Brandon Oakes

Brandon Oakes

Born: July 3, 1972
Brandon Oakes (born July 3rd, 1972) is an American-Canadian actor. He is a member of the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation.

Movies for Brandon Oakes...

Title: Bones of Crows
Character: Johnnie Spears
Released: September 20, 2023
Type: TV
Cree Matriarch Aline Spears survives Canada's residential school system to continue her family's generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse. The story unfolds over one hundred years with a cumulative force that propels us into the future.
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The Last Manhunt
Title: The Last Manhunt
Character: Segundo
Released: November 18, 2022
Type: Movie
In 1909, Willie Boy and his love Carlota go on the run after he accidentally shoots her father in a confrontation gone terribly wrong. With President Taft coming to the area, the local sheriff leads two Native American trackers seeking justice for their “murdered” tribal leader.
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Rosie
Title: Rosie
Character: Jigger
Released: September 9, 2022
Type: Movie
When Rosie's Mom dies she needs somewhere to live. The only relative to be found is Fred (Frédérique) - tough, street-smart, and currently working in a sex shop, though not for long. Her two best friends - who refuse to be restricted by gender - are Flo and Mo; they are loyal to the core and Fred's own chosen family. When the adult store goes up in flames the colourful foursome must do what they have to to survive. A quirky family of fringe dwellers is born!
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The Exchange
Title: The Exchange
Character: Neil Crowfoot
Released: July 30, 2021
Type: Movie
A socially awkward but highly enterprising teenager decides to acquire a "mail order best friend"; a sophisticated exchange student from France. Instead, he ends up importing his personal nightmare, a cologne-soaked, chain-smoking, sex-obsessed youth who quickly becomes the hero of his new community.
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Akilla's Escape
Title: Akilla's Escape
Character: Zo
Released: June 11, 2021
Type: Movie
In a crime-noir about the urban child-soldier, Akilla Brown captures a fifteen-year-old Jamaican boy in the aftermath of an armed robbery. Over one gruelling night, Akilla confronts a cycle of generational violence he thought he escaped.
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Title: Decoys
Character: Rhett
Released: May 15, 2020
Type: TV
Five duck decoy carvers from Alberta pursue their dreams of winning the illustrious (their words) Northern Alberta Carving Cup.
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Title: FBI: Most Wanted
Character: Chief Curotte
Released: January 7, 2020
Type: TV
The Fugitive Task Force relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau’s Most Wanted list. Seasoned agent Jess LaCroix oversees the highly skilled team that functions as a mobile undercover unit that is always out in the field, pursuing those who are most desperate to elude justice.
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Title: Unsettled (ojib)
Character: Darryl Keetch
Released: January 1, 2020
Type: TV
A fish out of water drama series about a family in the midst of an identity crisis.
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Togo
Title: Togo
Character: Henry Ivanoff
Released: December 20, 2019
Type: Movie
The untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that takes you across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting adventure that will test the strength, courage and determination of one man, Leonhard Seppala, and his lead sled dog, Togo.
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Cranks
Title: Cranks
Character: Barry
Released: September 30, 2019
Type: Movie
Cranks is a city symphony focused on several different characters living in the sleepy isolated town of Winnipeg. Formally, the film emulates the aesthetic of a photo album - each new scene a black & white tableau vivant of a new character and setting. Connecting the various characters is the letters they all wrote - very odd ones - to Peter Warren, the radio host of the infamous Action Line program, which was broadcast throughout Canada from 1971-1998. Cranks explores how journalists like Peter Warren, who pioneered an accusatory and belligerent style of reporting, how this angry way of tackling issues has trickled down into our culture, and has impacted and emboldened real lives.
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American Woman
Title: American Woman
Character: Bartender
Released: September 12, 2019
Type: Movie
A political activist helps take care of a group of America’s most wanted fugitives, including a well-known, recently radicalized heiress.
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Blood Quantum
Title: Blood Quantum
Character: Bumper
Released: September 5, 2019
Type: Movie
The dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi'kmaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its Indigenous inhabitants who are strangely immune to the zombie plague.
