Michael Spears

Acting

Michael Spears

Born

1977-12-28 (48)

Place of birth

Chamberlain, South Dakota, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

26 titles

Michael Spears (born December 28, 1977) is an Indigenous American actor. He is a member of the Kul Wičaša Lakota from the Lower Brulé Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

2010s · 7 titles

The Ballad of Lefty Brown poster
6.3

Aging sidekick Lefty Brown has ridden with Eddie Johnson his entire life. But when a rustler kills Eddie, Lefty is forced from his partner’s shadow and must confront the ugly realities of frontier justice.

The Ballad of Lefty Brown

2017

Guns, Girls and Gambling poster
5.4

The story throws Elvis impersonators, Indians, modern cowboys, a 6-foot-tall blond assassin, a frat boy, a corrupt sheriff and a prostitute into a chase for a priceless American Indian artifact stolen during a poker game at an Indian casino

Guns, Girls and Gambling

2012

Angels in Stardust poster
5.7

An imaginative teenage girl, living in a mystical and dangerous community built on a deserted drive-in movie lot along the Texas/Oklahoma border, struggles to realize her potential, and escape the world she was born into.

Angels in Stardust

2014

Winter in the Blood poster
5.0

A young, self-destructive Montana Blackfoot man, his mind groggy with alcohol and tormented by childhood memories, discovers that his wife has left him, taking with her his prize rifle. He sets out to find her, but what he's really searching for is his own uncertain identity and a glimpse of salvation.

Winter in the Blood

2014

The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy poster
4.5

In 1870s Texas, a ruthless bounty hunter and an Irish desperado flee the law with a young criminal claiming to possess a treasure more valuable than gold. Crossing paths with some of the West’s most notorious figures, the three outlaws fight for their lives in the pursuit of fame and fortune. Fueled by an ensemble cast and inspired by actual events, THE LEGEND OF HELL’S GATE blends legend and history into a Western spectacle that recounts a treacherous existence in post Civil War Texas.

The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy

2011

Yellow Rock poster
5.3

Five men ride into the eerie town of Yellow Rock, hoping to rescue a family member and his lost boy. The leader, Max Dietrich, hires Mountain Man, Tom Hanner, to guide them into the Black Paw Tribe territory for the search.

Yellow Rock

2011

The Activist poster
4.8

A political thriller taking place during the Wounded Knee insurrection in 1973. Two activists are arrested and in the custody of the local sheriff's office. During their stay they are visited by a Nixon advisor, a lawyer, a senator and a movie star who is also an activist.

The Activist

2014

1990s · 4 titles

Undated · 3 titles

Series credits

Longmire poster
7.7

A Wyoming sheriff rebuilds his life and career following the death of his wife. Based on the “Walt Longmire” series of mystery novels written by best-selling author Craig Johnson.

Longmire

2012

Z Nation poster
7.3

Three years after the zombie virus has gutted the country, a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood.

Z Nation

2014

1923 poster
8.3

Follow a new generation of the Dutton family during the early twentieth century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression all plague the mountain west, and the Duttons who call it home.

1923

2022

1883 poster
8.3

Follow the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. A stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in America’s promised land — Montana.

1883

2021

Reservation Dogs poster
7.9

Four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma steal, rob and save in order to get to the exotic, mysterious and faraway land of California.

Reservation Dogs

2021

Into the West poster
8.0

The lives of two families, one white American, one native American, become mingled through the momentous events of American expansion, between 1825 and 1890.

Into the West

2005

Sitting Bull poster
6.7

Learn the incredible life of the legendary Hunkpapa Lakota chief. A fierce warrior, loving father, and holy man, the story of Sitting Bull provides a new perspective on the United States as the nation rapidly evolved around the legendary figure.

Sitting Bull

2025