Tatanka Means

Tatanka Means is an American actor and comedian with Oglala Lakota, Omaha, Yankton Dakota, and Diné roots. Born in Rapid City in 1985, he began on screen in 2004 as a lead stunt double on Black Cloud, which was shot in a gym where he had trained as a boxer. He went on to play Crazy Horse in Into the West (2005) and Buddy Begay in More Than Frybread (2012). His role as Wolf Ortiz in Tiger Eyes (2012) drew praise from critics, and he won Best Supporting Actor at the American Indian Film Festival and a Tamalewood Award. He appeared in The Burrowers (2008) and Sedona (2011), and later in Saints & Strangers (2015), Neither Wolf Nor Dog (2016), and The Son as Charges the Enemy. He is best known for Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) and for television work on The Son and Marshals. Means also performs standup with 49 Laughs Comedy, drawing on his Native heritage.