- Born
- Birth nameGary Dale Farmer
- Height6′ 2½″ (1.89 m)
- and starred with Corey Feldman and
Gary Dale Farmer is a character actor with plenty of
character. With over 100 Film and TV appearances attached to his
resume, and plenty more in the pipeline, Gary has shown he can adapt
easily to any genre when necessary. He was born in Ohsweken, Ontario,
into the Cayuga nation and Wolf Clan, and studied photography and Film
at both the Syracuse University and Ryerson Polytechnic University. He
then began a successful career as an actor, first taking small roles in
movies such as
Police Academy (1984), the
John Schlesinger film
The Believers (1987) with
Martin Sheen, the
Matt Dillon vehicle,
The Big Town (1987), and
Renegades (1989) starring
Kiefer Sutherland and
Lou Diamond Phillips.
By the early 1990s, Gary was starring in more substantial roles. He
portrayed Cowboy Dashee in the
Robert Redford- produced
thriller, The Dark Wind (1991) -
again opposite Lou Diamond Phillips
Blown Away (1992).
Lou Diamond Phillips cast Gary in
his directorial debut
Sioux City (1994) and
Ernest R. Dickerson cast him in the
first
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
horror movie
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)
with Billy Zane: Gary played a small town
deputy. He was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for his
memorable performance as Nobody in the
Jim Jarmusch independent western
Dead Man (1995), in which he starred
opposite Johnny Depp, and again for his role
in Smoke Signals (1998).
Jim Jarmusch re-prised Gary's role as the
Native American spiritual guide - Nobody - for his next film,
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999),
and Frank Oz cast him alongside
Marlon Brando and
Robert De Niro in
The Score (2001). Gary continues to
work steadily as an actor and has also moved behind the camera - he has
directed a few projects, including an episode of the
Forever Knight (1992) TV
series, episode 'Father Figure' (1992).
Gary formed his own band: 'Gary Farmer and the Troublemakers'. They
play the blues and have released two CDs.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Matt Lee-Williams
- Was the founder and Publisher of Aboriginal Voices Magazine, a magazine
which was devoted to Native Canadian issues. - He is of the Cayuga nation and Wolf Clan of the Haudenosaunee/Iroquois Confederacy.
- Attended Syracuse University and Ryerson Polytechnical University,
studying photography and film production. - He has a band called "Gary Farmer and the Troublemakers." The band consists of Farmer on harmonica and vocals, John Longbow on bass, Robert Rambo on lead and rhythm guitars, Nicholas Mendoza on lead and rhythm guitars and vocals, and Robert Dean on drums.
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