‘Dances With Wolves’ & ‘1883’ Actor Graham Greene Has Died
on Sep 01, 2025
Graham Greene, the beloved actor best known for his role in the 1990 film Dances With Wolves, has died at the age of 73.
Graham died Monday, September 1, according to his agent, Michael Greene. Deadline was the first to report the news and shared that the actor died at a Toronto, Ontario, Canada, hospital following a lengthy illness.
“He was a great man of morals, ethics, and character and will be eternally missed,” Greene’s agent, Michael Greene, who is no relation to the actor, said in a statement. “You are finally free. Susan Smith is meeting you at the gates of heaven,” he added. Smith was Greene’s longtime agent who died in 2013.
Graham Greene is survived by his wife, Hilary Blackmore, daughter Lilly Lazare-Greene, and grandson, Tarlo.
About Graham Greene’s Career
Graham Greene was born in Ohsweken on the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, Canada. Greene’s acting career started on the stage in theater productions in Canada and the United States. He first appeared on screen at the age of 27 in an episode of “The Great Detective,” a Canadian television series.
Four years later, he made his big screen debut in Running Brave. His first major role came in 1990 when he was cast as Kicking Bird in the Kevin Costner-directed film, Dances With Wolves.
Greene appeared alongside Costner in the movie that went on to earn 12 Academy Award nominations, including a nod to Greene for Best Supporting Actor. While Greene didn’t take home the trophy, the film was named Best Picture and earned six more Oscars.
In a 2017 interview, Greene recalled his work on Dances With Wolves. He told Reader’s Digest Canada that one of his favorite things about working on the film was his bond with his horse.
“He and I got on like a house on fire. On the last day I was shooting, this kid came up and told me it had been his—turns out he’d had to sell it. After filming, I went to the producers and said, ‘Make sure this kid gets his horse back. Take it out of my salary if you have to,” he shared.
Graham Greene appeared in numerous other films, including Maverick (1994), Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), The Green Mile (1999), and The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009).
Most recently, Greene appeared in two of Taylor Sheridan’s Paramount+ series: 1883 and Tulsa King.
