Gary Farmer

Q: Has Gary Farmer won any awards?

Gary Farmer has received several nominations and awards, including the Best Actor Award at the 1998 American Indian Film Festival for his role in 'Smoke Signals.'

Q: What was Gary Farmer's first film?

Gary Farmer's first film appearance was in 'The Twilight Zone' in 1985, marking the beginning of his acting career in Hollywood.

Q: What is Gary Farmer's estimated net worth?

Gary Farmer's estimated net worth is around $1 million, reflecting his work in film and music over the years.

Q: What defines Gary Farmer's acting style?

Gary Farmer's acting style is characterized by a strong connection to Indigenous culture and storytelling, often bringing authenticity and depth to his characters.

Q: Is Gary Farmer involved in any other artistic pursuits?

Yes, in addition to acting, Gary Farmer is a musician and has released multiple albums, showcasing his artistic versatility.

Q: What impact has Gary Farmer had on Indigenous cinema?

Gary Farmer has significantly impacted Indigenous cinema by portraying authentic Indigenous characters and stories, helping to raise awareness and representation in the film industry.

Q: What are some notable TV shows Gary Farmer has appeared in?

Gary Farmer has appeared in notable TV shows such as 'The Twilight Zone,' 'North of 60,' and 'The Last of Us,' further showcasing his range as an actor.

Known for

Dead Man (1995)

IMDb 7.5 / 10

1995 / Drama, Fantasy / 116mins

William Blake, an accountant turned fugitive, is on the run. During his travels, he meets a Native American man called Nobody, who guides him...

Name

Gary Farmer

Height

5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Born

14 June 1953, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Spouses

Marlene Farmer (1990–present)

