Graham Greene, the Oscar-nominated Canadian actor known for his roles in “Dances with Wolves,” “Maverick” and “The Green Mile,” died after a long battle with an illness on Monday in Stratford, Ontario, his agents said. He was 73.

“It is with deep sadness we announce the peaceful passing of award-winning legendary Canadian actor Graham Greene,” his agent, Gerry Jordan, said in a statement.

Michael Greene, another agent, described the cause of death as “a long illness,” declining to give further details.

The First Nations actor’s career in film and television spanned more than four decades, starting in the early 1980s, when he took on smaller roles as Indigenous characters in historical dramas and a sports film. He made his first major breakthrough in 1990 as the Lakota Sioux medicine man

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