Duane Howard
Biography
Duane Howard is an Aboriginal Canadian actor of Nuu-chah-nulth heritage, born in 1963 in Esperanza Inlet on Vancouver Island and raised in Port Alberni before moving to Vancouver. He is best known for playing the Arikara chief Elk Dog in The Revenant (2015). In the early 1990s, a chance encounter with a talent agent in Vancouver led to walk-on parts in The X-Files, Smallville and Supernatural, and eventually to feature roles. His film credits include Pathfinder (2007), Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007), and The Sun at Midnight (2016), and he appeared in the television series Godless (2017). He has also worked as a stuntman, and for The Revenant he did his own stunts.
63years old
Turns 64 on January 1in 80 days
- Born Vancouver Island
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 8 years2007 to 2015
Every film, newest first
- 2015The RevenantIMDb rating 8.0
- 2007Bury My Heart at Wounded KneeIMDb rating 7.1
- 2007PathfinderIMDb rating 5.4
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Big break
In Vancouver in the early 1990s, Duane Howard met a local talent agent by chance. That meeting brought him walk-on parts in the X-Files, Smallville and Supernatural, and later feature roles.
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Worked with
Duane Howard shares two films with Wayne Charles Baker, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Wayne Charles Baker's page
J.K. Simmons's page
Clancy Brown's page
Colm Feore's page
Leonardo DiCaprio's page
Aidan Quinn's page
All films by Alejandro G. Iñárritu
All films by Marcus Nispel
Yves SimoneauDirector, 1 film, 2007
All films by Yves Simoneau
Online
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