Children

3 children, names not publicly known

Parents

George Farmer, Mary Farmer

Estimated Net Worth

$1 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2024	Movie Hey, Viktor! Twenty-five long years after his time in the limelight, former child actor Cody Lightning tries to revive his fortunes with...	Unknown character	Not rated
2024	Movie An Ode for Leviticus A decrepit old man discovers the true nature of his doctor's appointment and attempts to escape.	Leviticus	Not rated
2023	TV The Curse An alleged curse disturbs the relationship of a newly married couple as they try to conceive a child while co-starring...	James Toledo	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2023	Movie Quantum Cowboys Two hapless drifters, Frank and Bruno, team up with Linde to recover her land and trek across 1870's Southern Arizona...	Calvin	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2022	TV The English An aristocratic Englishwoman, Lady Cornelia Locke, arrives into the new and wild landscape of the American West to wreak revenge...	John Clarke	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2022	Movie Heritage Minutes: Tom Longboat This Heritage Minute follows the life of Onondaga long-distance runner Gagwe:gih, whose name means “Everything.” Known around the world as...	Tom Longboat (voice)	Not rated
2022	TV Our Flag Means Death After trading in the seemingly charmed life of a gentleman for one of a swashbuckling buccaneer, Stede Bonnet becomes captain...	Chief Mabo	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2021	TV Reservation Dogs Four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma steal, rob and save in order to get to the exotic, mysterious and faraway...	Uncle Brownie	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2021	TV Rutherford Falls A small town in upstate New York is turned upside down when local legend and town namesake, Nathan Rutherford fights...	Earl	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2021	Movie Run Woman Run Beck, a single mom, lives in Six Nations, Canada. After her mother’s death, she abandons her dream of becoming a...	himself	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2021	Movie Blood Brothers Two brothers’ relationship strains when the younger one receives news of a strange inheritance complicating their competition for a mysterious...	Smoke	Not rated
2021	TV Resident Alien Crash-landed alien Harry takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor. Arriving with a secret mission, he starts off...	Dan Twelvetrees	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2020	Movie Cowboys Troy and his young transgender son Joe are on the run from his conservative mother in the Montana wilderness, with...	Robert Spottedbird	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2020	Movie The Dark Divide A shy butterfly expert embarks on a dangerous, life-changing trek through one of America’s greatest unprotected wildlands at the urging...	Densmore	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2020	Movie First Cow In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant...	Totillicum	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2019	Movie The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw As MITZI BEARCLAW turns 25 years-old, she is faced with a tragic decision – stay in the big city to...	Oliver Yellowdog	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2019	Movie Santa Fake The Christmas-themed family film will follow Pat Keeley, a young man from Ireland who has emigrated to the United States...	Santa	TMDB 3.7 / 10
2019	Movie Blood Quantum The dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi'kmaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its Indigenous inhabitants...	Moon	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2019	Movie Blackwater Native American country singer Birdie Blackwater is court ordered to attend 180 days of wellness therapy after 10 years of...	Charles Goodman	Not rated
2017	Movie Lake of Betrayal: The Story of Kinzua Dam Kinzua Dam on the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania was a flashpoint in history for the Seneca Nation of Indians. Completed...	Narrator	Not rated
2016	TV Graves Former two-term President Richard Graves embarks on a Don Quixote-like quest to right the wrongs of his administration and reclaim...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2015	TV Zoo Set amidst a wave of violent animal attacks sweeping across the planet, a young renegade scientist is thrust into a...	Anik	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2014	Movie Winter in the Blood A young, self-destructive Montana Blackfoot man, his mind groggy with alcohol and tormented by childhood memories, discovers that his wife...	Lame Bull	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2014	Movie Rez Carz Abandoned cars rest silently in fields for decades, still holding secret conversations within their bodies.	(voice)	Not rated
2014	TV The Red Road Lines will be crossed when tragedy forces two men, a mesmerizing ex-con and an embattled local cop, to face the...	Mac	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2013	Movie Jimmy P. At the end of WWII, Jimmy Picard, a Native American Blackfoot who fought in France, suffers from unexplainable symptoms and...	Jack	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2012	TV Longmire A Wyoming sheriff rebuilds his life and career following the death of his wife. Based on the “Walt Longmire” series...	Aaron Two Rivers	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2012	Movie Path of Souls Of First Nations background originally from central Manitoba, Jon Beardsley, a Ph.D. candidate, dies one week before he was scheduled...	Eddie Benton Benai	Not rated
2011	Movie Foreverland A sufferer of cystic fibrosis travels to a legendary shrine that reputedly has the power to heal his condition.	Moe	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2011	Movie California Indian Nick Thomas, a Pomo Indian and a successful Los Angeles radio host, is forced back to the reservation to help...	Rich Knight	Not rated
2011	Movie A Bird of the Air A man in search of his past, and a woman who lives in the moment, are brought together when they...	Charles Ballard	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2011	Movie Good Neighbours Neighbors Spencer and Louise have bonded over their fascination with a recent string of murders terrorizing their community. When a...	Brandt	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2010	Movie Ink: A Tale of Captivity After the great native revolt called King Philip's War, a woman who was 'captured' must testify in writing for the...	Alderman	Not rated
2010	Movie A Windigo Tale Two stories woven together, one profoundly affecting the other. A Native Canadian grandfather drives north accompanied by his grandson, a...	Harold	Not rated
