Farmer, Gary 1953–

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FARMER, Gary 1953–

PERSONAL

Full name, Gary Dale Farmer; born June 12, 1953, in Ohswekan, Ontario, Canada; member of Cayuga nation, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy. Education: Attended Genesee Community College; studied communications at Syracuse University; studied photography and film production at Ryerson Polytechnical University.

Addresses: Agent— Belle Zwerdling, Progressive Artists, 400 South Beverly Dr., Suite 216, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career: Actor, director, and producer. Native Earth Performing Arts Company, actor and director; also performs as a musician (plays blues harmonica). Aboriginal Voices, Toronto, Ontario, founder, c. 1994, and editor in chief; lecturer on Native American topics at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. Ontario Arts Council, board member.

Awards, Honors: American Indian Film Festival Award, best actor, 1989, and Independent Spirit Award nomination, best supporting male, Independent Feature Project, 1990, both for Powwow Highway; Genie Award nomination, best actor, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1994, for Henry & Verlin; Independent Spirit Award nomination, best supporting male, and First Americans in the Arts Award, outstanding actor, both 1997, for Dead Man; Independent Spirit Award nomination, best supporting male, 1999, for Smoke Signals; Taos Mountain Award, Taos Talking Picture Festival, 2001; Gemini Award nomination, best performance in a children's or youth program or series, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 2002, for Screech Owls.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Sidewalk store owner, Police Academy (also known as Police Academy: What an Institution! ), Warner Bros., 1984.

Lost!, 1986.

Duke, The Big Town, Columbia, 1987.

A mover, The Believers, Orion, 1987.

Philbert Bono, Powwow Highway, Warner Bros., 1988.

Billy, Still Life (also known as Art Killer Framed and Still Life: The Fine Art of Murder ), 1988, then Greycat Films, 1993.

Doug, Blue City Slammers, 1988.

George, Renegades (also known as Lakota ), Universal, 1989.

Sheriff Albert "Cowboy" Dashee, The Dark Wind, Live, 1993.

Big Lar, Ed and His Dead Mother (also known as Bon Appetit, Mama and Motherhood ), ITC, 1993.

Russell Baker (some sources cite Russell White), Sioux City (also known as Ultimate Revenge ), IRS Releasing, 1994.

Henry, Henry & Verlin, Malofilm, 1994.

Nobody, Dead Man (also known as Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man ), Miramax, 1995.

Deputy Bob Martel, Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight (also known as Demon Keeper and Demon Knight ), Universal, 1995.

Timothee Doucet, Lilies (also known as Lilies—Les feluettes ), Turbulent Arts, 1996.

Rosa's Time, 1997.

Arnold Joseph, Smoke Signals (also known as Le secret des cendres ), Miramax, 1998.

Agent Whitaker, Stolen Heart, Norstar Entertainment, 1998.

George, Shegalla, Red Sky Entertainment, 1999.

Ben, Heater, Marble Island Pictures, 1999.

George, Touched, Red Sky Entertainment, 1999.

Nobody, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (also known as Ghost Dog—Der Weg des Samurai and Ghost Dog, la voie du samouraie ), Artisan Entertainment, 2000.

Lou Washington, Angels Don't Sleep Here, Lions Gate Films, 2000.

Max, Delivering Milo, IMMI Pictures/Lakeshore International, 2001.

Burt, The Score, Paramount, 2001.

Shaman, Route 666, Trimark Pictures, 2001.

George Bia, Two Grey Hills (short film), 2001.

Verdell Weasel Tail, Skins, First Look Pictures Releasing, 2002.

Buster Baxley, Adaptation, Columbia, 2002.

Junk man, A Thousand Guns, 2002.

Fagin, Twist, Victorious Films, 2003.

Ted, The Republic of Love, Seville Pictures, 2003.

Bob, The Big Empty, Artisan Entertainment, 2003.

Seven Thumbs, Sawtooth, Tribal Alliance Productions, 2004.

Film Director:

The Hero (short film), Cayuga, 1995.

The Gift, 1999.

What the Eagle Hears, 2000.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Voice, 500 Nations, CBS, 1995.

Ernie Ross, Dice, 2001.

Iktome, DreamKeeper, ABC, 2003.

Host of the miniseries Powwow, Multilingual Television (Canada).

Television Appearances; Movies:

Castro, The Undergrads, 1985.

Jody, Christmas Eve, NBC, 1986.

First prisoner, Doing Life (also known as Truth or Die ), NBC, 1986.

Pete Russell, Sparks: The Price of Passion, CBS, 1990.

Todd, Plymouth, ABC, 1991.

Anderson, Blown Away, HBO, 1993.

Hooch Wilson, Moonshine Highway, Showtime, 1996.

Lou Belcourt, Justice, Cinemax, 1999.

Buster, The Virginian, TNT, 1999.

Captain Largo, Coyote Waits, PBS, 2003.

Television Appearances; Series:

Captain Stonetree, Forever Knight, CBS, 1992–1993.

Chief Tom, The Rez, 1996.

Appeared as Chimo in the series Spirit Bay.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Tooby, Overdrawn at Memory Bank, PBS, 1985.

Himself, "Alabama Amtrak," I Survived a Disaster 3, ABC, 1997.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Wilson, "Bad Timing," Miami Vice, 1988.

Rick, "Wedding Bell Blues," Friday the 13th, 1989.

Dreamwalker, "Strange Brew," China Beach, ABC, 1989.

Detective, "Two for the Show," E.N.G., CTV, 1992.

Detective, "Acid Test," E.N.G., CTV, 1992.

Conrad Shorty, "The Outrage," Promised Land, CBS, 1996.

Jake Rizzo, "Past Tense," The New Ghostwriter Mysteries, CBS, 1997.

Vincent LaPahie, "Hope & Prey," The Pretender, NBC, 1998.

Jack Lone Feather, "The Indians in the Lobby," The West Wing, NBC, 2001.

Injun Joe, "Soup," The Job, ABC, 2002.

Thomas, "Sacred Ground," Screech Owls, 2002.

Dr. Marcus, "The Taking of Crows," Mutant X, 2003.

Larry, "The Family of Man," The Chris Isaak Show, Showtime, 2003.

Also appeared as the manager, Adderly, CBS; and as Captain Leo Burnetti, Forever Knight.

Television Appearances; Other:

Paul Vico, Alaska (pilot), 2003.

Also appeared in Where the Heart Is.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Father Figure," Forever Knight, CBS, 1992.

Television Producer:

Producer of Our Native Land (series), CBC (Canada); and Powwow (miniseries), Multilingual Television (Canada).

Stage Appearances:

Life Sentences, Toronto, Ontario, 1996.

Appeared in Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing, Theatre Passe; and in productions of Guys and Dolls, History of the Village of the Small Hut, Of Mice and Men, and One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest.