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Rodney A. Grant

Rodney A. Grant

Born: 1959-03-09 • Macy, Nebraska, USA

Rodney Arnold Grant (born March 9, 1959) is an American actor.

Grant, a Native American, was raised on the Omaha Reservation in Macy, Nebraska. He is probably most well known for his role as "Wind In His Hair" in the 1990 film Dances with Wolves. He has also appeared in other films such as John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars, Wild Wild West, Geronimo: An American Legend, White Wolves III: Cry of the White Wolf, Wagons East!, The Substitute, War Party, and Powwow Highway. In television, he played the part of "Chingachgook" in the series Hawkeye that aired in 1994-1995. He has also had guest roles in a television series such as Due South, Two, and the Stargate SG-1 episode "Spirits". He also portrayed the famous warrior Crazy Horse in the 1991 television movie Son of the Morning Star.

Grant is a member of the Omaha tribe of Nebraska. He has been very active in youth activities and had served on the Native American Advisory Board for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. He has five grown children, three from a previous marriage, and two from previous relationships. He currently resides in southern California.

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Filmography
Dark Blood poster
Dark Blood
2012 • Indian #3
No Image
Shouting Secrets
2011 • Street Chief
Don't Come Knocking poster
Don't Come Knocking
2005 • Wild-Eye
Just a Dream poster
Just a Dream
2002 • Cecil Running Bear
Ghosts of Mars poster
Ghosts of Mars
2001 • Tres
White Wolves III - Cry of the White Wolf poster
White Wolves III - Cry of the White Wolf
2000 • Quentin
Wild Wild West poster
Wild Wild West
1999 • Hudson
Lakota Moon poster
Lakota Moon
1999 • Kills First
The Jack Bull poster
The Jack Bull
1999 • Billy
The Killing Grounds poster
The Killing Grounds
1998 • Ned Stillwater
The Staircase poster
The Staircase
1998 • Geronimo
Two for Texas poster
Two for Texas
1998 • Iron Jacket
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western poster
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997 • Self
Stolen Women, Captured Hearts poster
Stolen Women, Captured Hearts
1997
Vanishing Point poster
Vanishing Point
1997 • Vision Quest Indian
The Substitute poster
The Substitute
1996 • Johnny Glades
Wagons East! poster
Wagons East!
1994 • Little Feather
F.T.W. poster
F.T.W.
1994 • Bucky Miller
Geronimo: An American Legend poster
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993 • Mangas
No Image
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
1993 • Lunar Commish
The Doors poster
The Doors
1991 • Patron at Barney's
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' poster
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
1990 • Himself
Dances with Wolves poster
Dances with Wolves
1990 • Wind In His Hair
Powwow Highway poster
Powwow Highway
1989 • Brave on Horse
War Party poster
War Party
1988 • The Crow