Gil Birmingham

Acting

Gil Birmingham

Born

1953-07-13 (73)

Place of birth

San Antonio, Texas, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Gil Birmingham (born July 13, 1966) is an American actor of Comanche ancestry. He made his first TV appearance on an episode of Riptide, and has gone on to star in more than 40 films, television, and theater productions, such as Twilight, End of the Spear, Dreamkeeper and The Doe Boy.

Known for

The Mentalist poster
8.4

Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.

The Mentalist

2008

NCIS: Los Angeles poster
7.5

The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments.

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009

Castle poster
8.0

After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.

Castle

2009

Charmed poster
8.2

Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose prophesied destiny is to protect innocent lives from evil beings such as demons and warlocks. Each sister possesses unique magical powers that grow and evolve, while they attempt to maintain normal lives in modern day San Francisco.

Charmed

1998

Yellowstone poster
8.3

Follow the violent world of the Dutton family, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States. Led by their patriarch John Dutton, the family defends their property against constant attack by land developers, an Indian reservation, and America’s first National Park.

Yellowstone

2018

Buffy the Vampire Slayer poster
8.1

Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1997

Film credits

2010s · 16 titles

Rango poster
6.9

When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging Western town of Dirt, the theater-loving lizard suddenly finds himself the newly appointed sheriff. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt and uncover the truth behind a looming water crisis—before his act catches up with him.

Rango

2011

Transformers: The Last Knight poster
6.1

Humans and Transformers are at war. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Saving our world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager; Bumblebee; an English Lord; and an Oxford Professor.

Transformers: The Last Knight

2017

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 poster
6.2

Bella Swan and Edward Cullen's honeymoon phase is abruptly disrupted by betrayals and unforeseen tragedies that endanger their world.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

2011

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse poster
6.2

Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob, knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella is confronted with the most important decision of her life.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

2010

Hell or High Water poster
7.3

A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.

Hell or High Water

2016

The Lone Ranger poster
6.1

The Texas Rangers chase down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish, but the gang ambushes the Rangers, seemingly killing them all. One survivor is found, however, by an American Indian named Tonto, who nurses him back to health. The Ranger, donning a mask and riding a white stallion named Silver, teams up with Tonto to bring the unscrupulous gang and others of that ilk to justice.

The Lone Ranger

2013

Wind River poster
7.4

An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.

Wind River

2017

The Space Between Us poster
7.0

A young man raised by scientists on Mars returns to Earth to find his father.

The Space Between Us

2017

Crooked Arrows poster
6.1

A native-American lacrosse team makes its way through a prep school league tournament.

Crooked Arrows

2012

Love Ranch poster
5.4

Story of a couple that starts the first legal brothel in Nevada and a boxer they own a piece of.

Love Ranch

2010

Scalped poster
NR

A modern day crime story set in the world of a Native American Indian reservation, and explores power, loyalty, and spirituality in a community led by the ambitious Chief Lincoln Red Crow, as he reckons with Dashiell Bad Horse who has returned home after years away from the reservation.

Scalped

2017

Te Ata poster
7.1

The extraordinary life of Chickasaw Nation citizen Mary Thompson Fisher is given a heartfelt tribute in this moving look at a culture in transition, and the way one woman used her voice to keep Native traditions and stories alive. Raised in Indian Territory, Fisher left home to pursue her dream of becoming an actress, only to find that her true calling was at home all along. From Chautauquas to Broadway and even the White House, Fisher traveled the world performing Native American songs and stories for heads of state, American presidents, and European royalty. Featuring Chickasaw citizens both in front of and be-hind the camera, this touching portrait starring Q’orianka Kilcher (“The New World”) and Graham Greene honors a woman whose own story was the most inspiring one she never told. -TCFF database

Te Ata

2017

Dr. Del poster
NR

Del Canyon reluctantly returns to his small hometown to run his family's apothecary, the only source for medical attention for hundreds of miles. The series will follow his emergence as the town healer while he grapples between his desire to distance himself from a painful past and his inability to turn his back on a community struggling to find its place in contemporary America.

Dr. Del

2016

The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island poster
6.2

The continuing adventures of Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny as they spend the summer on their grandfather's private island.

