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Full Name
  
Edward Spears

Name
  
Eddie Spears

Nephews
  
Noah Spears

Years active
  
1991 - present

Siblings
  
Michael Spears


Occupation
  
Actor

Parents
  
Pat Spears

Other names
  
Eddie Spears

Role
  
Actor

Nieces
  
Jasmin Spears

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Born
  
29 November 1982 (age 41) (
1982-11-29
)
Chamberlain, South Dakota, United States

Movies and TV shows
  
Hell on Wheels, Black Cloud, Dreamkeeper, Yellow Rock, The Slaughter Rule

Similar People
  
Michael Spears, Phil Burke, Tom Noonan, Kasha Kropinski, Tony Gayton

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Edward "Eddie" Spears (born November 29, 1982) is an American actor. He is a member of the Kul Wicasa Oyate Lakota (often called "Sioux") Lower Brulé Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.

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Early life

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Spears was born in Chamberlain, South Dakota on the Lower Brulé Indian Reservation. He has 5 brothers and 1 sister; his older brother Michael is also an actor. Spears grew up on the Lower Brulé Indian Reservation until the first grade when his family moved to Pierre, South Dakota. After that, his family moved to Aberdeen, South Dakota where he grew up and attended Simmons Middle School and Aberdeen Central High School.

Movie and Television career

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Spears has been in the spotlight since age 10 starting with his first role in TNT's production of Geronimo, which was shot in Arizona.

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Most recently, Spears played Gordon Red Hawk in the Second Season of the SyFy original hit show, Z Nation in Episode 10: "We Were Nowhere Near the Grand Canyon." He also guest starred as Big Ash in Episode 6 of Sleepy Hollow: "And the Abyss Gazes Back." Spears played the popular Joseph Black Moon from Season 1 to Season 2 of AMC's television series, Hell On Wheels.

Spears has said his most rewarding role to date was Shane Chasing Horse in the film Dreamkeeper. When cast for the lead in the 2004 film Black Cloud (directed by Rick Schroder), he trained for three months with boxing trainer Jimmy Gambia to perfect his boxing skills before filming started. The film is about a Navajo boxer training for the Golden Gloves with the promise of a spot at the Olympics while struggling with the secrets of his family's past. One of the scenes was filmed in Las Vegas during the 2003 Golden Gloves National Championship.

Other work

In 2005, Spears and his brother Michael modeled for Cochiti Pueblo fashion designer Virgil Ortiz for his "Indigene" clothing line, and were featured on the cover of the August 2005 issue of New Mexico Magazine.

In 2016, Spears told his life's story at the California Native American Day at the Table Mountain Casino in Friant, CA.

Awards

  • Red Nation Film Festival and Awards: Nominated in 2014 for Best Supporting Actor in TV Movie, Miniseries, Special, Comedy or Pilot as Joseph Black Moon in Hell on Wheels .
  • Bronze Wrangler Award at the Western Heritage Awards in 2012 for lead actor in Yellow Rock.
  • FAITA Best Actor Award in 2004 for Hallmark Entertainment's miniseries Dreamkeeper.
  • Phoenix Film Festival Best Actor Award in 2004 for his lead role in Black Cloud.
  • Personal life

    Spears co-hosted the 39th Annual American Indian Film Institute Awards this November along with actress Tonantzin Carmelo. Spears attended and was a mentor at the 2nd annual HatcH Audiovisual Festival in Bozeman, Montana in October 2005. HatcH is a film and arts festival whose mission is to provide mentorship, education, inspiration, and recognition to the next generation of creative innovators.

    Spears and his brother Michael have also been active with Native Wind and the COUP (Intertribal Council on Utility Policy) Native Energy, of which their father Pat Spears was formerly president. COUP was formed in 1994 to provide a forum for utility issues discussion from regulatory and economic perspectives.

    Spears speaks Lakota but has admitted he is not fluent. He is an avid outdoorsman with hunting, fishing, archery and rodeo experience, and is a Traditional and Grass dancer. He also travels nationally as a keynote speaker. He currently resides in Montana.

