Acting

Zahn McClarnon

Born 1966-10-24 · Denver, Colorado, USA

Zahn McClarnon is an American film and television actor of Native American and Irish descent. He's best known for his roles as Joe Leaphorn on AMC's series Dark Winds (in which he was also an executive producer), Big on Hulu's series Reservation Dogs, Yvon on NatGeo's miniseries Barkskins, Tulimak in the film Togo, Crow Daddy in Doctor Sleep, Hallett in the film Braven, Toshaway in AMC's The Son, The Professor in the film Bone Tomahawk, Akecheta on Westworld, Hanzee Dent on the series Fargo, Officer Mathias on A&E's Longmire, Running Fox on TNT's miniseries Into the West, and Little Big Man in the film Crazy Horse.

Credits

Newest first

Americana
as Ghost Eye
2025
In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin
as Self
2024
ARK: The Animated Series
as Thunder Comes Charging (voice)
2024
Echo
as William Lopez (archive footage)
2024
Echo
as William Lopez
2024
Castlevania: Nocturne
as Olrox (voice)
2023
Hail to the Breadsticks!
as Self
2023
No Hard Feelings
as Gabe Sawyer, Surfing Lawyer
2023
History of the World: Part II
as Private Mingoes
2023
The Last Manhunt
as William Johnson
2022
Dark Winds
as Lt. Joe Leaphorn
2022
Dark Winds
Executive Producer
2022
Dark Winds
Director
2022
Hawkeye
as William Lopez
2021
Reservation Dogs
as Big
2021
The Forever Purge
as Chiago
2021
The Silencing
as Blackhawk
2020
Barkskins
as Yvon
2020
Togo
as Tulimak
2019
Hell on the Border
as Sam Sixkiller
2019
Doctor Sleep
as Crow Daddy
2019
Braven
as Hallett
2018
Midnight, Texas
as Zach
2017
The Son
as Toshaway
2017
Timeless
as Grant Johnson
2016
Westworld
as Akecheta
2016
Westworld
Stunts
2016
Neither Wolf Nor Dog
as Billy
2016
In Embryo
as Michael
2016
Ride with Norman Reedus
as Self
2016
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
as Self
2016
Bone Tomahawk
as The Professor
2015
Mekko
as Bill
2015
Strike One
as Muerto O.G.
2014
Fargo
as Hanzee Dent
2014
The Red Road
as Mike Parker
2014
The Cherokee Word for Water
as Deputy Jackson
2013
Awful Nice
as Romulus
2013
Resolution
as Charles
2013
Big Thunder
as Sheriff Parker
2013
Longmire
as Officer Mathias
2012
Yellow Rock
as Look First
2011
Ringer
as Bodaway Macawi
2011
The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy
as Quanah Parker
2011
Searchers 2.0
as Rusty Frobisher
2010
Not Forgotten
as Calvo
2009
Repo Chick
as Savage
2009
Castle
as Ray Horton
2009
Comanche Moon
as Ermoke
2008
Life
as Tomas Shasta
2007
Saving Grace
as Ames Blackbird
2007
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
ADR Voice Casting
2007
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
as Tommy Yellow Hawk
2006
Into the West
as Running Fox
2005
Robot Chicken
as Snowball (voice)
2005
Medium
as Alex Keeswood / Driver
2005
Momentum
as Hawk
2003
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
as Little Creek's Friend (voice)
2002
The Shield
as Octavio
2002
The Shield
as Avila
2002
Strong Medicine
as Joe Lavadour
2000
Lakota Moon
as Sky Walker
1999
A Town Has Turned to Dust
as Tommy Tall Bear
1998
Dangerous Minds
1996
Crazy Horse
as Little Big Man
1996
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Grey Wolf (voice)
1995
Silent Fall
as Deputy Bear
1994
Chicago Hope
as George Burroughs
1994
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Little Bear
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Red Bird
1993
Cooperstown
as Young Raymond
1993
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
as Walks on Cloud
1993
Renegade
as Jimmy
1992
Baywatch
1989
American Experience
as Wampanoag man
1988
Ghostkiller
as Chastke Ghostkiller
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The Red Man's View
as Masaka
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