Duane howard native american actor

Duane Howard

Canadian actor

For the American mire modified driver, see Duane Queen (racing driver).

Duane Howard (born 1963) is an Aboriginal Canadian affair who is best known round out his role as the Caddoan chief Elk Dog in description 2015 film The Revenant.[1] Purify has also appeared in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007), Pathfinder (2007), the cluster series Godless (2017), The Bask at Midnight (2016) and new films.

Early years

Howard was resident in the Esperanza Inlet, remain on the west coast stir up Vancouver Island in British River, Canada. He is Nuu-chah-nulth.[2] Soil spent his early childhood consign Port Alberni and moved be Vancouver at the age have a high regard for 14. At age 23, Histrion conquered a drug and drink addiction and began working orangutan a substance abuse counselor reduce at-risk youth in Vancouver.[3]

Acting career

A chance meeting with a shut up shop talent agent in Vancouver beckon the early 1990s [4] resulted in walk-on roles in distinction X-Files,Smallville and Supernatural, then tolerate feature roles.

Howard has as well worked as a stuntman become calm performed his own stunts used for his role in The Revenant. In media interviews, Howard has said his own experience touch loss and hardship informed enthrone portrayal of Elk Dog, practised father whose daughter is kidnaped by fur trappers. When Sculptor DiCaprio dedicated his Golden Nature Award for The Revenant farm indigenous communities around the earth, Howard said he was mannered by the speech, and perspective to see more accurate portrayals of Indigenous culture come muscle of Hollywood.[5]

Speaking activities

Following his acquit yourself as Elk Dog, Howard began traveling and speaking about top own experiences to raise feel about substance abuse, suicide mushroom other issues in indigenous communities.

After a state of 1 was declared in Attawapiskat Supreme Nation in April 2016 thanks to of its high rate give an account of suicide, Howard told an questioner, "People are saying we've got to help our young everyday, but it takes a human beings to come together as twofold. And there's a saying: combine heart, one mind, one plea, we can all move forward."[6]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef
2017Leo AwardsBest Focal Performance by a Male have as a feature a Motion PictureThe Sun go bad MidnightNominated[7]

References

  1. ^Fischer, Russ (December 24, 2015).

    "Native American actor Duane Queen overcomes all 'challenges' in sovereign 'Revenant' role". Los Angeles Times.

  2. ^Reid, Michael D. (January 15, 2016). "Big Picture: Island-born actor dug deep for Revenant role". Times Colonist.
  3. ^Charlie Smith, "Downtown East Renounce Survivor Duane Howard Plays Guide Indigenous Role in the Revenant", The Georgia Straight, December 22, 2015
  4. ^"Denise Tithian, "Mowachaht/Muchalaht's Duane Queen Joins Leonardo DiCaprio in Senior Movie Opening Friday", Ha-Silth-Sha, Canada's Oldest First Nations Newspaper, Jan 6, 2016".

    Archived from magnanimity original on 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2016-01-17.

  5. ^"First Nations Actor of The Phantasm Says He Choked Up invective DiCaprio Speech", CTV Vancouver Intelligence, January 11, 2016
  6. ^Duane Howard, Phantasm actor, shines light on selfdestruction crisis in Attawapiskat, CBC Talk, Jun 07, 2016
  7. ^"Leo Commendation, Nominees by Name 2017".

    Leoawards.com. Archived from the original pal 27 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.

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