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Name
  
Michael Horse

Role
  
Actor

Spouse
  
Sandra Horse


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Born
  
December 21, 1951 (age 72) (
1951-12-21
)
Tucson, Arizona, United States

Occupation
  
Film and television actor, jeweler, painter

Movies and TV shows
  
Twin Peaks, The Legend of the Lone, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimar, Passenger 57, Skinwalker Ranch

Similar People
  
Kevin Hooks, William A Fraker, Kelly Asbury, Jim Wynorski, David Lynch

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Michael James Heinrich Horse (born December 21, 1949) is an actor, jeweler, and ledger painter, known for his portrayals of Native Americans. In his marriage to Linda D. Ridgway in 1975, he is listed as Michael Horse and Michael J. Heinrich.

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Early life

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Michael Horse was born Michael James Heinrich in Los Angeles, California, on December 21, 1949. His mother's last name was given as Posten. His mother's full name was Nancie Belle Posten, and her marriage certificate to George Heinrich in Burbank CA on July 10, 1953, indicated she had previously been married to a man with the last name of Nicholson. George Heinrich was born in Florida and his parents were from Austria. Nancie Belle Posten was born in Arizona (as Horse claims) in 1931 and her father Wilber Posten was from West Virginia and her mother Violet Howell was from Idaho. She was Swedish. Nancie died in California in 2004.

Horse himself had stated on his own personal website that he was of Yaqui Native American descent and born in Southern California. For awhile, Horse may have lived with his mother Nancie Belle Heinrich in Sun Valley, California where she resided from 1971 to 2000 on Sancola Street. On November 23, 1993, Horse married Sandra Dee Dombrowski in Nevada.

Acting career

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Horse's film debut came in the role of Tonto in the ill-fated 1981 film, The Legend of the Lone Ranger. Horse portrayed Deputy Hawk, a Native American policeman, in the TV series Twin Peaks (1990–91; 2017) and also acted in Passenger 57 (1992), House of Cards (1993), the 1990s version of the television series The Untouchables (1993), and North of 60 (1995–97). He also appeared in the Thanks episode "Thanksgiving" in 1999, portraying Squanto. He appeared as Deputy Owen Blackwood in four episodes of the first season of Roswell (1999). Horse also appeared as Sheriff Tskany in The X-Files episode "Shapes" in 1994.

Horse portrayed American Indian Movement (AIM) activist Dennis Banks in the 1994 TNT movie Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee. Eight years later, he lent his voice to Little Creek's friend in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. He portrayed Mike Proudfoot on Sons of Tucson. In 1995 he portrayed Dirty Bob in the Western movie Riders in the Storm, entirely filmed in Arizona. He played a crucial role in the upcoming horror film I Filmed Your Death.

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