Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse (born April 28, 1976) is an American

United States

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 actor. He is a member of the Rosebud Lakota Sioux Nation, the son of Chief Joseph Chasing Horse and Winifred Chasing Horse.

Chasing His Horse was cast to play the part of Smiles A Lot (Lakota

Lakota language

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: Iȟá s’a) in Kevin Costner's

Kevin Costner

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 movie Dances with Wolves

Dances with Wolves

Dances with Wolves is a 1990 epic western film directed by and starring Kevin Costner. It is a film adaptation of the 1988 book of the same name by Michael Blake and tells the story of a Union Army Lieutenant who travels to the American frontier to find a military post, and his dealings with a...

. He starred in three TNT

Turner Network Television

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 telefilms with First Nations

First Nations

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 actor Eric Schweig

Eric Schweig

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: The Broken Chain, Into the West

Into the West (TV miniseries)

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and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a 2007 television film adapted from the book of the same name by Dee Brown. The film was written by Daniel Giat, directed by Yves Simoneau and produced by HBO Films. The book on which the movie is based is a history of Native Americans in the American West in the...

.

In addition to his film career, Nathan Chasing Horse is a recognized medicine man, raised and living to this date in the traditional way of the Lakota.

Films

• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
  Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)
  Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a 2007 television film adapted from the book of the same name by Dee Brown. The film was written by Daniel Giat, directed by Yves Simoneau and produced by HBO Films. The book on which the movie is based is a history of Native Americans in the American West in the...
  
  (2007, HBO Films) — One Bull
• Into the West
  Into the West (TV miniseries)
  Into the West is a 2005 miniseries produced by Steven Spielberg and Dreamworks, with six two-hour episodes . The series was first broadcast in the U.S. on Turner Network Television on six Fridays starting on June 10, 2005...
  
  (2005, TV miniseries) — Sleeping Bear
• Dreamkeeper
  Dreamkeeper
  Dreamkeeper is a 2003 film written by John Fusco and directed by Steve Barron. The main plot of the film is the conflict between a Lakota elder and storyteller named Pete Chasing Horse and his Lakota grandson, Shane Chasing Horse...
  
  (2003, TV) — Verdel
• The Broken Chain (1993, TV) — Young Joseph Brandt
• Dances with Wolves
  Dances with Wolves
  Dances with Wolves is a 1990 epic western film directed by and starring Kevin Costner. It is a film adaptation of the 1988 book of the same name by Michael Blake and tells the story of a Union Army Lieutenant who travels to the American frontier to find a military post, and his dealings with a...
  
  (1990) — Smiles A Lot

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