Chaske Spencer
Birth : 1975-03-09, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, USA
History
Chaske (pronounced Chess-Kay) Spencer is a First Nation descendant of Lakota (Sioux) Nation. He stars as the co-lead opposite Emily Blunt in Hugo Blick's limited series The English. Most recently, he stars in the feature film Wild Indian which premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, and for which Chaske was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for the 2022 Independent Spirit Awards. Up next, Chaske stars in Disney+'s new Marvel series Echo (2023).
Chaske is well known for his portrayal of 'Sam Uley' in the Twilght Saga: New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn I and Il. Chaske also starred in the Susanna White directed feature, Woman Walks Ahead, opposite Jessica Chastain and Sam Rockwell, which made its World Premiere at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. His television credits include: NatGeo's Barkskins, NBC's Blindspot, Netflix's Jessica Jones, the Emmy award-winning Cinemax series Banshee, Netflix's Longmire, and the Amazon series Sneaky Pete with Bryan Cranston.
Teddo
Decades after covering up his classmate’s murder, Michael has moved on from his reservation and fractured past. When a man who shares his violent secret seeks vengeance, Michael goes to great lengths to protect his new life with his wife and boss from the demons of his past.
Chaska
Based on a true story, this riveting western follows a headstrong New York widow as she journeys west to meet Sioux chief Sitting Bull, facing off with an army officer intent on war with Native Americans.
Marco's Construction Boss
Two young poets with bipolar disorder begin a highly passionate, volatile relationship that threatens both their futures.
Narrator
The story of the native people of Guam, the Chamorros, who remained loyal to the U.S. under a brutal Japanese occupation only to be stripped of much of their ancestral lands to build military facilities after World War II. Through rarely seen archival footage, as well as testimonies of survivors and their descendants, War for Guam explores the experience and enduring legacy of World War II on the island.
Duran Palouse
The true story of a real estate developer who disappeared into the Southwestern desert in 1992, leaving behind a series of VHS tapes.
Joe
Mia, a precocious eight year old, wants to do anything but hang out at her father's house trying to sell a car that doesn't run. This short film explores these two characters, their relationship and those precious moments in life when two people are able to pause, breath and connect.
Virgil First Raise
A young, self-destructive Montana Blackfoot Indian, his mind groggy with alcohol and tormented by childhood memories, discovers that his wife has left him, taking with her his prize rifle. He sets out to find her, but what he's really searching for is his own uncertain identity and a glimpse of salvation.
Sam Uley
After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi.
Eli
Set in the 1840s, show centers on a group that follows their dreams and heads west from Missouri across the uncharted country.
Sam Uley
The new found married bliss of Bella Swan and vampire Edward Cullen is cut short when a series of betrayals and misfortunes threatens to destroy their world.
Wesley
Shouting Secrets is a hopeful and heartwarming, universal story taking place in a present day Native American family. It's a story that is at once about the constancy and the fragility of love, as well as the importance of family.
Sam Uley
Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob, knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella is confronted with the most important decision of her life.
Sam Uley
Forks, Washington resident Bella Swan is reeling from the departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, and finds comfort in her friendship with Jacob Black, a werewolf. But before she knows it, she's thrust into a centuries-old conflict, and her desire to be with Edward at any cost leads her to take greater and greater risks.
Eagle Boy
In South Dakota, in an Indian reservation, an old storyteller Indian asks his grandson Shane, who is in trouble owing money to some bad guys, to take his old pony and him to Albuquerque to the great powwow, an Indian meeting. While traveling, Grandpa tells mysterious Indian tales of love, friendship and magic.
Teen Rudy
An inspirational tale about the relationship between two Sioux Indian brothers living on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation.
