Forrest Goodluck
{{Short description|Native American actor (born 1998)}}
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| birth_place = Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
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Forrest Goodluck (born August 6, 1998) is a Native American actor. Since his debut as Hugh Glass's son Hawk in the 2015 film The Revenant, his film roles have included Adam Red Eagle, a two-spirit teenager sent to a conversion therapy camp, in the 2018 British-American film The Miseducation of Cameron Post, ecoterrorist Michael in the 2022 film How to Blow Up a Pipeline, and Billy Crow in the Paramount+ western series Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023).
Early life
A Native American, Goodluck was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His father, Kevin, is Navajo. His mother Laurie's ancestry includes Navajo, Hidatsa, Mandan, and Tsimshian from Alaska. His maternal grandmother was a citizen of the Three Affiliated Tribes from the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. Goodluck is a citizen of the Three Affiliated Tribes.{{cite news |url=https://www.yahoo.com/movies/20-questions-with-the-revenant-breakout-star-160332471.html |title=20 Questions with Revenant Break-Out Star |publisher=Yahoo News |date=January 12, 2016 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/23/forrest-goodluck-the-native-american-actor-ripping-up-the-rulebook |title=Forrest Goodluck: the Native American actor ripping up the rulebook |author=Amy Nicholson |work=The Guardian |date=August 23, 2018 |access-date=September 15, 2019 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.minotdailynews.com/news/local-news/2016/01/movie-making/ |title=Movie Making |publisher=Minot Daily News |accessdate=2024-04-12}}
Career
Goodluck's first acting experience was during a sixth-grade production of A Charlie Brown Christmas at his elementary school: later he performed in stage and theater productions in middle and high school.{{cite news |author=Leigh Nordstrom |url=http://wwd.com/eye/people/forrest-goodluck-the-revenant-leonardo-dicaprio-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-10297224/ |title=Forrest Goodluck Breaks Out |work=Women's Wear Daily |date=December 22, 2015 }} At age 13, he auditioned for Native American director Chris Eyre's film Man Called Buffalo, which never made it to production. He did get an opportunity to network with future casting directors.
Goodluck auditioned for the part of Hawk in the 2015 film The Revenant when he was 16 years old. The Revenant was his first feature film role.{{cite news |author=Chancellor Agard |url=http://www.people.com/article/the-recvenant-leonardo-diacpario-son-interview |title=Meet the 17 year old Native American Who Plays Leonardo DiCaprio's Son in The Revenant |work=People |date=January 9, 2016 }}{{cite news |author=Emma Brown |url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/discovery-forrest-goodluck |title=Discovery: Forrest Goodluck |work=Interview |date=December 21, 2015 }}{{cite news |last1=Galuppo |first1=Mia |title=‘Pet Sematary’ Prequel Adds ‘Mare of Easttown’, ‘Revenant’ Actors (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/pet-sematary-prequel-cast-1234980055/ |access-date=9 February 2022 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=9 July 2021}} Goodluck won Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor (14–21) at the 37th Young Artist Awards for his role as Hawk.{{cn|date=June 2025}}
In February 2016, he was cast to appear in a pilot for the Hulu drama Citizen as Guero, a "wiry graduate of the streets who serves as the charismatic and bipolar leader of a group called 'Baby Narcos.{{'"}}{{cite news |url=https://www.yahoo.com/tv/forrest-goodluck-joins-cast-hulus-044403752.html |title=Forrest Goodluck Joins Cast Of Hulu's Citizen |author=William Todd |publisher=Yahoo Entertainment |date=February 28, 2016 }} In November 2016, it was announced Goodluck would star opposite Chloë Grace Moretz and Sasha Lane in The Miseducation of Cameron Post.{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chloe-grace-moretz-sasha-lane-star-gay-conversion-drama-miseducation-cameron-post-948742 |title=Chloe Grace Moretz, Sasha Lane to Star in Gay Conversion Drama The Miseducation of Cameron Post |work=The Hollywood Reporter |author=Tatiana Siegel |date=November 18, 2016 |access-date=November 18, 2016 }} He starred as Saul Indian Horse in the 2017 drama Indian Horse about the history of Canadian boarding schools and the aboriginal people.{{cn|date=June 2025}}
In 2022 he played the self-taught explosive expert Michael in Daniel Goldhaber's eco-thriller How to Blow Up a Pipeline. A key sequence of the film was shot on the reservation where the actor's family lived, which had been affected by oil drilling. {{cite news |last1=Ide |first1=Wendy |title=How to Blow Up a Pipeline Review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/apr/23/how-to-blow-up-a-pipeline-review-eco-thriller-texas-oil |access-date=May 13, 2023 |publisher=The Guardian |date=April 23, 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Rapold |first1=Nicholas |title=How to Build an Environmental Thriller In Five Not So Easy Steps |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/14/movies/how-to-blow-up-a-pipeline-behind-the-scenes.html |access-date=May 13, 2023 |publisher=New York Times |date=April 14, 2023}} In 2023, he played Billy Crow in the Western mini-series Lawmen: Bass Reeves.{{cite web |last1=Otterson |first1=Joe |title=David Oyelowo, Taylor Sheridan's Bass Reeves Series at Paramount+ Adds Forrest Goodluck & Lauren E. Banks (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/david-oyelowo-taylor-sheridan-bass-reeves-series-paramount-plus-forrest-goodluck-lauren-e-banks-1235522429/ |website=Variety |access-date=1 March 2023 |date=February 14, 2023}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Note |
| 2015
| Hawk | |
| 2016
| Ink | Destin | Short film |
| 2017
| Saul at 15 | |
| rowspan=2|2018
| The Miseducation of Cameron Post | Adam Red Eagle | |
| Mud
| Joseph | Short film |
| 2019
| Joseph | |
| 2020
| Animal Springstine | |
| 2021
| Cherry | James Lightfoot | |
| 2022
|Michael |Executive producer |
| 2023
| Manny | |
| 2025
| |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Note |
| 2018
| Wesleyan Applicant | Episode: "Original Sin" |
| 2020
| Private Cloudfeather |Episode: “Why We Fight” |
| 2021
| Tyler | Main cast |
| 2022
| {{sort|English|Panhandle}} | Checotah | Main cast |
| 2022
| {{sort|English|The English}} | White Moon | Episode: "Cherished" |
| 2023
| The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder | Tyee (voice) | Episode: "Old Towne Road: Part 2" |
| 2023
| Accused | Chase | Episode: "Naathaanii's Story" |
| 2023
| Billy Crow | Main cast |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Note |
| 2020
| Michael Abila / Officer Holt | |
Awards and nominations
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! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Award ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Film ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" | Ref |
| 2016
! scope="row" | Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a Feature Film (Supporting Young Actor, Ages 14–21) | {{won}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|5569442}}
- {{Rotten-tomatoes-person|forrest_goodluck|Forrest Goodluck}}
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Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:21st-century Native American people
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:American male video game actors
Category:American male voice actors
Category:American people of Navajo descent
Category:American people of Tsimshian descent
Category:Male actors from Albuquerque, New Mexico