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Through Black Spruce
Title: Through Black Spruce
Character: Will
Released: March 29, 2019
Type: Movie
The disappearance of a young Cree woman in Toronto traumatizes her Northern Ontario family, and sends her twin sister on a journey south to find her.
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Title: Diggstown
Character: Doug Paul
Released: March 6, 2019
Type: TV
Follow Marcie Diggs, a star corporate lawyer who reconsiders her priorities after her beloved aunt commits suicide following a malicious prosecution.
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Title: Hudson & Rex
Character: Barry Lysiak
Released: February 25, 2019
Type: TV
Detective Charlie Hudson teams up with what he calls his "highly trained law enforcement animal" German Shepherd dog named Rex who he prefers to team up with because he doesn't talk his ear off.
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Title: Coroner
Character: 2-Jacks
Released: January 7, 2019
Type: TV
Jenny Cooper investigates unexplained or sudden deaths in the city of Toronto. Fierce and quick-witted, Jenny is a newly-widowed single mother with secrets of her own to unearth.
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Title: Bad Blood
Character: Bobby Sunwind
Released: September 21, 2017
Type: TV
A dramatization of the life and death of Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto.
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Title: Anne with an E
Character: Aluk
Released: March 19, 2017
Type: TV
A coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and numerous challenges, fights for love and acceptance and for her place in the world. The series centers on a young orphaned girl in the late 1890’s, who, after an abusive childhood spent in orphanages and the homes of strangers, is mistakenly sent to live with an elderly woman and her aging brother. Over time, 13-year-old Anne will transform their lives and eventually the small town in which they live with her unique spirit, fierce intellect and brilliant imagination.
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Title: Cardinal
Character: Peter Crowchild
Released: January 25, 2017
Type: TV
Detective John Cardinal attempts to uncover the mystery of what happened to the missing 13-year-old girl whose body is discovered in the shaft-head of an abandoned mine. At the same time, he comes under investigation by his new partner, Lise Delorme, a tough investigator in her own right.
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Title: Houdini & Doyle
Character: Walt
Released: March 13, 2016
Type: TV
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Harry Houdini and Stratton are tasked with the cases that nobody else can solve. It challenges their sense of what is real and what is not. Houdini is a skeptic, while Doyle believes in the unseen. Their diverse viewpoints make solving crime a challenge and often Stratton is put in the middle. The trio will take on cases that involve vampires, ghosts, monsters and poltergeists…or are they a ruse to conceal murder?
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Title: Slasher
Character: Eddie Jacobs
Released: March 4, 2016
Type: TV
Thirty years ago, in the sleepy community of Waterbury, a killer known as “The Executioner” murdered Sarah Bennett's parents. Now Sarah and her husband Dylan have returned to town, only to find herself the centerpiece in a series of horrifying murders centered around the seven deadly sins.
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The Saver
Title: The Saver
Character: Uncle Jack
Released: September 20, 2015
Type: Movie
When teenaged Fern is orphaned in the middle of a harsh Montreal winter, she is determined to avoid her mother’s tragic fate, and take care of herself. With Youth Protection nipping at her heels, she lies about her name and age, to get a job as a janitor another as a cook. Juggling life and work and the discovery of the book, ‘50 Ways to become a Millionaire: All you need to do is save,’ Fern decides to do just that, replacing her grief with the quest to become a millionaire. Written, directed and edited by award-winning filmmaker Wiebke von Carolsfeld (Marion Bridge, Stay), The Saver stars the newly discovered Imajyn Cardinal and is based on the young adult novel by Edeet Ravel.
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The Jingle Dress
Title: The Jingle Dress
Character: Rik
Released: January 1, 2014
Type: Movie
John Red Elk hears from his relatives down in Minneapolis that his Uncle Norton is dead and vows to go to the big city to find out what really happened to him. At its heart, "The Jingle Dress" is a contemporary story of a Native American family that moves from their rural home on the reservation in northern Minnesota to the faster paced urban environment of Minneapolis. We follow the Red Elk family as they experience city culture through their unvarnished perspective, as well as gain insight into their Indigenous culture and traditions.
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Rhymes for Young Ghouls
Title: Rhymes for Young Ghouls
Character: Burner
Released: September 9, 2013
Type: Movie
In 1976, a Mi'gMaq teenager plots revenge against the sadistic Indian agent who imprisoned her in a residential school where rape and abuse are common.
