Gary Farmer

Cayuga (Six Nations) · actors

Gary Farmer (born June 12, 1953) is a Cayuga Nation member from the Six Nations Reserve in Ohsweken, Ontario, and one of the most accomplished Indigenous actors in film history. He earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for his powerful performance in "Powwow Highway" (1989) and is beloved for his iconic role as Nobody in Jim Jarmusch's "Dead Man" (1995) alongside Johnny Depp. He reprised a version of that character in Jarmusch's "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai" (1999). Farmer has appeared in "Smoke Signals" (1998), "Skins" (2002), and the FX hit series "Reservation Dogs." Beyond acting, he founded Aboriginal Voices magazine and has been a tireless advocate for Indigenous stories in media. His career spans over four decades of groundbreaking work.