Rodney A. Grant

Actor, Film actor

1959 –

82

Who is Rodney A. Grant?

Rodney Arnold Grant is an American actor. He is probably most well known for his role as "Wind In His Hair" in the 1990 film Dances with Wolves.

Grant, a Native American, was raised on the Omaha Reservation in Macy, Nebraska. After his biological parents abandoned him, his grandparents raised him from six months of age, up until 1982. Besides in Dances with Wolves, he has also appeared in other films such as Ghosts of Mars, Wild Wild West, Geronimo: An American Legend, White Wolves III: Cry of the White Wolf, Wagons East!, The Substitute, War Party, and Powwow Highway. He portrayed "Chingachgook" on the syndicated television series Hawkeye and also had guest roles in a television series such as Due South, Two, and the Stargate SG-1. He also portrayed the famous warrior Crazy Horse in the 1991 television movie Son of the Morning Star.

Grant is a member of the Omaha tribe of Nebraska. He has been very active in youth activities and had served on the Native American Advisory Board for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. He has five grown children, three from a previous marriage, and two from previous relationships. He later moved to southern California.

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Born
Mar 9, 1959
Macy
Also known as
  • Rodney Arnold Grant
  • Rodney Grant
  • Craze
Spouses
Children
Ethnicity
  • Omaha people
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • Southern California

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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