
Zahn McClarnon
Biography
Zahn McClarnon is an American film and television actor of Native American and Irish descent. He's best known for his roles as Joe Leaphorn on AMC's series Dark Winds (in which he was also an executive producer), Big on Hulu's series Reservation Dogs, Yvon on NatGeo's miniseries Barkskins, Tulimak in the film Togo, Crow Daddy in Doctor Sleep, Hallett in the film Braven, Toshaway in AMC's The Son, The Professor in the film Bone Tomahawk, Akecheta on Westworld, Hanzee Dent on the series Fargo, Officer Mathias on A&E's Longmire, Running Fox on TNT's miniseries Into the West, and Little Big Man in the film Crazy Horse.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
Americana as Ghost Eye
2024In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin as Self
2024ARK: The Animated Series as Thunder Comes Charging (voice)
2024Echo as William Lopez (archive footage)
2024Echo as William Lopez
2023Castlevania: Nocturne as Olrox (voice)
2023Hail to the Breadsticks! as Self
2023No Hard Feelings as Gabe Sawyer, Surfing Lawyer
2023History of the World: Part II as Private Mingoes
2022The Last Manhunt as William Johnson
2022Dark Winds as Lt. Joe Leaphorn
2021Hawkeye as William Lopez
2021Reservation Dogs as Big
2021The Forever Purge as Chiago
2020The Silencing as Blackhawk
2020Barkskins as Yvon
2019Togo as Tulimak
2019Hell on the Border as Sam Sixkiller
2019Doctor Sleep as Crow Daddy
2018Braven as Hallett
2017Midnight, Texas as Zach
2017The Son as Toshaway
2016Timeless as Grant Johnson
2016Westworld as Akecheta
2016Neither Wolf Nor Dog as Billy
2016In Embryo as Michael
2016Ride with Norman Reedus as Self
2016Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls as Self
2015Bone Tomahawk as The Professor
2015Mekko as Bill
2014Strike One as Muerto O.G.
2014Fargo as Hanzee Dent
2014The Red Road as Mike Parker
2013The Cherokee Word for Water as Deputy Jackson
2013Awful Nice as Romulus
2013Resolution as Charles
2012Longmire as Officer Mathias
2011Yellow Rock as Look First
2011Ringer
2011The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy as Quanah Parker
2009Not Forgotten as Calvo
2009Repo Chick as Savage
2009Castle as Ray Horton
2008Comanche Moon as Ermoke
2007Life as Tomas Shasta
2007Searchers 2.0 as Rusty Frobisher
2007Saving Grace as Ames Blackbird
2006The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines as Tommy Yellow Hawk
2005Into the West as Running Fox
2005Robot Chicken as Snowball (voice)
2005Medium as Alex Keeswood / Driver
2003Momentum as Hawk
2002Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron as Little Creek's Friend (voice)
2002The Shield as Octavio
2002The Shield as Avila
2000Strong Medicine as Joe Lavadour
1999Lakota Moon as Sky Walker
1998A Town Has Turned to Dust as Tommy Tall Bear
1996Dangerous Minds
1996Crazy Horse as Little Big Man
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Grey Wolf (voice)
1994Silent Fall as Deputy Bear
1994Chicago Hope as George Burroughs
1993Walker, Texas Ranger as Little Bear
1993Walker, Texas Ranger as Red Bird
1993Cooperstown as Young Raymond
1993Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Walks on Cloud
1992Renegade as Jimmy
1989Baywatch
1988American Experience as Wampanoag man
—The Red Man's View as Masaka
—Ghostkiller as Chastke Ghostkiller








