Saginaw Grant


Saginaw Morgan Grant, known professionally as Saginaw Grant, is a Native American character actor, dancer, motivational speaker and the Hereditary Chief of the Sac and Fox Nation.

Early life

Grant was born at the Indian Hospital in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Sarah and Austin Grant. He is a member of the Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma. His mother's ancestry was from the Iowa and Otoe-Missouria tribes of Oklahoma. He is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps.

Career

Grant has appeared in numerous films and television shows. Saginaw Grant played Grey Cloud, an ally of Indiana Jones, opposite Harrison Ford in the 1993 episode "Mystery of the Blues" of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. He played the Gatekeeper in the 1999 film, "Purgatory". He played Chief Big Bear in the 2013 film The Lone Ranger. The same year, he appeared as a man who sells his truck to Walter White in the Breaking Bad episode "Ozymandias".
Since 2012, the actor has been a prominent member of the American Indian Advisory Board at the San Diego International Film Festival.

Personal life

Grant is the adoptive father of actress and social activist, Mariana Tosca.

Filmography

Film