Michael Horse

Michael Horse (born Michael James Heinrich; December 21, 1949) is an American actor known for his portrayals of Native American characters in film and television. Horse was born Michael James Heinrich in Los Angeles, California, on December 21, 1949. His mother, Nancie Belle Posten, was Swedish. Horse's adoptive father, George Heinrich, was born in Florida to parents from Austria. Nancie died in California in 2004. Horse's film debut came in the role of Tonto in the 1981 film The Legend of the Lone Ranger, which was a commercial failure. Before taking the role, Horse had been concerned that the character might be perceived as a stereotype. After appearing in David Lynch's short film The Cowboy and the Frenchman (1988), Horse portrayed Deputy Hawk, a Native American policeman, in Lynch's TV series Twin Peaks (1990–91). He also acted in Passenger 57 (1992), House of Cards (1993), the 1990s version of the television series The Untouchables (1993), and North of 60 (1995–97). He also appeared in the Thanks episode "Thanksgiving" in 1999, portraying Squanto. He appeared as Deputy Owen Blackwood in four episodes of the first season of Roswell (1999). Horse also appeared as Sheriff Tskany in The X-Files episode "Shapes" in 1994. In 1999, Horse guest starred on Walker, Texas Ranger in the episode "Team Cherokee" as John Red Cloud, the owner of a Native American NASCAR racing team and a friend of the titular character, Texas Ranger Cordell Walker (Chuck Norris). Horse portrayed American Indian Movement (AIM) activist Dennis Banks in the 1994 film Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee. Eight years later, he lent his voice to Little Creek's friend in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. He portrayed Mike Proudfoot on Sons of Tucson. In 1995 he portrayed Dirty Bob in the Western film Riders in the Storm. He played the character Jindoga in Hawkeye. In 2017, Horse reprised his role as Deputy Hawk in the third season of TV series Twin Peaks. He also portrayed Twamie Ullulaq in the seventh season of The Blacklist in 2020.

Known For: Acting

Born: Los Angeles, California, USA, 1951-12-21

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1981	The Legend of the Lone Ranger	Tonto	48
2	1982	The Avenging	Josuah	40
3	1982	I Love Liberty	Self	0
4	1986	The Check is in the Mail...	Pool Attendant	60
5	1987	Rented Lips	Bobby Leaping Mouse	37
6	1988	Buckeye and Blue	Cherokee Bill	70
7	1988	Longarm	Vasquez	45
8	1988	The French as Seen by…	(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")	69
9	1988	The Cowboy and the Frenchman	Broken Feather	60
10	1989	Deadly Weapon	Indian Joe	42
11	1989	Twin Peaks	Deputy Tommy 'Hawk' Hill	84
12	1989	Border Shootout	Dandy Jim	38
13	1992	Passenger 57	Forget	60
14	1993	House of Cards	Stoker	62
15	1994	Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee	Dennis Banks	50
16	1995	Riders in the Storm	Dirty Bob	10
17	1996	American Strays	Lead Cop	55
18	1996	Navajo Blues	Begay	0
19	1998	Shattered Illusions	Eddie	35
20	1998	Star of Jaipur	Colonel Ironwood	0
21	1999	In the Blue Ground: A North of 60 Mystery	Andrew One Sky	60
22	2001	Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks	Self	60
23	2001	Postcards From The Cast	Self	0
24	2002	The Short Films of David Lynch	Broken Feather	71
25	2002	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	Little Creek's Friend (voice)	77
26	2002	Birdseye	Pete Longshadow	0
27	2007	Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks		72
28	2008	The Bone Eater	Storm Cloud	34
29	2012	Skinny Jo	Tombi	0
30	2014	Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces	Deputy Tommy 'Hawk' Hill	73
31	2017	Dead Ant	Bigfoot	50
32	2017	Bad Binoculars	Self	80
33	2017	The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair	Self	70
34	2017	A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks	Self	70
35	2018	Lights Camera Bullshit	Narrator	100
36	2020	The Call of the Wild	Edenshaw	75
37	2021	Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House	Self	0
38	2023	Gift of Fear	Chance Riddle	0
39	2025	I Know Catherine, the Log Lady	Self	0
40		I Filmed Your Death	Andy Bones	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1982	Knight Rider	Jonathan Eagle	76
2	1982	It Takes Two		50
3	1985	Hollywood Beat	Billy Night Eyes	50
4	1985	Amazing Stories	Indian	75
5	1985	Amazing Stories	male friend	75
6	1990	Twin Peaks	Tommy 'Hawk' Hill	83
7	1990	Bobby's World		69
8	1991	P.S. I Luv U		58
9	1991	The Torkelsons	David Blackwing	78
10	1993	The Untouchables	George Steelman	73
11	1993	Walker, Texas Ranger	John Red Cloud	70
12	1993	The X-Files	Sheriff Charles Tskany	84
13	1994	Duckman		72
14	1994	Gargoyles	Peter Maza/Carlos Maza (voice)	81
15	1994	Gargoyles	Peter Maza (voice)	81
16	1994	Life with Louie		68
17	1996	The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest	Ames (voice)	72
18	1996	The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest	Eskimo (voice)	72
19	1996	Adventures from the Book of Virtues	Strong Wind / The Chief (voice)	92
20	1996	Superman: The Animated Series		76
21	1996	Superman: The Animated Series	Sky Sentry Operator (voice)	76
22	1996	Superman: The Animated Series	Ubu (voice)	76
23	1997	The Legend of Calamity Jane	Chaynah Walker (voice)	64
24	1998	The Wild Thornberrys	Wildlife Ranger Sam Rainwater (voice)	69
25	1999	Roswell	Owen Blackwood	77
26	2000	Malcolm in the Middle	Security Guy	85
27	2000	Malcolm in the Middle	Steve	85
28	2000	Jackie Chan Adventures	Muntab Leader (voice)	82
29	2001	Kristin	Jonathan Stillwater	65
30	2002	What's New, Scooby-Doo?	Leon Strongfeather (voice)	79
31	2003	All Grown Up!		76
32	2010	Sons of Tucson	Mike Proudfoot	68
33	2010	Young Justice	Holling Longshadow (voice)	84
34	2011	Hell on Wheels	Native American	76
35	2013	The Blacklist	Twamie Ullulaq	76
36	2020	Motherland: Fort Salem	The Marshal	79
37	2023	The American Buffalo	(voice)	67

Michael Horse

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