Tatanka Means
Biography
Tatanka Wanbli Sapa Xila Sabe Means [Black Buffalo Eagle] is a Native American actor, comedian, boxer, entrepreneur, and activist of Oglala Lakota, Omaha, and Dine descent. He is best known for his roles in Saints & Strangers and Tiger Eyes. Tatanka is one of nine children of Oglala Lakota activist Russell Means, a leader of the American Indian Movement, and himself an actor.
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Acting History
2025
Opus as Najee
2024Say a Little Prayer as Jared Raincloud
2024Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 as Taklishim
2024Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 as Taklishim
2024ARK: The Animated Series as Mato (voice)
2024The Windigo as Ogichidaa
2024Echo as Tvli
2023Killers of the Flower Moon as John Wren
2023Surrounded as Scar
2022Outer Range as Officer Edgar
2021Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher as Rising Wolf
2020I Know This Much Is True as Nabby Drinkwater
2019Once Upon a River
2017Native Stand Up as John
2017Minutes as John Locklear
2016Shangri-La Suite as Officer Gingrass
2016Graves as Russell Pratt
2016The Hybrids Family as Lance Hatton
2016Neither Wolf Nor Dog as Delvin
2016Burning Bodhi as Lucas
2015Saints & Strangers as Hobbamock
2015Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials as Joe
2014A Million Ways to Die in the West as Other Apache
2013The Sixth Gun as Victor Birdsong
2013The Host as Seeker Hawke
2013Banshee as Hoyt Rivers
2012Tiger Eyes as Wolf - Martin Ortiz
2012Universal VIP as The Creator
2011Sedona as Chuck
2008The Burrowers as Tall Ute
2008In Plain Sight as Young Fighter
2008Turok: Son of Stone as Bridge Sentry (voice)
1988American Experience as Nookau
—Canyon of the Dead as Seechi
—Wind River: Rising