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Title: Saving Hope
Character: Eli King
Released: June 7, 2012
Type: TV
When Charlie Harris ends up in a coma, he leaves the Hope-Zion Hospital in chaos - and his fiancée and fellow surgeon, Alex Reid, in a state of shock. As the staff of Hope-Zion races to save lives, comatose Dr. Harris wanders the halls of Hope-Zee in "spirit" form, not sure if he's a ghost or a figment of his own imagination.
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Title: Arctic Air
Character: Corp. Sahcho
Released: January 10, 2012
Type: TV
Arctic Air is about a Yellowknife-based maverick airline and the unconventional family who runs it. The owners are Mel Ivarson, an old school bush pilot; Krista Ivarson, Mel's daughter; and Bobby Martin, the son of Ivarson's deceased partner. Episodes focus on interpersonal conflicts between the characters as well as dramatic flying missions with their aging fleet of Douglas DC-3s, de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otters and other aircraft. Each episode has one or more flying missions. The series was canceled on March 17, 2014, due to government budgetary cuts
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A Warrior's Heart
Title: A Warrior's Heart
Character: Bureaucrat
Released: December 2, 2011
Type: Movie
Unable to cope with his military father's sudden death in combat, quick-tempered teen, Conor, starts getting into serious trouble. During an intense lacrosse camp, his father's old friend challenges Conor to get his life on track and become a man.
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Title: Blackstone
Character: Tuk Tuk
Released: January 25, 2011
Type: TV
The lives of Indians on the Blackstone Indian reserve, told from an Aboriginal point of view.
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A Windigo Tale
Title: A Windigo Tale
Character: Joey
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
Two stories woven together, one profoundly affecting the other. A Native Canadian grandfather drives north accompanied by his grandson, a youth-at-risk, who comes to learn about the dark secrets of his family and community: in an isolated village an estranged mother and daughter must reunite to exorcise the voracious Windigo spirit tied to a painful past. Taking its inspiration from Ojibway spirituality and from the history of the residential school system, where generations of children were forcibly taken from their families and aggressively assimilated into Euro-Canadian society.
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Taking Chances
Title: Taking Chances
Character: Randy Crazyhorse
Released: November 24, 2009
Type: Movie
When he discovers that an Indian casino is about to be built over the town's historic battlefield, Chase Revere, the self-appointed protector of a small town's rather meager place in American history, joins forces with sexy but dangerous town siren Lucy Shanks to launch an all-out offensive against the project - earning the wrath of the entire town.
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Title: Murdoch Mysteries
Character: Uriah
Released: January 24, 2008
Type: TV
A Victorian-era Toronto detective uses then-cutting edge forensic techniques to solve crimes, with the assistance of a female coroner who is also struggling for recognition in the face of tradition, based on the books by Maureen Jennings.
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Two Spirits One Journey
Title: Two Spirits One Journey
Released: June 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Tired of living a closeted life on the Lakota Indian reservation, a young gay man must summon up the courage to leave the only home he's ever known and strike his own path.
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Pathfinder
Title: Pathfinder
Character: Elder #3
Released: January 11, 2007
Type: Movie
A Viking boy is left behind after his clan battles a Native American tribe. Raised within the tribe, he ultimately becomes their savior in a fight against the Norsemen.
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Title: Into the West
Character: Kicking Bear
Released: June 10, 2005
Type: TV
The lives of two families, one white American, one native American, become mingled through the momentous events of American expansion, between 1825 and 1890.
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Title: Wonderfalls
Character: Native Chief
Released: March 12, 2004
Type: TV
Jaye Tyler, a recent Brown University graduate with a philosophy degree, holds a dead-end job as a sales clerk at a Niagara Falls gift shop. Jaye is the reluctant participant in conversations with various animal figurines — a wax lion, brass monkey, stuffed bear, and mounted fish, among others — which direct her via oblique instructions to help people in need.
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In Shadow
Title: In Shadow
Character: Jason
Released: August 30, 2003
Type: Movie
A young up-and-coming artist works hard to build a future for herself while a shadow from her past threatens to push her into madness.