    Filmography

    Actor
    -
    Ghostkiller (announced) as
    Little Crow
    -
    The Express (pre-production) as
    Scarface
    -
    The Red Man's View (pre-production) as
    Mukua
    -
    Death on the Dearborn (post-production) as
    Frank Walker
    -
    The Redeemer (completed)
    2023
    The Old Way as
    Caballero #1
    2022
    Deep Woods as
    Nick Youngblood
    2022
    Rutherford Falls (TV Series) as
    Curtis
    - Aunt Sue (2022) - Curtis
    2022
    Into the Wild Frontier (TV Series) as
    Chief Cameahwait
    - Lewis & Clark: Captains of Discovery (2022) - Chief Cameahwait
    2021
    Chief Tendoy (Short) as
    General Ely S. Parker
    2019
    Yellowstone (TV Series) as
    Marcus
    - Only Devils Left (2019) - Marcus
    - A Thundering (2019) - Marcus
    2018
    White Fang as
    Grey Beaver (voice)
    2017
    Longmire (TV Series) as
    Elwood
    - The Eagle and the Osprey (2017) - Elwood
    2015
    Z Nation (TV Series) as
    Red Hawk
    - We Were Nowhere Near the Grand Canyon (2015) - Red Hawk
    2015
    Bone Tomahawk as
    Serrated Tomahawk
    2014
    Sleepy Hollow (TV Series) as
    Big Ash
    - And the Abyss Gazes Back (2014) - Big Ash
    2011
    Hell on Wheels (TV Series) as
    Joseph Black Moon
    - Blood Moon Rising (2012) - Joseph Black Moon
    - Blood Moon (2012) - Joseph Black Moon
    - The Lord's Day (2012) - Joseph Black Moon
    - The White Spirit (2012) - Joseph Black Moon (credit only)
    - Purged Away with Blood (2012) - Joseph Black Moon
    - The Railroad Job (2012) - Joseph Black Moon (credit only)
    - Scabs (2012) - Joseph Black Moon (credit only)
    - Slaughterhouse (2012) - Joseph Black Moon
    - Durant, Nebraska (2012) - Joseph Black Moon
    - Viva La Mexico (2012) - Joseph Black Moon
    - God of Chaos (2012) - Joseph Black Moon
    - Timshel (2012) - Joseph Black Moon
    - Derailed (2012) - Joseph Black Moon
    - Revelations (2011) - Joseph Black Moon (credit only)
    - Pride, Pomp and Circumstance (2011) - Joseph Black Moon
    - Bread and Circuses (2011) - Joseph Black Moon
    - Jamais je ne t'oublierai (2011) - Joseph Black Moon
    - A New Birth of Freedom (2011) - Joseph Black Moon
    - Immoral Mathematics (2011) - Joseph Black Moon
    - Pilot (2011) - Joseph Black Moon
    2012
    Guns, Girls and Gambling as
    Dark Eyes
    2011
    Yellow Rock as
    Angry Wolf
    2011
    The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy as
    Wakaree
    2008
    Comanche Moon (TV Mini Series) as
    Quannah Parker
    - Episode #1.3 (2008) - Quannah Parker
    2007
    Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (TV Movie) as
    Chasing Crane
    2005
    Into the West (TV Mini Series) as
    Older Red Lance
    - Ghost Dance (2005) - Older Red Lance
    - Casualties of War (2005) - Older Red Lance
    2004
    Black Cloud as
    Black Cloud
    2003
    DreamKeeper as
    Shane
    2003
    Edge of America (TV Movie) as
    Franklin
    2002
    The Slaughter Rule as
    Tracy Two Dogs
    1993
    Geronimo (TV Movie) as
    Ishkiye (as Edward Spears)
    Self
    2004
    The Making of 'DreamKeeper' (Video documentary short) as
    Self

    References

    Eddie Spears Wikipedia