Michael Greyeyes

About

Michael Joseph Charles Greyeyes (born 4 June 1967, Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian First Nations (Plains Cree, Muskeg Lake Cree Nation) actor, dancer, choreographer, director, and educator. He was the first Indigenous boy to graduate from the National Ballet School of Canada (1984) and danced with The National Ballet of Canada and Eliot Feld's company before a leg injury led him to acting. He earned an MFA from Kent State University (2003) and is the founding artistic director of Signal Theatre. He won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor for Blood Quantum (2019) and received Independent Spirit Award nominations for Wild Indian and Rutherford Falls. His film credits include Smoke Signals (1998), The New World (2005), Woman Walks Ahead (2018), Togo (2019), and Firestarter (2022). On television he is best known as Terry Tarbell in Rutherford Falls (2021–2022, 18 episodes)...

Known for

Law & Order: Criminal IntentSeries • 2001CharmedSeries • 1998True DetectiveSeries • 2014American ExperienceSeries • 1988Numb3rsSeries • 2005Star Trek: DiscoverySeries • 2017Fear the Walking DeadSeries • 2015Dr. Quinn, Medicine WomanSeries • 1993Walker, Texas RangerSeries • 19931923Series • 2022Are You Afraid of the Dark?Series • 1992MillenniumSeries • 1996Gremlins: Secrets of the MogwaiSeries • 2023The Magnificent SevenSeries • 1998I Know This Much Is TrueSeries • 2020FirestarterMovie • 2022Rutherford FallsSeries • 2021The AbandonsSeries • 2025V WarsSeries • 2019The American RevolutionSeries • 2025The JurySeries • 2004The New WorldMovie • 2005TogoMovie • 201940 AcresMovie • 2025