Russell Means' Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Into the West Older Runni…

Main Movie Roles 2007 - Unearthed 2007 - Pathfinder 2004 - The Last Shot 2004 - The Assassination Of Richard Nixon 2004 - Black Cloud 2000 - Thomas and the Magic Railroad 1995 - Pocahontas 1994 - Natural Born Killers 1992 - The Last of the Mohicans 1992 - Incident at Oglala

BIOGRAPHY:

Russell Means was born an Oglala/Lakota Sioux Indian. He was the first national director of the American Indian Movement (AIM) in which role he became prominent during 1973 standoff with the US government at Wounded Knee. In 1987, he joined the US Libertarian party and announced his candidacy for the party's presidential nomination. (He lost the nomination to Congressman Ron Paul.) Since 1992, Means has appeared in "The Last of the Mohicans, " "Natural Born Killers" and other movies. He has championed the rights of indigenous peoples in other countries as well as the US. In a televised speech to the 2000 Libertarian Party National Convention, Means said that he prefers the label "Indian" to the more politically correct "Native American." "Everyone who is born in America is a native American, " he said.


TRIVIA:

• In 1976, Andy Warhol made a portrait of Means as part of his "American Indian Series" of portraits. The portrait can be viewed as part of the collection of the Dayton (Ohio) Art Institute, among other institutions.
• Ran for President of the United States in 1988 as a Libertarian Party Candidate.
• Father of actor 'Tatanka Means' (qv).
• (2001) Running for governor of New Mexico as an Independant, was a Libertarian candidate but left party October 21
• Previous occupations include assistant golf pro, ballroom dance instructor, computer programmer, systems management director, and accountant.