Forrest Goodluck

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Forrest Goodluck
Born (1998-08-06) August 6, 1998 (age 25)
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Occupation Actor

Forrest Goodluck (born August 6, 1998) is a Native American actor. Since his debut as Hugh Glass's son Hawk in the 2015 film The Revenant , his film roles have included Adam Red Eagle, a two-spirit teenager sent to a conversion therapy camp, in the 2018 British-American film The Miseducation of Cameron Post , ecoterrorist Michael in the 2022 film How to Blow Up a Pipeline , and Billy Crow in the Paramount+ western series Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023).

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Early life

A Native American, Goodluck was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His father, Kevin, is Navajo. His mother Laurie's ancestry includes Navajo, Hidatsa, Mandan, and Tsimshian from Alaska. His maternal grandmother was a citizen of the Three Affiliated Tribes from the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. Goodluck is a citizen of the Three Affiliated Tribes. [1] [2] [3]

Career

Goodluck's first acting experience was during a sixth-grade production of A Charlie Brown Christmas at his elementary school: later he performed in stage and theater productions in middle and high school. [4] At age 13, he auditioned for Native American director Chris Eyre's film Man Called Buffalo, which never made it to production. He did get an opportunity to network with future casting directors. [4]

Goodluck auditioned for the part of Hawk in the 2015 film The Revenant when he was 15 years old. [4] The Revenant was his first feature film role. [5] [6] [7] Goodluck won Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor (14–21) at the 37th Young Artist Awards for his role as Hawk.

In February 2016, he was cast to appear in a pilot for the Hulu drama Citizen as Guero, a "wiry graduate of the streets who serves as the charismatic and bipolar leader of a group called 'Baby Narcos.'" [8] In November 2016, it was announced Goodluck would star opposite Chloë Grace Moretz and Sasha Lane in The Miseducation of Cameron Post . [9] He starred as Saul Indian Horse in the 2017 drama Indian Horse about the dark history of Canadian boarding schools and the aboriginal people.

In 2022 he played the self-taught explosive expert Michael in Daniel Goldhaber's eco-thriller How to Blow Up a Pipeline . A key sequence of the film was shot on the reservation where the actor's family lived, which had been affected by oil drilling. [10] [11] In 2023, he played Billy Crow in the Western mini-series Lawmen: Bass Reeves. [12]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNote
2015 The Revenant Hawk
2016InkDestinShort film
2017 Indian Horse Saul at 15
2018 The Miseducation of Cameron Post Adam Red Eagle
MudJosephShort film
2019 Blood Quantum Joseph
2020 I Used to Go Here Animal Springstine
2021 Cherry James Lightfoot
2022 How to Blow Up a Pipeline MichaelExecutive producer
2023 Pet Sematary: Bloodlines Manny

Television

YearTitleRoleNote
2018 Designated Survivor Wesleyan ApplicantEpisode: "Original Sin"
2020 The Liberator Private CloudfeatherEpisode: “Why We Fight”
2021 The Republic of Sarah TylerMain cast
2022 Panhandle ChecotahMain cast
2022 The English White MoonEpisode: "Cherished"
2023 The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder Tyee (voice)Episode: "Old Towne Road: Part 2"
2023 Lawmen: Bass Reeves Billy CrowMain cast

Video games

YearTitleRoleNote
2020 Tell Me Why Michael Abila / Officer Holt

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryFilmResultRef
2016 Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Feature Film (Supporting Young Actor, Ages 14–21) The Revenant Won [13]

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