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Grant in 2015
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Born |
Saginaw Morgan Grant July 20, 1936 Pawnee, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor, dancer, motivational speaker, Hereditary Chief of the Sac and Fox Nation |
Years active | 1988–2016 |
Saginaw Morgan Grant (born July 20, 1936), known professionally as Saginaw Grant, is a Native American character actor, dancer, motivational speaker and the Hereditary Chief of the Sac and Fox Nation.
Grant was born at the Indian Hospital in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Sarah (née Murray) 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.
Grant has appeared in numerous films and television shows. 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".
Grant is the adoptive father of actress and social activist, Mariana Tosca.