Byron Chief-Moon is an Aboriginal Canadian actor, choreographer, dancer, playwright, and founder of the Coyote Arts Percussive Performance Association, a dance theatre company.
Early life and education Chief-Moon was born in Carlsbad, California, and is a member of the Kainai Nation of the Blackfoot Confederacy in southern Alberta.
Career Chief-Moon has made appearances in several well-known American and Canadian TV shows (such as MacGyver, North of 60, Stargate SG-1, Da Vinci's Inquest, Highlander: The Series, and appeared on Walker, Texas Ranger, as well as several feature films.
He appeared in Disney's White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf, a sequel to the White Fang.
Some of his dance theatre pieces have included Possessed, Dancing voices and Voices, as well as Jonesing, an experimental video dance piece. He is also known for his choreography work on the documentary Echoes of the Sisters and the dance film Quest. Chief-Moon plays the Quileute chief Taha Aki in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.
Personal life Chief-Moon is a father of three children.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1994Samurai CowboyJack Eagle Eye1994White Fang 2: Myth of the White WolfMatthew1994MaxBobby One Spot1995Suspicious AgendaSilverwing1995Gunfighter's MoonJulio1996AlaskaChip's Father1999The Fear: ResurrectionCrow2000Shadow HoursChatuga2003Little Brother of WarBlaine2003Scary Movie 3Native American #22009X-Men Origins: WolverineHunter #22010The Twilight Saga: EclipseTaha Aki
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1987, 1989MacGyverSammy / Joe Whales2 episodes1990BordertownWhite FeatherEpisode: "White Feather"1991Max GlickTelephone company workerEpisode: "Das Winnebago"1993Medicine RiverClyde WhitemanTelevision film1993–1995North of 60Louis Claybank3 episodes1994HawkeyeSwift HandEpisode: "The Child"1994Tales of the WildWoongaEpisode: "Chasseurs de loups, chasseurs d'or"1995Children of the DustChief Walks-The-Clouds2 episodes1995The X-FilesFatherEpisode: "Anasazi"1995Black FoxStanding BearTelevision film1995Kidz in the WoodBrandon Three Tongues1995The CommishClyde SmokeEpisode: "In the Shadows of the Gallows"1996Highlander: The SeriesJim ColtecEpisode: "Something Wicked"1996–1999Walker, Texas RangerJoseph Ironhorse / Red Bear3 episodes1997MillenniumFeltonEpisode: "A Single Blade of Grass"1998Stargate SG-1Elder #2Episode: "Spirits"1998–1999Da Vinci's InquestGoose Flowers3 episodes2001Come l'AmericaDougTelevision film2001MythQuestChaczalEpisode: "Quetzalcoatl"2004QuestLead DancerTelevision film2008The Lost Treasure of the Grand CanyonAztec Priest2010SanctuarySpirit Being2 episodes2011–2013Health NutzChief Floyd Two-Rivers10 episodes
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