Oscar-nominated Canadian First Nations actor Graham Greene has died at 73 years old.

Greene, who was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his role alongside Kevin Costner in 1990’s Dances With Wolves, died on September 1 in a Toronto hospital. His agent, Michael Greene (no relation), told the Daily Beast the actor passed away after a long illness.

Born in Ontario in 1952, Greene is remembered for his trailblazing efforts to represent Indigenous talent in Hollywood.

Greene’s extensive and diverse resume across film and television includes work on Northern Exposure, Maverick, Die Hard with a Vengeance, The Green Mile, Skins, Transamerica, Defiance, Reservation Dogs and The Last of Us.

Actor Lou Diamond Phillips, who starred with Greene in the supernatural TV drama Wol

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