Who is the Indian guy in Westworld?

Zahn McClarnon is a Native American Lakota-Irish actor who plays Akecheta in HBO’s Westworld.

Born October 24, 1966, in Denver, Colorado, United States, McClarnon is well known for portraying Police Chief Mathias in the American modern Western crime drama television series Longmire.

After beginning his acting career in a local production of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Chanticleer Theater in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and also earning some local work in the early 1990s, McClarnon moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career.

Following his role as Little Creek’s Friend in the 2002 American animated western film Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, McClarnon played three episodes in Into the West as Running Fox in 2005.

Since his first film role in the 1988 My Neighbor Totoro, McClarnon has starred in over 80 movies and tv shows including Dark Winds (Since 2022), Longmire (2012 – 2017), Reservation Dogs (Since 2021), The Last Manhunt (2022), The Son (2017 – 2019), Doctor Sleep (2019), Into the West (2005), The Silencing (2020), Braven (2018), Mekko (2015), Resolution (2012), Bone Tomahawk (2015), and more.

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