Tatanka Means

Tatanka Means

Born: February 19, 1985
in Porcupine, South Dakota, USA
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.

Movies for Tatanka Means...

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
Title: Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
Released: August 15, 2024
Type: Movie
Explore the lure of the Old West and how it was won—and lost—through the blood, sweat and tears of many. Spanning the four years of the Civil War, from 1861 to 1865, embark on an emotional journey across a country at war with itself, experienced through the lens of families, friends and foes all attempting to discover what it truly means to be the United States of America.
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Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
Title: Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
Released: June 26, 2024
Type: Movie
Explore the lure of the Old West and how it was won—and lost—through the blood, sweat and tears of many. Spanning the four years of the Civil War, from 1861 to 1865, embark on an emotional journey across a country at war with itself, experienced through the lens of families, friends and foes all attempting to discover what it truly means to be the United States of America.
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Title: ARK: The Animated Series
Character: Mato (voice)
Released: March 21, 2024
Type: TV
In a mysterious primeval land populated by dinosaurs and other extinct creatures, people from throughout human history have been resurrected. When 21st century Australian paleontologist Helena Walker awakes there after tragedy, she must learn to survive and find new allies, or die again at the hands of ruthless warlords, all while trying to uncover the true nature of their strange new world.
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The Windigo
Title: The Windigo
Character: Ogichidaa
Released: January 12, 2024
Type: Movie
A Native American teen resurrects an ancient demon to protect his family from meth dealers, but finds the creature's bloodlust uncontrollable, forcing the family to break the curse before becoming its next victims.
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Title: Echo
Character: Tvli
Released: January 9, 2024
Type: TV
Pursued by Wilson Fisk's criminal empire, Maya's journey brings her home and she must confront her own family and legacy.
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Killers of the Flower Moon
Title: Killers of the Flower Moon
Character: John Wren
Released: October 18, 2023
Type: Movie
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
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Surrounded
Title: Surrounded
Character: Scar
Released: April 2, 2023
Type: Movie
After her stagecoach is ambushed, a woman is tasked with holding a dangerous outlaw captive and must survive the day when the bandit’s gang tries to free him.
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Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher
Title: Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher
Character: Rising Wolf
Released: November 1, 2021
Type: Movie
A Chickasaw man survives great hardships and tragedy to establish a vast ranching empire along the famous cattle highway of the American West.
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Title: I Know This Much Is True
Character: Nabby Drinkwater
Released: May 9, 2020
Type: TV
The parallel lives of identical twin brothers Dominick and Thomas Birdsey in an epic story of betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness set against the backdrop of 20th century America.
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Once Upon a River
Title: Once Upon a River
Released: May 10, 2019
Type: Movie
After her father’s violent death, Native American teenager Margo Crane flees down Michigan’s Stark River in search of her estranged mother. On the way, she encounters allies, enemies, danger, and the beauty of nature, all while coming to grips with her past and her own identity.
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Native Stand Up
Title: Native Stand Up
Character: John
Released: January 22, 2017
Type: Movie
John performs stand-up comedy for the first time. It actually goes pretty okay.
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Minutes
Title: Minutes
Character: John Locklear
Released: January 15, 2017
Type: Movie
In this comedy series, shot in single takes, six young people each experience pivotal moments in their lives that don't quite go as planned and lead to various breaking points as a result.
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Shangri-La Suite
Title: Shangri-La Suite
Character: Officer Gingrass
Released: October 28, 2016
Type: Movie
Karen and Jack met in a mental hospital and fell in love. They set out to follow what Jack thinks is his destiny: killing Elvis Presley.
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Title: Graves
Character: Russell Pratt
Released: October 16, 2016
Type: TV
Former two-term President Richard Graves embarks on a Don Quixote-like quest to right the wrongs of his administration and reclaim his legacy 25 years after leaving the White House. His enlightenment takes place just as his wife Margaret Graves decides it’s finally time for her to pursue her own political ambitions.
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The Hybrids Family
Title: The Hybrids Family
Character: Lance Hatton
Released: October 1, 2016
Type: Movie
A movie about a dysfunctional family of vampires and witches, it is mostly focused on the two children who are hybrids.
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Neither Wolf Nor Dog
