Tatanka meaning

Tatanka Means

Speaker Lists Featuring Tatanka Means

  • Top Rated Motivational Speakers in Art & Entertainment

    The keynote speakers and celebrities in this list include bestselling authors, award-winning filmmakers and musicians, comedians, TV personalities, futurists, and other trending names in art and entertainment. From...

  • Native American & Indigenous Representation in Entertainment

    The Indigenous actors, musicians, writers, directors, and producers in this list are working both in front of and behind the camera to bring new and diverse narratives to the entertainment industry. Native American, First...

  • Top Comedians for University Events

    From fundraisers to student comedy nights, the comedian speakers in this list are popular additions to any college event. These comedians range from celebrities and TV personalities known for their work on shows like...

  • BIPOC Speakers

    BIPOC stands for Black, Indigenous and people of color. The term is intended to foster solidarity among Black, Indigenous and communities of color, and to

    Tatanka Means

    American actor (born 1985)

    Tatanka Means

    Born

    Tatanka Wanbli Sapa Xila Sabe Means


    (1985-02-19) February 19, 1985 (age 39)

    Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S.

    Occupations
    Years active2004–present
    SpouseChristine Means
    Children1
    Parents

    Tatanka Wanbli Sapa Xila Sabe Means (born February 19, 1985) is an American actor and comedian, of Oglala Lakota, Omaha, Yankton Dakota, and Diné descent.[1] He is best known for his roles in Killers of the Flower Moon andThe Son.

    Acting career

    Means' first screen role was in 2004 playing lead stunt double in the film Black Cloud,[2] which was shot in the same gym where he had previously trained as a boxer.[3] He has since had major roles in several films and TV series. In the miniseries Into the West (2005) he played Crazy Horse.[1][2][4] In More Than Frybread (2012), he played Buddy Begay, a "hip-hop Navajo fry-bread rock star" who sells fry-bread from a truck on the reservation.[5] A reviewer wh

    Tatanka Means

    Tatanka Means is an award-winning actor and stand-up comedian from Chinle, Arizona. He represents the Navajo, Omaha, Ihanktonwan Nations and is an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe in Pine Ridge, South Dakota.

    His most recent work includes FX’s critically acclaimed series “Reservation Dogs” Directed by Tazbah Chavez, Marvel’s Disney+ show “Echo” directed by Sydney Freeland, and stars in the highly anticipated Martin Scorsese Western crime drama film Killers of the Flower Moon, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jesse Plemons and Robert De Niro. It is based on the true story of a series of murders of the Osage people that took place in the early 1920s, which in turn led to the creation of the FBI. Means plays John Wren, one of the first Native American FBI agents. Means is currently filming Kevin Costner’s Western epic Horizon.

    Aside from acting, Means performs stand-up comedy throughout Indian Country spreading laughter and speaking to Native youth across on reservations about healthy living and sobriety wellness.

    He currently resides

Copyright ©cakestot.pages.dev 2025