Michael Spears
Michael Spears was born in Lower Brule Indian Reservation, South Dakota, United States on December 28th, 1977 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 46, Michael Spears biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.
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Spears' debut role as the child character Otter, in the Academy-Award-winning 1990 film Dances with Wolves, earned him national notice at thirteen years old. By the age of seventeen, Spears had acted in both TV and film with other prominent actors, including Kevin Costner, Jimmy Smits and Kim Delaney.
Spears' other film credits include a major role as the character Dog Star in the 2005 Steven Spielberg-produced mini-series, Into the West, which aired on TNT.
In 2014, for his role as Tenkill in Angels in Stardust, Spears received critical acclaim in The New York Times.
His most recent roles include a 2022 cameo in Taylor Sheridan's 1883 and a supporting role in Season 2 of Reservation Dogs on Hulu.
In 2005, Michael and Eddie Spears modeled for Cochiti Pueblo fashion designer Virgil Ortiz for his "Indigene" clothing line, and were featured on the cover of the August 2005 issue of New Mexico Magazine.
He has hosted and co-hosted the American Indian Film Institute Awards, most recently at the 38th Annual American Indian Film Institute Awards in 2013.
In 2014 and 2015, Spears played a recurrent role as Savanukah, a member of the 1777 Cherokee Delegation, in Colonial Williamsburg's open-air stage production of The Beloved Women of Chota: War Women of the Cherokee. He has also served as a musical contributor to other stage productions and media festivals in recent years such the Bozeman Ice Festival and the Billings Symphony Orchestra. In 2021, Spears performed alongside other acclaimed Indigenous musicians and performers, such as Nathan Chasing Horse and esteemed powwow emcee Ruben Little Head Sr., in the Billings Symphony Orchestra's symphonic production, "Buffalo Crossing," which integrated the traditional music and dance of Plains tribes with orchestral music.
- Young Artist Awards Nominated in 1993 for Best Young Actor Under Ten in a Television Movie as Adam in The Broken Cord .
- American Indian Film Festival and Awards: Nominated in 2011 for Best Actor as Broken Wing in Yellow Rock.
- Awarded Bronze Wrangler Award at the Western Heritage Awards in 2012 for Lead Actor as Broken Wing in Yellow Rock.
- American Indian Film Festival and Awards: Nominated in 2013 for Best Supporting Actor as Bud "One Bull" Ward in The Activist.