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Byron Chief-Moon

Byron Chief-Moon

Carlsbad, California, USA

Byron Chief-Moon is an American actor, choreographer, dancer, playwright, and founder of the Coyote Arts Percussive Performance Association, a dance theatre company. He was born in Carlsbad, California, United States and is a member of the Kainai First Nation of the Blackfoot Confederacy in southern Alberta. 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 1991 adventure film. 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. Chief-Moon is a father of three children. 

Filmography
Bloodland poster
Bloodland
2011 • Band Councillor #1 / Drillman #1
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse poster
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2010 • Taha Aki
X-Men Origins: Wolverine poster
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
2009 • Hunter #2
The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon poster
The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon
2008 • Aztec Priest
Byron Chief-Moon: Grey Horse Rider poster
Byron Chief-Moon: Grey Horse Rider
2007 • Self
Scary Movie 3 poster
Scary Movie 3
2003 • Native American #2
The Fear: Resurrection poster
The Fear: Resurrection
1999 • Crow
Alaska poster
Alaska
1996 • Chip's Father
Kidz in the Wood poster
Kidz in the Wood
1996 • Brandon Three Tongues
Suspicious Agenda poster
Suspicious Agenda
1995 • Silverwing
Black Fox poster
Black Fox
1995 • Standing Bear (as Byron Chief Moon)
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf poster
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
1994 • Matthew
Samurai Cowboy poster
Samurai Cowboy
1994 • Jack Eagle Eye
Medicine River poster
Medicine River
1993 • Clyde Whiteman