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Gary Dale Farmer (born June 12, 1953) is a Canadian actor and musician. He is perhaps best known for his role as Nobody in the films Dead Man (1995) and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), and for his role in Smoke Signals (1998).
Jun 13, 2023 · I always had to speak on behalf of Native people as a child in the Buffalo school system. Onondaga artist Frank Buffalo Hyde depicts Gary Farmer as his character, Nobody, in the 1995 Western film “Dead Man.” Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian.
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Feb 15, 2024 · Gary Farmer reprises his role as Dan Twelvetrees, Asta's father and the owner of Joe's Diner in the local town. While he is suspicious of Harry at first, he eventually trusts him after his daughter vouches for his kindness.
Sep 27, 2021 · Gary Cooper's daughter, Maria Cooper Janis, is so proud to be the child of the Hollywood icon. Get to know the late star's only kid.
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- Early Years
- Education and Theatre Career
- Career Highlights
- First Nations Media Pioneer
- Other Activities
- Honours and Awards
A member of the Cayuga nation, Gary Farmer was born at old Lady Willingdon hospital in Ohsweken, Six Nations of the Grand River. His father’s career as a US Army engineerled the family to briefly relocate to Texas before settling in Buffalo, New York, where Farmer grew up.
Farmer studied at Syracuse University in New York and at Ryerson Polytechnic University (now Toronto Metropolitan University) in Toronto. While at the latter, he developed a passion for photography and the performing arts and majored in photography and film production. He also became involved with Native Earth Performing Arts (NEPA), a Toronto thea...
Gary Farmer made his first television appearance in an episode of The Littlest Hobo in 1983. He continued to work steadily in theatre while occasionally landing small parts in such movies as Police Academy (1984) and The Believers (1987) and such TV series as Spirit Bay (1984) and Miami Vice(1988). Farmer had a breakthrough year in 1989. He was nom...
Gary Farmer has been a tireless promoter of Indigenous peoples’ cultures. In 1993 he launched Aboriginal Voices, an Indigenous arts and culture magazine that was published until 1999. In 1998, concerned about the decline in First Nations language usage, Farmer (with Tomson Highway, Alanis Obomsawin and Jennifer Podemski) helped launch the Aborigina...
Gary Farmer is an in-demand public speaker and advocate for Indigenous representation and has delivered numerous lectures at colleges and universities across North America. He also taught two courses in dramatic arts at Brock University in 2011 and has run youth acting camps at Six Nations of the Grand River. He has also performed and recording for...
Best Actor (Powwow Highway), American Indian Film Festival (1989)Best Actor (Dead Man), American Indian Film Festival (1997)Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Film (Lead) (Dead Man), First Americans in the Arts Awards (1997)Taos Mountain Award for Lifetime Achievement, Taos Talking Picture Festival (2001)Sep 29, 2023 · He was predeceased by : his parents, Albert Farmer and Jennie Farmer (Pinkus); his brothers, Douglas and Albert Farmer; and his wife Gail. He is survived by : his daughter Kari Farmer (Saverio Filippis); and his siblings, Joseph Farmer and Linda Fisher.
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Farmer starred in the recent Jim Jarmusch film, "Dead Man" and the 1989 film "Powwow Highway," as well as numerous other films, plays, and television shows. Farmer also is publisher of "AboriginalVOICES: The Magazine of Evolving Native American Arts & Culture."
