Kiowa Gordon


Kiowa Joseph Gordon is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Junior in the TV series The Red Road, and shapeshifter Embry Call in The Twilight Series.

Early life

Gordon was born in Berlin, Germany, where his father, Thomas Gordon, was working. He is the seventh of eight children. His mother, Camille Nighthorse Gordon, is also an actress. Gordon is partly of Hualapai Native American descent, and is a member of the Hualapai tribe of Northern Arizona.
His family moved back to the U.S. when he was two years old, and he grew up in Arizona, where he attended Cactus Shadows High School in Cave Creek, Arizona. He attended the LDS church for a while in the same ward as Twilight author Stephenie Meyer. Aside from acting, Kiowa is also a vocalist, and used to be a member of a progressive metal band called Touché, leaving it to focus on acting.

Career

In 2009, Gordon played shapeshifter Embry Call in New Moon, based on Stephenie Meyer's novel of the same name. Kiowa has said that he was approached one day at church by Stephenie Meyer as she thought he would be perfect for the wolf pack. He then attended an open casting where he landed the role of Jacob Black's best friend. Gordon replaced Krys Hyatt in New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn.
Gordon was set to play Brad in the proposed American film Into The Darkness, but the film never came to fruition. Gordon portrayed 2014 Jake Kingston in the thriller Wind Walkers, which tells a Native American Urban legend.
Gordon starred in An Act of War, released on Netflix in 2015. The film was directed by Ryan M. Kennedy and produced by Atit Shah.

Filmography