Rodney A. Grant Net Worth, Income, Salary, Earnings, Biography

Rodney Arnold Grant (born March 9, 1959) is an American actor who has been in a number of films. He is perhaps most known for his part as “Wind in His Hair” (Lakota: Peho Otáte) in the 1990 film Dances with Wolves, in which he played a Lakota chief. Grant grew up on the Omaha Reservation near Macy, Nebraska, where he was reared as a Native American. After his real parents abandoned him, he was raised by his grandparents from the age of six months until he turned eighteen in 1982. Other films in which he has appeared include: Ghosts of Mars, Wild Wild West, Geronimo: An American Legend, White Wolves III: Cry of the White Wolf, Wagons East!, War Party, and Powwow Highway, in addition to his role in Dances with Wolves. As “Chingachgook” on the syndicated television series Hawkeye, he also made guest appearances on other television shows such as Due South, Two, and the Stargate SG-1 series, to name a few examples (episode “Spirits”). The legendary warrior Crazy Horse was also played by him in the 1991 television movie Son of the Morning Star (Son of the Morning Star). Grant is a member of the Omaha tribe, which is situated in Nebraska. As a former member of the Native American Advisory Board for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, he has been highly involved in youth activities. He is the father of five adult children, three of them are from a prior marriage and two of whom are from other relationships. Later on, he relocated to southern California.

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