Native American actor
Forrest Goodluck
Born (1998-08-06 ) August 6, 1998 (age 26) Citizenship American Occupation Actor
Forrest Goodluck (born August 6, 1998) is a Native American actor. Since his debut as Hugh Glass 's son Hawk in the 2015 film The Revenant , his film roles have included Adam Red Eagle, a two-spirit teenager sent to a conversion therapy camp, in the 2018 British-American film The Miseducation of Cameron Post , ecoterrorist Michael in the 2022 film How to Blow Up a Pipeline , and Billy Crow in the Paramount+ western series Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023).
Early life
A Native American, Goodluck was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico . His father, Kevin, is Navajo . His mother Laurie's ancestry includes Navajo , Hidatsa , Mandan , and Tsimshian from Alaska. His maternal grandmother was a citizen of the Three Affiliated Tribes from the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation . Goodluck is a citizen of the Three Affiliated Tribes.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Career
Goodluck's first acting experience was during a sixth-grade production of A Charlie Brown Christmas at his elementary school: later he performed in stage and theater productions in middle and high school.[ 4] At age 13, he auditioned for Native American director Chris Eyre 's film Man Called Buffalo , which never made it to production. He did get an opportunity to network with future casting directors.[ 4]
Goodluck auditioned for the part of Hawk in the 2015 film The Revenant when he was 16 years old.[ 4] The Revenant was his first feature film role.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] Goodluck won Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor (14–21) at the 37th Young Artist Awards for his role as Hawk.
In February 2016, he was cast to appear in a pilot for the Hulu drama Citizen as Guero, a "wiry graduate of the streets who serves as the charismatic and bipolar leader of a group called 'Baby Narcos.' "[ 8] In November 2016, it was announced Goodluck would star opposite Chloë Grace Moretz and Sasha Lane in The Miseducation of Cameron Post .[ 9] He starred as Saul Indian Horse in the 2017 drama Indian Horse about the dark history of Canadian boarding schools and the aboriginal people .
In 2022 he played the self-taught explosive expert Michael in Daniel Goldhaber's eco-thriller How to Blow Up a Pipeline . A key sequence of the film was shot on the reservation where the actor's family lived, which had been affected by oil drilling. [ 10] [ 11] In 2023, he played Billy Crow in the Western mini-series Lawmen: Bass Reeves . [ 12]
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
Year
Title
Role
Note
2020
Tell Me Why
Michael Abila / Officer Holt
Awards and nominations
References
^ "20 Questions with Revenant Break-Out Star" . Yahoo News. January 12, 2016.
^ Amy Nicholson (August 23, 2018). "Forrest Goodluck: the Native American actor ripping up the rulebook" . The Guardian . Retrieved September 15, 2019 .
^ "Movie Making" . Minot Daily News . Retrieved 2024-04-12 .
^ a b c Leigh Nordstrom (December 22, 2015). "Forrest Goodluck Breaks Out" . Women's Wear Daily .
^ Chancellor Agard (January 9, 2016). "Meet the 17 year old Native American Who Plays Leonardo DiCaprio's Son in The Revenant " . People .
^ Emma Brown (December 21, 2015). "Discovery: Forrest Goodluck" . Interview .
^ Galuppo, Mia (9 July 2021). " 'Pet Sematary' Prequel Adds 'Mare of Easttown', 'Revenant' Actors (Exclusive)" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 9 February 2022 .
^ William Todd (February 28, 2016). "Forrest Goodluck Joins Cast Of Hulu's Citizen " . Yahoo Entertainment.
^ Tatiana Siegel (November 18, 2016). "Chloe Grace Moretz, Sasha Lane to Star in Gay Conversion Drama The Miseducation of Cameron Post " . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved November 18, 2016 .
^ Ide, Wendy (April 23, 2023). "How to Blow Up a Pipeline Review" . The Guardian. Retrieved May 13, 2023 .
^ Rapold, Nicholas (April 14, 2023). "How to Build an Environmental Thriller In Five Not So Easy Steps" . New York Times. Retrieved May 13, 2023 .
^ Otterson, Joe (February 14, 2023). "David Oyelowo, Taylor Sheridan's Bass Reeves Series at Paramount+ Adds Forrest Goodluck & Lauren E. Banks (EXCLUSIVE)" . Variety . Retrieved 1 March 2023 .
^ "2016 nominations and winners" . Young Artist Awards. Archived from the original on April 24, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2016 .
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