Kiowa Gordon | |
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 Gordon at a The Twilight Saga: New Moon promotional appearance in Houston, Texas on November 10, 2009 | |
| Born | Kiowa Joseph Gordon Berlin, Germany |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, vocalist |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Children | 1 |
Kiowa Joseph Gordon is a Native American actor of Hualapai heritage. He is best known for his role as shapeshifter Embry Call in The Twilight Saga, as well as Junior in the TV series The Red Road . Since 2022, Gordon has played Jim Chee in the AMC series Dark Winds .
Gordon was born in Berlin, Germany, where his father, Thomas Gordon, was working. [1] [2] He is the seventh of eight children (Mac, Sean, Aaron, Josh, Cheyenne, Sariah, Lakota). His mother, Camille Nighthorse Gordon, is also an actress. [3] Gordon is of European and Hualapai heritage, and is a citizen of the Hualapai Tribe of Northern Arizona. [4] [5]
His family moved back to the U.S. when he was two years old, and he grew up in Arizona, where he attended Cactus Shadows High School in Cave Creek, Arizona. [3] He attended the LDS church for a while in the same ward as Twilight author Stephenie Meyer. [6]
Kiowa used to be a member of a progressive metal band called Touché, leaving it to focus on acting.[ citation needed ]
In 2009, Gordon played shapeshifter Embry Call in New Moon , based on Stephenie Meyer's novel of the same name. He has said that he was approached one day at church by Stephenie Meyer as she thought he would be perfect for the wolf pack.[ citation needed ] He then attended an open casting where he landed the role of Jacob Black's best friend. Gordon replaced Krys Hyatt (who played Embry in Twilight ) in New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn.[ citation needed ]
Gordon was set to play Brad in the proposed American film Into The Darkness, but the film never came to fruition. He portrayed Jake Kingston in the 2014 thriller Wind Walkers, which tells a Native American urban legend. [7] Gordon starred in An Act of War , released on Netflix in 2015. The film was directed by Ryan M. Kennedy and produced by Atit Shah.[ citation needed ]
In 2021, it was announced that Gordon would star as Jim Chee in Dark Winds, a psychological thriller television series on AMC. It premiered on 12 June 2022 and was renewed for a third season. [8]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2009 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Embry Call | |
| 2010 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Embry Call | |
| 2011 | Into the Darkness | Brad | |
| Murder for Dummys | Andrew | ||
| The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn | Embry Call | ||
| 2012 | The Lesser Blessed | Johnny Beck | |
| The Projectionist | Private LockLear | ||
| 2014 | The Red Road | Junior Van Der Veen | Main cast |
| Drunktown's Finest | Julius | ||
| 2017 | Painted Woman | Chato | |
| 2018 | Through Black Spruce | Jesse | |
| 2019 | Roswell, New Mexico | Flint Manes | TV series; Recurring role |
| 2019 | Blood Quantum | Lysol | |
| 2019 | Castle in the Ground | Stevie | |
| 2020 | The Liberator | Corporal Kanuna | TV miniseries |
| 2022-Present | Dark Winds | Jim Chee | TV series; Main role |
| 2022 | Quantum Cowboys | Frank | Feature Film; Lead |
| 2024 | Rez Ball | Antonio Freeman | |
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Dark Winds is an American psychological thriller television series created by Graham Roland. Based on the Leaphorn & Chee novel series by Tony Hillerman, it stars Zahn McClarnon and Kiowa Gordon as the aforementioned two characters, leading a mostly Native American cast. Executive producers include Roland, McClarnon, George R. R. Martin and Robert Redford.
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