Michael
Greyeyes is an actor best known for his work in films such as: Skinwalkers,
Dance Me Outside, Sunshine
State, Smoke Signals, Big Bear, Skipped
Parts, Firestorm, Geronimo for TNT, and Stolen
Women: Captured Hearts and The Lost
Child for CBS. In 1996, Michael starred in the TNT Original
Films production of Crazy Horse in
the title role, for which he garnered much critical acclaim. His
other television credits include guest appearances on Millennium,
Body and Soul, Walker Texas Ranger, Harsh Realm, Dr. Quinn Medicine
Woman and Charmed. (Photo
© Eric Mull)
Michael
is Plains Cree. His father is from the Muskeg Lake First Nation and his mother is from the Sweetgrass First Nation, both located
in Saskatchewan, Canada. A graduate of The National Ballet School
in 1984, he went on to apprentice with The National Ballet of Canada
before joining the company as a full Corps de Ballet member in 1987.
After three years, he left the National Ballet to join the company
of choreographer Eliot Feld in New York City. Eliot Feld created
two roles especially for him in the ballets Common Ground and Bloom's
Wake. As well, Michael danced many featured roles in Mr. Feld’s
most acclaimed works, such as Endsong, Intermezzo,
Embraced Waltzes, Contrapose, and The
Jig is Up.
Since
retiring from dance in 1994, Michael has continued to work on stage
as an actor, choreographer and teacher. Some of this work was seen
in He Who Dreams: Michael Greyeyes
On The Powwow Trail, a one-hour documentary shown on the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation for a national audience.
Most
recently, he appeared in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest at
Porthouse Theatre in the role of Chief Bromden, before completing
the filming of Dreamkeeper,
an ABC mini-series, shot on location in Alberta, Canada.
Birthplace:
Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada
Age: 38
Weight: 205 lbs.
Birthdate: 04 June 1967
Tribe: Plains Cree
Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
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