List of Native American actors

This is a list of Native American actors in the United States, including Alaskan Natives.

While Native American identity can be complex, it is rooted in political sovereignty that predates the creation of colonial nation states like the United States, Canada, and Mexico and persists into the 21st century recognized under international law by treaty. The Bureau of Indian Affairs defines Native American as having American Indian or Alaska Native ancestry. Legally, being Native American is defined as being enrolled in a federally recognized tribe, including Alaskan villages. Ethnologically, factors such as culture, history, language, religion, and familial kinships can influence Native American identity. All individuals on this list should have confirmed Native American ancestry. Historical figures might predate tribal enrollment practices and would be included based on ethnological tribal membership, while any contemporary individuals should either be enrolled members of federally recognized tribes or have cited Native American ancestry and be recognized as being Native American by their respective tribes(s). Contemporary unenrolled individuals should only be listed as being of descent from a tribe if they have confirmed heritage.

A

 * Victor Aaron (1956–1996), Yaqui descent
 * Apesanahkwat, Menominee Nation

B

 * Dewey Beard a.k.a. Iron Hail, Lakota, Miniconjou
 * Irene Bedard, Inupiat
 * Chief John Big Tree, Seneca
 * Moses Brings Plenty, Oglala Lakota
 * Cole Brings Plenty, nephew of Moses

C

 * Tonantzin Carmelo, Tongva/Kumeyaay descent
 * Alaqua Cox, Menominee/Mohican

D

 * Cody Deal (born 1986), Osage Nation

E

 * Chris Eyre, Southern Cheyenne director and producer

F

 * Abel Fernandez (1930–2016), Yaqui descent

G

 * Forrest Goodluck, Navajo
 * Kiowa Gordon, Hualapai Tribe
 * Rodney A. Grant, Omaha
 * Saginaw Grant, member of Sac and Fox Nation
 * Kimberly Norris Guerrero, Colville (enrolled), Salish-Kootenai, and Cherokee

H

 * Charlie Hill, Oneida, Mohawk, Cree
 * Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse, Lakota
 * Jack Hoxie, Nez Perce
 * Miko Hughes, Chickasaw
 * Blu Hunt - American actress, Oglala Lakota

I

 * Iron Hail, a.k.a. Dewey Beard, Lakota, Miniconjou

J

 * Ben Johnson, Cherokee, grew up on an Osage reservation

K

 * Oscar Kawagley, Yup'ik
 * Geraldine Keams, Navajo
 * Stepfanie Kramer, Eastern Band Cherokee

L

 * Eddie Little Sky, Oglala Lakota
 * Phil Lucas, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma filmmaker, actor, writer, producer, director, and editor
 * Lily Gladstone, Blackfeet Nation descent actress

M

 * Randolph Mantooth, Seminole
 * Robin Maxkii, Stockbridge-Munsee, actress
 * Zahn McClarnon, Hunkpapa Lakota, actor
 * Russell Means, Oglala Lakota, activist, actor
 * Tatanka Means, Navajo, Lakota
 * Amber Midthunder (Fort Peck Sioux)

R

 * Arthur Redcloud, Navajo
 * Red Shirt (Oglala), Lakota
 * Red Wing, (Lillian St. Cyr), Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
 * Steve Reevis, Blackfeet
 * Branscombe Richmond, Aleut
 * Pernell Roberts, film and television actor, Muscogee
 * Will Rogers (1879–1935), Cherokee, film and vaudeville actor, movie producer
 * Ned Romero, film and television actor, Chitimacha
 * Lois Red Elk enrolled member of the Ft. Peck Sioux in Montana.

S

 * Frank Salsedo, Wappo
 * Will Sampson, Muscogee (Creek) Nation
 * Larry Sellers, Osage, Cherokee, Lakota
 * Martin Sensmeier, Tlingit, Koyukon Athabascan
 * Sitting Bull, Lakota, Hunkpapa
 * John Sitting Bull, Lakota, Hunkpapa
 * William Sitting Bull, Lakota, Hunkpapa
 * Charles Soldani, Osage and Kaw actor
 * Eddie Spears, Brulé
 * Michael Spears, Brulé
 * Chaske Spencer, Sioux-Nez Perce-Cherokee-Muscogee Creek-French-Dutch
 * Luther Standing Bear, Oglala Lakota author and actor
 * Wes Studi, Cherokee Nation

T

 * Jim Thorpe, Sac and Fox
 * Chief Thunderbird, Cheyenne
 * John Trudell, Dakota people
 * Sheila Tousey, Menominee, Stockbridge-Munsee

U

 * Misty Upham, Blackfeet Tribe

W

 * Noah Watts, Crow/Blackfeet
 * Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate

Y

 * James Young Deer, Nanticoke, 1876–1946
 * Chief Yowlachie, Yakima