GRAHAM
GREENE (Joseph)
Distinguished Canadian actor Graham Greene plays Joseph
Menzies in Lost and Delirious.
Greene is perhaps best recognized for his portrayal
of Kicking Bira in Kevin Costner’s Dances
with Wolves, for which he received a coveted Academy Award nomination
as Best Supporting Actor. In
1993 he was honored with a Gemini Award for his work in Dudley the Dragon.
He won a Grammy Award in 2000 for his narration of the PBS production
Listen to the Storyteller.
The highlight of his stage career
has been playing Pierre St.Pierre in Dry
Lips Oughtta Move to Kapuskasing, for which he won the 1989 Dora Award
for Best Actor when it was produced by Native Earth / Theatre Passe Muraille.
He has reprised the role at the MTC, NAC, and Royal Alexandra Theatre.
Other stage credits include Diary
of a Crazy Boy, Coming Through Slaughter,
and Crackwalker.
He has been a guest star on the series
Northern Exposure, Murder, She Wrote,
and North of 60. He also played
a lead role in the North of 60 movie
of the week.
Greene has been seen on the big screen
in a number of blockbusters, including last year’s Academy Award nominated
The Green Mile with Tom Hanks and
Michael Clarke Duncan, Sir Richard Attenborough’s Grey Owl, Die Hard 3 with
Bruce Willis, Maverick alongside
Mel Gibson, and director Michael Apted’s Thunderheart.
A prominent and respected member of Canada’s Aboriginal
community, he has hosted the CBC broadcast of The National Aboriginal Achievement Awards show.
(taken from the Lions Gate Films press kit, 2001)