Tatanka Means
Date of birth: 1985-02-19
Place of birth: Porcupine, South Dakota, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Tatanka Wanbli Sapa Xila Sabe 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.
Movie Credits
Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher
2021-11-01
A Chickasaw man survives great hardships and tragedy to establish a vast ranching empire along the f
Wind River: Rising
Terror has escalated on the Wind River reservation as a series of ritualistic murders remain unsolve
The Burrowers
2008-09-09
It is 1879 in the Dakota Territories, a band of men who set out to find and recover a family of sett
The Host
2013-03-22
A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her rac
Surrounded
2023-04-02
After her stagecoach is ambushed, a woman is tasked with holding a dangerous outlaw captive and mus
Sedona
2011-02-19
A soul-searching comedic adventure set among famous red rocks and vortexes of Sedona, Arizona, visit
Tiger Eyes
2012-04-04
After Davey's father is killed in a hold-up, she and her mother and younger brother visit relatives
The Hybrids Family
2016-10-01
A movie about a dysfunctional family of vampires and witches, it is mostly focused on the two childr
The Sixth Gun
2013-05-18
Failed pilot adaptation of an eponymous comic book set in the old west about six cursed guns that gi
Universal VIP
2012-01-01
Still working through the grief of losing her only child, Thelma, a young Blackfeet woman in Brownin
Opus
2025-03-13
A young writer is invited to the remote compound of a legendary pop star who mysteriously disappeare
The Windigo
2024-01-12
An ancient Chippewa demon, the WINDIGO, is resurrected by a Native American teenager and his grandmo
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
2024-06-26
In 1859, families discover the lure of the Old West as they settle in territories from Wyoming to Ka
Shangri-La Suite
2016-10-28
Karen and Jack met in a mental hospital and fell in love. They set out to follow what Jack thinks is
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
2024-09-07
Explore the lure of the Old West and how it was won—and lost—through the blood, sweat and tears of m
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
2015-09-09
Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the myste
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014-05-22
As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found
Burning Bodhi
2016-08-25
Lifelong friends stumble back home after high school when word goes out on Facebook that the most po
Neither Wolf Nor Dog
2016-10-01
A white author is sucked into a road trip through the heart on Native American Country by a Lakota e
Minutes
2017-01-15
In this comedy series, shot in single takes, six young people each experience pivotal moments in the
Once Upon a River
2019-05-10
After her father’s violent death, Native American teenager Margo Crane flees down Michigan’s Stark R
Native Stand Up
2017-01-22
John performs stand-up comedy for the first time. It actually goes pretty okay.
Canyon of the Dead
Two archaeologists seek out the Canyon of the Dead and the dead find them.
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023-10-18
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one
Say a Little Prayer
2024-11-21
Three best friends recite an ancient prayer to the patron saint of “all things lost” to find their t
Turok: Son of Stone
2008-02-05
While defending his tribe from a bloodthirsty enemy tribe, a Native American warrior named Turok fin