2009	Movie The Timekeeper A l'automne 1964, la construction des 52 derniers milles du chemin de fer du Grand lac des Esclaves est en...	Cook	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2008	Movie Swing Vote In a remarkable turn of events, the result of the presidential election comes down to one man's vote.	Curly	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2008	Movie Elijah The story of Elijah Harper.....	Ray	Not rated
2007	Movie All Hat An ex-con returns to his rural Ontario roots and outwits a corrupt and wealthy thoroughbred owner trying to take over...	Billy Caan	TMDB 3.1 / 10
2007	TV Moose TV Moose TV is a Canadian television sitcom, airing on Showcase in the 2007-08 television season. The show stars Adam Beach...	Unknown character	Not rated
2007	Movie Disappearances Quebec Bill Bohomme is a hardy schemer and dreamer, who, desperate to raise money to preserve his endangered herd through...	Herny Coville	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2007	Movie Intervention An eclectic group of people drawn from all walks of life find themselves under one roof for twenty-eight days with...	Bob	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2006	Movie One Night with You As Jake Tarlow knows, sometimes things don't turn out as you'd like. You end up living in your car. Your...	Momo	TMDB 1.5 / 10
2006	TV Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis Fictionalized portrayal of the conflict and standoff in Kanehsatake during the summer of 1990. This major conflict between a Mohawk...	Alan Montour	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2005	Movie 3 Needles A three-paneled look at the worldwide AIDS crisis: in Montreal, a porn actor schemes to pass his mandatory blood test;...	Winker at Support Group	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2005	Movie Trudell A chronicle of legendary Native American poet/activist John Trudell's travels, spoken word performances, and politics.	Self - Actor, Friend	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2004	Movie The Republic Of Love A thrice-divorced radio DJ meets the woman of his dreams but can he convince her of the truth of his...	Ted	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2004	Movie A Thief Of Time Officers Leaphorn and Chee search for a missing anthropologist suspected of stealing artifacts from a burial site.	Captain Largo	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2004	TV This Is Wonderland Alice De Raey is a newly minted attorney who joins the chaotic world of criminal justice in Toronto. She's exposed...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2004	Movie Evergreen Seduced by a boy's affluent, seemingly idyllic family, a young girl goes to extremes to gain acceptance.	Jim	TMDB 3.7 / 10
2003	Movie Dreamkeeper In South Dakota, in an Indian reservation, an old storyteller Indian asks his grandson Shane, who is in trouble owing...	Iktome	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2003	TV Dreamkeeper The legends of the Native American nations come to life in this epic miniseries, as two generations--a century-old storyteller and...	Iktome	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2003	Movie Coyote Waits A Navajo shaman is the prime suspect in a murder case in this drama from PBS. But as Officer Jim...	Captain Largo	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2003	Movie Twist In a gritty retelling of the Dickens's classic, Twist takes Oliver and the Artful Dodger out of the poorhouse and...	Fagin	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2003	Movie The Big Empty Struggling actor John Person agrees to drive a blue suitcase from Los Angeles to the small town of Baker, Calif.,...	Indian Bob	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2002	Movie Adaptation. Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions...	Buster Baxley	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2002	Movie Skins An inspirational tale about the relationship between two Sioux Indian brothers living on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation.	Verdell Weasel Tail	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2002	Movie Angels Don't Sleep Here A man is accused of murder and manipulated into a web of deceit as his thought-to-be dead twin brother plots...	Lou Washington	TMDB 2.8 / 10
2001	TV Dice Charismatic psychology teacher Glenn Taylor introduces a dice-based decision-making system to his community, which unravels after a student's death, drawing...	Ernie Ross	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2001	Movie Route 666 Smith, a mob informer hiding out with the Witness Protection Program, decides to make a break for it and hide...	Shaman	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2001	TV Mutant X Mutant X is a science fiction television series that debuted on October 6, 2001. The show was created by Avi...	Dr. Marcus	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2001	Movie The Score An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing...	Burt	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2001	TV The Job Mike McNeil is a decorated New York City detective whose toughest assignment is himself. He's struggling to balance a challenging...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2001	Movie Delivering Milo A guardian angel has 24 hours to convince a soul that life on Earth is worth the effort.	Max	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2000	Movie The Virginian A cowboy finds himself betrayed by his best friend and must choose between bringing him to justice and alienating the...	Buster	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1999	Movie Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai A Black hitman who models after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.	Nobody	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1999	TV The West Wing The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the...	Jack Lone Feather	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1999	Movie Touched A young man runs from the voices in his head into the arms of an elderly cowgirl.	George	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1999	Movie Heater In wintry Winnipeg a man struggling to keep the poor lodging he can find meets a homeless man lugging around...	Ben	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1998	Movie Smoke Signals Young Native American man Thomas is a nerd in his reservation, wearing oversize glasses and telling everyone stories no-one wants...	Arnold Joseph	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1998	Movie Stolen Heart A trio of small-time hoods decide to go for the big time by kidnapping the daughter of a rich self-help...	Whitaker	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1997	Movie Lilies 1952: Bishop Bilodeau visits a prison to hear the confession of Simon, a boyhood friend jailed for murder 40 years...	Timothée	TMDB 8.2 / 10
1996	TV The Pretender Raised in a secret facility built for experimenting on children, Jarod is a genius who can master any profession and...	Vincent LaPahie	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1996	Movie Moonshine Highway The plans of a moonshine runner trying to make a better life by becoming a stock car racer go awry...	Hooch Wilson	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1996	TV The Rez The Rez was a first nations, Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1996 to 1998. Most of...	Chief Tom	Not rated
