Tatanka Means

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Tatanka Wanbli Sapa Xila Means (born 19 February 1985) is a Native American actor, comedian, boxer, and protester of Oglala Lakota, Omaha, and the Dine descent.

He is best known for his roles in Saints & Strangers and Tiger Eyes.

Personal life

Tatanka Means is one of ten children of activist Russell Means (Oglala Lakota) and his wife, Mary. His father, a young man, was one of the founders of the American Indian Movement in 1970 and later, which produced significant demonstrations to raise concerns and educate mainstream Americans about Native American issues, civil rights, and the demand for recognition of treaties and gains in sovereignty by federally recognized tribes.

Means was a performer who appeared as an actor later in life. Russell Means appeared in Tiger Eyes as the terminally ill screen father of Tatanka's character. He died soon after filming ended. During the funeral, Tatanka Means carried his father's urn.

Tatanka Wanbli Sapa Sabe, the Lakota name, refers to the Black Buffalo Eagle in its entirety.

Means grew up in Chinle, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation, and now lives with his own family in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Christine Means, his wife, is a yoga instructor. The couple have one daughter. Means is a proponent of sobriety and not using alcohol or opioids.

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Acting career

Means' first film appearance was in 2004 playing lead stunt double in the film Black Cloud, which was shot in the same gym where he had previously worked as a boxer. He has appeared in numerous films and TV series since being cast in numerous films and TV series. He appeared on Into the West in 2005, where he played Crazy Horse. Buddy Begay, a "hip-hop Navajo fry-bread rock star" who sells fry-bread from a truck on the reservation, appeared in More Than Frybread (2012). "Means.. overdoes it a little, but that's a part of Buddy's personality," a film critic said.

Wolf Ortiz, a Native American boy who traces his ancestors' homelands and introduces her to his culture, appears in Tiger Eyes (2012), based on Judy Blume's book. Means' casting and appearance in Tiger Eyes have been lauded by critics. One described him as "completely touching"; another said he "may have appeared as a holy-native cliche but instead appears entirely real; and another said he "could have come off as a holy-native cliche; and yet another said he "may have quickly disarm and charm a newcomer; and yet another said that we're getting something almost unimaginable in a modern film, which is a true representation of a New Mexican." According to another review, he is "New Mexican down to his body language and the expression in his eyes."

Hobbamock, an elite Pokanoket soldier in Saints & Strangers (2015), Delvin in Neither Wolf nor Dog (2016), and Charges the Enemy in The Son are two other prominent roles. Means appeared in The Burrowers (2008), Sedona (2011) as Chuck, The Host (2013), Banshee (2014), Maze Runner, (2015), and Graves (2016).

Bernard Crane, Jr., appears in Once Upon a River in Montford as The Rising Wolf, and in The Dust Monologues as The Jackrabbit. Private Thomas Otaktay, a Lakota soldier fighting with the 157th Field Artillery Regiment during World War II, is also cast in a film version of Alex Kershaw's book The Liberator.

Means is proud to be depicting Native Americans as modern, complex individuals rather than as stereotype or stereotypical stereotypes in Hollywood films.

Comedy career

Means, a comedian, appears on the group 49 Laughs Comedian. Pax Harvey, James Junes, Ernie Tsosie iii, and Adrianne Chalepah are among the many others. His stand-up routines have traces back to his Native roots. He explains how Native people tease each other ruthlessly and often avoid any awkwardness by using the term "Aaayyeee." In another way, his grandfather is afraid that he'll toss spam into the garbage as he tries to explain email.

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