The death has been announced of the Canadian First Nations actor Graham Greene, best known for his Oscar-nominated performance in the 1990 western epic Dances with Wolves. He was 73.
US entertainment trade publication Deadline reports that Greene died in a Toronto hospital on 1 September after a long illness.
"He was a great man of morals, ethics, and character and will be eternally missed," Greene's agent Michael Greene (no relation) said in a statement to Deadline.
"You are finally free. Susan Smith (Greene's longtime agent, who died in 2013) is meeting you at the gates of heaven."
Born on the Six Nations Reserve in Ohsweken, Ontario in June 1952, Greene was a member of the Oneida Nation.
It is reported that he worked a succession of odd jobs before setting out to become an actor.
Deadline reports that by the 1970s, he was performing in Canadian and English theatre productions.
His film debut came in 1983's Running Brave, and he made his Hollywood breakthrough as Kicking Bird (Ziŋtká Nagwáka) in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves.
The 1990 film was nominated for 12 Oscars, including Greene for Best Supporting Actor, and won seven, among them Best Picture and Best Director for star Costner.
Among Greene's many other film credits were Antlers, Wind River, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Transamerica, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Maverick, and Thunderheart.
He also starred in the series Tulsa King and 1883 for Wind River writer-director Taylor Sheridan. His other series credits included American Gods, Goliath, Defiance, Lonesome Dove: The Series, and Northern Exposure.
Greene was a Grammy Award winner in 2000 in the Best Spoken Word Album for Children category for Listen to the Storyteller.
His final film, Ice Fall, will be released posthumously.
Deadline reports that Greene is survived by his wife of 35 years, Hilary Blackmore; daughter Lilly Lazare-Greene; and grandson Tarlo.