1995	Movie Dead Man On the run after committing murder, an accountant encounters a strange Native American man who prepares him for his journey...	Nobody	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1995	Movie Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight Ex-soldier Frank Brayker is the guardian of an ancient key that can unlock tremendous evil; the sinister Collector is a...	Deputy Bob Martel	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1994	Movie Sioux City A young Lakota Sioux, adopted by a wealthy Jewish couple in Beverly Hills, gets in touch with his cultural roots...	Russell White	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1994	Movie Henry & Verlin Verlin is 9 years old and does not talk, nor does he even seem to hear. Henry, a child-like adult,...	Henry	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1993	Movie Collateral Damage Glen is surprised when a news anchor stops reporting on the Gulf War and begins talking directly to him through...	Glen	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1993	Movie Ed and His Dead Mother A mourning son makes a deal to reanimate his one year dead mother, however things turn into an unexpected direction.	Big Lar	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1993	Movie Blown Away After her mother is killed by a car bomb, a 17-year-old girl lives a reckless and decadent lifestyle. She begins...	Detective Anderson	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1993	TV Big Comfy Couch The Big Comfy Couch is a Canadian children's television series about Loonette the Clown and her dolly Molly, who solve...	Wobbly	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1992	Movie The Dark Wind An Indian police officer is mixed up in murder and drug smuggling on the reservation.	Cowboy Albert Dashee	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1992	TV Forever Knight Forever Knight is a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern...	Capt. Joe Stonetree	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1991	Movie Plymouth The residents of a town displaced by an industrial accident agree to take over a failing mining base on the...	Todd	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1990	Movie Still Life The alleys of downtown Manhattan become a modern killing field when corpses begin turning up, disfigured and gruesomely posed to...	Billy	TMDB 4.0 / 10
1990	Movie Sparks: The Price of Passion A female mayor of Albuquerque gets embroiled in a fight over the development of a new economic center. In the...	Pete	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1989	Movie Renegades While investigating police corruption in his department, undercover cop Buster McHenry is forced to participate in a heist, leading to...	George Storm	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1989	Movie Powwow Highway Two Northern Cheyenne men take a road trip from Montana to New Mexico to bail out the sister of one...	Philbert Bono	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1988	Movie Blue City Slammers Based on the theatrical play by Layne Coleman, the film centres on the personal and sport lives of the players...	Doug	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1988	TV China Beach Dateline: November 1967. Within klicks of Danang, Vietnam, sits a U.S. Army base, bar and hospital on China Beach filled...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1987	Movie The Big Town It is 1957. J.C. Cullen is a young man from a small town, with a talent for winning at craps,...	Duke	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1987	Movie The Believers Mourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son, laconic police...	Mover	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1986	Movie Christmas Eve Story of a well-to-do elderly woman, who befriends the homeless and volunteers her time with children, who learns she has...	Jody	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1986	Movie Doing Life Tony Danza stars in this prison drama about Jerome "Jerry" Rosenburg, a self-professed "jailhouse lawyer" who defends himself against the...	First Prisoner	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1985	Movie The Undergrads An elderly man discovers that his son wants to put him in an old-age home. However, the old man's grandson...	Castro	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1985	Movie Going to War Based on a short story by Timothy Findley.	Old Mike	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1984	Movie Overdrawn at the Memory Bank Computer programmer Aram Fingal's virtual vacation in the classic film Casablanca is removed by a totalitarian government and accidentally trapped...	Tooby	TMDB 2.9 / 10
1984	TV Miami Vice The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on...	Wilson	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1984	Movie Police Academy New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor...	Sidewalk Store Owner	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1982	TV American Playhouse American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.	Tooby	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1979	TV The Littlest Hobo The Littlest Hobo is a Canadian television series based upon a 1958 American film of the same name directed by...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1976	TV For the Record For the Record, an anthology of 60-to-90-minute dramas, started on the series, Performance, as a subseries called Camera ’76. A...	Unknown character	TMDB 9.0 / 10
TBA	TV Lord Have Mercy! Lord Have Mercy! features up-and-coming Canadian actor Arnold Pinnock as Youth Pastor Dwight Gooding. An ambitious but socially inept young...	Marty C Marten	TMDB 10.0 / 10
TBA	Movie Tombs Tombs weaves together the triangular story points of three Oklahoma sisters and their mother who travel to Los Angeles as...	Unknown character	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
1994	Movie Self Government: Talk About It Series of PSAs created by the Aboriginal Film and Video Arts Alliance exploring legacy and the history of self governance...	Writer Writing	Not rated
1994	Movie Self Government: Talk About It Series of PSAs created by the Aboriginal Film and Video Arts Alliance exploring legacy and the history of self governance...	Director Directing	Not rated
1994	Movie Self Government: Talk About It Series of PSAs created by the Aboriginal Film and Video Arts Alliance exploring legacy and the history of self governance...	Assistant Director Directing	Not rated
1992	TV Forever Knight Forever Knight is a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.8 / 10

Hey, Viktor!

2024

An Ode for Leviticus

2024

Quantum Cowboys

2023 / TMDB 7.3

Heritage Minutes: Tom Longboat

2022

Run Woman Run

2021 / TMDB 7.0

Blood Brothers

2021

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