "White Feather" |
| 1991
|Telephone company worker |Episode: "Das Winnebago" |
| 1993
|Clyde Whiteman |Television film |
| 1993–1995
|Louis Claybank |3 episodes |
| 1994
|Swift Hand |Episode: "The Child" |
| 1994
|Tales of the Wild |Woonga |Episode: "Chasseurs de loups, chasseurs d'or" |
| 1995
|Chief Walks-The-Clouds |2 episodes |
| 1995
|Father |Episode: "Anasazi" |
| 1995
|Standing Bear | rowspan="2" |Television film |
| 1995
|Brandon Three Tongues |
| 1995
|Clyde Smoke |Episode: "In the Shadows of the Gallows" |
| 1996
|Jim Coltec |Episode: "Something Wicked" |
| 1996–1999
|Joseph Ironhorse / Red Bear |3 episodes |
| 1997
|Felton |Episode: "A Single Blade of Grass" |
| 1998
|Elder #2 |Episode: "Spirits" |
| 1998–1999
|Goose Flowers |3 episodes |
| 2001
|Come l'America |Doug |Television film |
| 2001
|Chaczal |Episode: "Quetzalcoatl" |
| 2004
|Quest |Lead Dancer | rowspan="2" |Television film |
| 2008
|The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon |Aztec Priest |
| 2010
|Spirit Being |2 episodes |
| 2011–2013
|Chief Floyd Two-Rivers |10 episodes |
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0157294|name=Byron Chief-Moon}}
References{{Authority control}}
Category:Male actors from Alberta
Category:First Nations male actors
Category:Male actors from San Diego
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:People from Carlsbad, California
Category:Canadian male television actors
Category:Canadian male film actors
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