Forrest Goodluck (born August 6, 1998) is a Native American actor. Since his debut as

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camp, in the 2018 British-American film '' The Miseducation of Cameron Post'', ecoterrorist Michael in the 2022 film '' How to Blow Up a Pipeline'', and Billy Crow in the

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western series '' Lawmen: Bass Reeves'' (2023).

Early life

A Native American, Goodluck was born in

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. His father, Kevin, is

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. His mother Laurie's ancestry includes

, Hidatsa,

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, and

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from Alaska. His maternal grandmother was a citizen of the Three Affiliated Tribes from the

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. Goodluck is a citizen of the Three Affiliated Tribes.

Career

Goodluck's first acting experience was during a sixth-grade production of '' A Charlie Brown Christmas'' at his elementary school: later he performed in stage and theater productions in middle and high school. At age 13, he auditioned for Native American director Chris Eyre's film ''Man Called Buffalo'', which never made it to production. He did get an opportunity to network with future casting directors. Goodluck auditioned for the part of Hawk in the 2015 film '' The Revenant'' when he was 16 years old. ''The Revenant'' was his first feature film role. Goodluck won Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor (14–21) at the 37th Young Artist Awards for his role as Hawk. In February 2016, he was cast to appear in a pilot for the

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drama ''Citizen'' as Guero, a "wiry graduate of the streets who serves as the charismatic and bipolar leader of a group called 'Baby Narcos. In November 2016, it was announced Goodluck would star opposite Chloë Grace Moretz and Sasha Lane in '' The Miseducation of Cameron Post''. He starred as Saul Indian Horse in the 2017 drama '' Indian Horse'' about the history of Canadian boarding schools and the aboriginal people. In 2022 he played the self-taught explosive expert Michael in Daniel Goldhaber's eco-thriller '' How to Blow Up a Pipeline''. A key sequence of the film was shot on the reservation where the actor's family lived, which had been affected by oil drilling. In 2023, he played Billy Crow in the Western mini-series '' Lawmen: Bass Reeves''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodluck, Forrest 1998 births Living people 21st-century American male actors 21st-century Native American people American male film actors American male television actors American male voice actors Male actors from Albuquerque, New Mexico Native American male actors American people of Navajo descent American people of Tsimshian descent Mandan people Three Affiliated Tribes people Hidatsa people