Joel Montgrand

Joel Montgrand
Born	La Ronge, Saskatchewan, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Occupations	Actor podcaster
Known for	Avatar: The Last Airbender True Detective

Joel Montgrand is a Cree First Nations actor and podcaster from the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation in Canada. ^[1] He's known for his appearances in the live-action shows Avatar: The Last Airbender and True Detective .

Career

In June 2022, Montgrand joined season 4 of True Detective . ^[2] He was later cast as Hakoda in the 2024 series Avatar: The Last Airbender. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

In November 2023, Montgrand launched a podcast titled Actors and Ancestors, which "celebrates Indigenous actors, talks back to Hollywood stereotypes and looks to the future of Indigenous Peoples on screen". ^{[6] [7]}

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	La Fontaine	David K	TV Movie
2012	Ninja King	Aran	Short
2014	Bates Motel	Guard (Jodi's)	Episode: "Meltdown"
2015	Average Dicks	Bradley	4 episodes
2016	Birth of the Dragon	Sheriff Deputy Roy
	Oil	Uncle Pete	Short
	Happy Medium	Brad	TV Movie
	I Love You So Much It's Killing Them	Man in Watch Ad	Short
	StrawMan	Clay	Short
	iZombie	Todd Hulce	Episode "Method Head"
	Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce	Date #1	Episode "Rule #14: No Means... No"
	Damn You	Boyfriend	Video
2017	A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery	Bartender	TV Movie
2018	Eldritch	Lewis Theobald	Short
	Legends of Tomorrow	Sheriff	Episode "Amazing Grace"
	Altered Carbon	Meditech 3	Episode "Out of the Past"
2019	Hey Cuzzin	Sheldon	TV short
	One Nightstand	Jason	Short
	Labyrinth Life	Xenon	Short
	Rise in Darkness	Thomas	Short
2020	Fatal Vows	Brian	Season 7 Episode 11 "Flirting with Murder"
	Beans	Kania'tariio
2021	Doomsday Mom	Arizona Cop	TV Movie
2022	SlashFM	Man in Watch ad	segment "I Love You So Much It's Killing Them"
2023	True Detective	Eddie Qavvik	Season 4
2024	Avatar the Last Airbender	Hakoda
2025	Sweet Summer Pow Wow	Luke

References

1. Smith, Jenna (2024-02-13). "Sask. actor lands a role in True Detective: Night Country". Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 2024-08-01.
2. Porter, Rick (2022-10-26). "'True Detective' Adds Trio to Season 4 Cast". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2022-12-21. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
3. O'Donnell, E. (2022-08-01). "Avatar: The Last Airbender Live-Action Hakoda Actor Revealed". ScreenRant. Archived from the original on 2022-08-12. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
4. Otterson, Joe (2022-10-26). "'True Detective' Season 4 Casts Aka Niviâna, Isabella Star Lablanc, Joel D. Montgrand". Variety. Archived from the original on 2022-11-05. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
5. Campione, Katie (2022-10-26). "'True Detective': Aka Niviâna, Isabella Star Lablanc, Joel D. Montgrand Join Season 4 Of HBO Anthology Series". Deadline. Archived from the original on 2022-11-19. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
6. Gee, Dana (2023-12-15). "Kali Reis and other Indigenous actors tell their stories on Actors and Ancestors podcast". Vancouver Sun . Retrieved 2024-08-01.
7. "Indigenous podcast, "Actors & Ancestors", announces new season launching on National Indigenous Peoples Day". Podnews.net. 2024-06-21. Retrieved 2024-08-01.