Zahn McClarnon | |
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Born |
Denver, Colorado, United States |
October 24, 1966
Occupation | Actor |
Zahn Tokiya-ku McClarnon (born October 24, 1966) is a Native American actor, best known for his performance as Hanzee Dent in the second season of the television series Fargo, as well as his recurring role as tribal police chief Mathias in the television series Longmire.
McClarnon was born in Denver, Colorado, the son of a Hunkpapa Lakota mother and Irish father. He grew up near Browning, Montana and would often visit the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, spending time with his grandparents, but his mother remained on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
McClarnon was in the Into the West (2005) miniseries for TNT and played Running Fox. He starred in the 2009 film Not Forgotten and comedy film Repo Chick. In 2013, he was in the horror movie Resolution. He had a recurring role as Bodaway Macawi in Ringer. He also played Mike Parker in the first four episodes of the SundanceTV series The Red Road. He portrayed Hanzee Dent in the second season of the TV series Fargo, where his performance was met with critical acclaim. He appeared in the TV series Timeless as NA US Marshall Grant Johnson in the episode "The Murder of Jesse James". Since 2012, McClarnon has portrayed the Cheyenne reservation Chief of Indian Tribal Police, Mathias, in Longmire, originally an A&E and now a Netflix television series.