Chaske Spencer

At 49 years old, Chaske Spencer has this physical status:

Chaske Spencer (pronounced Chas-Kay; born March 9, 1975) is a Native American actor and producer.

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Life and career

Spencer was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and grew up in Montana, Kooskia, Lapwai, and Lewiston, Idaho. He has two younger sisters. He comes from Lakota, Nez Perce, Cherokee, Creek, French, and Dutch. He is a member of the Fort Peck Tribe. He graduated from Clearwater Valley High School in 1994, where he went by the name James Spencer. He began performing in productions at the Lewiston Civic Theatre as a youth. Spencer attended Lewis Clark State College for a year and aspired to pursue photography as a profession. He eventually dropped out of Lewis Clark State College to pursue his acting career.

While taking acting lessons from coaches David Gideon and Ed Kovens, Spencer did odd jobs. He appeared in the 2002 film Skins, which later led to Dreamkeeper and Into the West.

Spencer suffered with heroin use in his youth and battled alcoholism. During his college years, he continued to drink heavily. He later developed an addiction to cocaine and opium and went back to rehab and tried to recover. Spencer stopped taking opioids while in rehab. He almost gave up on acting before his agent called him to audition for New Moon, the sequel to Twilight.

Spencer played werewolf Sam Uley in New Moon in 2009, based on Stephenie Meyer's book of the same name. He recalled his appearance in Eclipse, Breaking Dawn, Part 1, and Part 2 of Breaking Dawn.

Spencer appeared in Billy Raven's recurring role in the Banshee TV series in 2015, just one year before making his debut in the web series Banshee Origins.

Spencer was chosen in 2021 to appear alongside Emily Blunt in The English TV series, which will be released for Amazon Prime Video and BBC One.

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