Cody Lightning (born August 8, 1986) is a Cree actor from

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, Canada.Kerry Benjoe, "Indigenous film world filled with people passionate about their art". ''

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'', December 12, 2015. He is the son of

Georgina Lightning Georgina Lightning is a First Nations film director, screenwriter, and actress. Biography Born in Edmonton, Alberta, she is an enrolled member of the Samson Cree Nation. She was raised off-reserve, near the Samson community in Edmonton, Albert ...

, and brother of William Lightning and

Crystle Lightning Crystle Lea Lightning (born February 5, 1981) is a Canadian-American film actress, musician, DJ, and hip-hop MC. Early life Lightning holds dual citizenship with the United States and Canada. She is the daughter of director and actress Georgina ...

. He was a Young Artist Award nominee in 1999 for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor, for '' Smoke Signals'' (1998), and won the American Indian Film Festival award for Best Actor in 2007 for ''

Four Sheets to the Wind ''Four Sheets to the Wind'' is a 2007 independent drama film written and directed by Sterlin Harjo. It was Harjo's first feature film, and won several awards at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and American Indian Film Festival. Plot The film tell ...

''.

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* 1986 births Living people 20th-century Canadian male actors 20th-century First Nations people 21st-century Canadian male actors 21st-century First Nations people Canadian male film actors First Nations male actors Cree people Male actors from Edmonton {{Canada-actor-stub