Title: Neither Wolf Nor Dog
Character: Delvin
Released: October 1, 2016
Type: Movie
A white author is sucked into a road trip through the heart on Native American Country by a Lakota elder and his best friend forcing the author into a deep understanding of contemporary native life.
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Burning Bodhi
Title: Burning Bodhi
Character: Lucas
Released: August 25, 2016
Type: Movie
Lifelong friends stumble back home after high school when word goes out on Facebook that the most popular among them has died. Old girlfriends, boyfriends, new lovers, parents, your first dead friend - how do people deal? The reunion stirs up sticky feelings of love, longing and regret, and the novelty of forgiveness, mortality and gratitude.
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Title: Saints & Strangers
Character: Hobbamock
Released: November 22, 2015
Type: TV
The trials and tribulations of the Mayflower Pilgrims in the New World; men, women and children who sailed on a chartered ship for a place they had never seen.
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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Title: Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Character: Joe
Released: September 9, 2015
Type: Movie
Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.
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A Million Ways to Die in the West
Title: A Million Ways to Die in the West
Character: Other Apache
Released: May 22, 2014
Type: Movie
As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.
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The Host
Title: The Host
Character: Seeker Hawke
Released: March 22, 2013
Type: Movie
A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free humans.
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Title: Banshee
Character: Hoyt Rivers
Released: January 11, 2013
Type: TV
Banshee is an American drama television series set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country and features an enigmatic ex-con posing as a murdered sheriff who imposes his own brand of justice while also cooking up plans that serve his own interests.
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The Sixth Gun
Title: The Sixth Gun
Character: Victor Birdsong
Released: January 1, 2013
Type: Movie
Failed pilot adaptation of an eponymous comic book set in the old west about six cursed guns that give dark powers and are tied to its owners until their deaths. A heroine and an antihero are after the sixth gun that grants visions.
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Tiger Eyes
Title: Tiger Eyes
Character: Wolf - Martin Ortiz
Released: April 4, 2012
Type: Movie
After Davey's father is killed in a hold-up, she and her mother and younger brother visit relatives in New Mexico. Here Davey is befriended by a young man who helps her find the strength to carry on and conquer her fears.
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Universal VIP
Title: Universal VIP
Released: January 1, 2012
Type: Movie
Still working through the grief of losing her only child, Thelma, a young Blackfeet woman in Browning, MT, is taken advantage of by friends who use her as de facto child care while they continue to live the freewheeling lifestyles they had before becoming parents.
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Sedona
Title: Sedona
Character: Chuck
Released: February 19, 2011
Type: Movie
A soul-searching comedic adventure set among famous red rocks and vortexes of Sedona, Arizona, visitors to the mystical town encounter eccentric characters and a series of calamities that lead them to unexpected miracles.
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The Burrowers
Title: The Burrowers
Character: Tall Ute
Released: September 9, 2008
Type: Movie
It is 1879 in the Dakota Territories, a band of men who set out to find and recover a family of settlers that has mysteriously vanished from their home. Expecting the offenders to be a band of fierce natives, but they soon discover that the real enemy stalks them from below.
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Opus
Title: Opus
Character: Najee
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
After a decades-long disappearance, an iconic pop star suddenly returns.
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Wind River: Rising
Title: Wind River: Rising
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Terror has escalated on the Wind River reservation as a series of ritualistic murders remain unsolved. The FBI therefore enlists the aid of Hanson, a newly minted tracker for the U.S. Fish & Game, who becomes embroiled in a desperate and dangerous fight between the authorities, a vigilante and the Reservation he calls home.
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Canyon Del Muerto
Title: Canyon Del Muerto
Character: Seechi
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The film, written and produced by Coerte Voorhees, portrays the life of Ann Axtell Morris, one of the first female archaeologists. Axtell Morris (1900-1945) accompanied her husband Earl on archaeological excavations, including in Canyon de Chelly, Aztec Ruins and Mesa Verde, as well as the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. The film is an historical drama shooting on location in New Mexico, Arizona, and the Yucatan in Fall 2020. Axtell Morris was married to Earl Halstead Morris - a primary inspiration for Indiana Jones. She is sometimes credited as the “co-discoverer” of the Anasazi or Ancestral Puebloan culture, although Southwestern Natives might well dispute that terminology.