The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island

2018

California Indian poster
NR

Nick Thomas, a Pomo Indian and a successful Los Angeles radio host, is forced back to the reservation to help his brother Chi, and tribal leader Rich Knight lead the Tule Lake Rancheria out of danger from a seedy casino investor. At risk is whether the Native American Tribe members decide to accept a payment for instant gratification, or retain rights over the Casino project for a long-term benefit. Based on a true story and actual events at the Pomo Indian Tribe reservation in Northern California. The struggles inherent on reservations today are depicted in this true to life drama transcending current stereotypes of modern Native American culture to showcase the depths of the heritage that thrives today.

California Indian

2011

No artwork available
9.0

Shouting Secrets is a hopeful and heartwarming, universal story taking place in a present day Native American family. It's a story that is at once about the constancy and the fragility of love, as well as the importance of family.

Shouting Secrets

2011

2000s · 10 titles

Twilight poster
6.3

When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire. Despite Edward's repeated cautions, Bella can't stay away from him, a fatal move that endangers her own life.

Twilight

2008

The Twilight Saga: New Moon poster
6.0

Forks, Washington resident Bella Swan is reeling from the departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, and finds comfort in her friendship with Jacob Black, a werewolf. But before she knows it, she's thrust into a centuries-old conflict, and her desire to be with Edward at any cost leads her to take greater and greater risks.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

2009

Love's Long Journey poster
7.0

Missie's surprise pregnancy sets her on a new course that is both thrilling and terrifying. After all the planning and dreaming, she and her husband Willie are headed west in a covered wagon, leaving behind the prairie home of Missie's parents. Now, caught between the excitement of the new adventure and the pain of not knowing when she'll see her family again, Missie copes with the challenges, and cherishes the rewards, of her new homestead.

Love's Long Journey

2005

Turok: Son of Stone poster
6.2

While defending his tribe from a bloodthirsty enemy tribe, a Native American warrior named Turok finds himself in a prehistoric dinosaur world along with his nephew, sister-in-law and the sadistic leader of the other tribe.

Turok: Son of Stone

2008

Gentle Ben poster
6.1

When Mark goes for a visit with his uncle he's thrown into a world he knows not much about. Little does he know it'll be a world he's going to have to become very familiar with. One character Mark becomes very familiar and friendly with is a very tame black bear who he later names Ben

Gentle Ben

2002

The Doe Boy poster
5.6

A Cherokee boy is a haemophiliac in a culture obsessed with blood identity.

The Doe Boy

2001

Skins poster
5.3

An inspirational tale about the relationship between two Sioux Indian brothers living on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation.

Skins

2002

The Lone Ranger poster
5.6

This version takes a look at the character in the years before he became a legend. It all begins with the introduction of Luke Hartman, a 20-year old Boston law student who witnesses the murder of his brother, a Texas Ranger. He himself is wounded in the midst of the chaos, but is rescued by the Apache Tonto... and subsequently becomes smitten by Tonto's sister Alope. He then devotes his life to avenging the death of his brother and fighting injustice, and in the process becoming a worldwide legend.

The Lone Ranger

2003

Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain poster
5.0

Tensions rise as Jack and Fog clash over drilling plans on Jack's land near a wilderness preserve. Fog surprises the town by announcing a natural spring water business instead. Jack, skeptical, is jailed for allegedly sabotaging Fog’s well. Ben and Mark discover Fog’s partners are hiding something, revealing the venture is more than Fog anticipated. It's a race to prove Jack’s innocence and uncover the truth before Mark is taken to a foster home.

Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain

2003

Comanche Warriors poster
10.0

In less than a generation, the Comanche transformed themselves into superior warriors. We detail the tactics, weapons and experiences of this legendary Native American tribe.

Comanche Warriors

2005

Series credits

The Mentalist poster
8.4

Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.

The Mentalist

2008

NCIS: Los Angeles poster
7.5

The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments.

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009

Castle poster
8.0

After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.

Castle

2009

Charmed poster
8.2

Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose prophesied destiny is to protect innocent lives from evil beings such as demons and warlocks. Each sister possesses unique magical powers that grow and evolve, while they attempt to maintain normal lives in modern day San Francisco.

Charmed

1998

Yellowstone poster
8.3

Follow the violent world of the Dutton family, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States. Led by their patriarch John Dutton, the family defends their property against constant attack by land developers, an Indian reservation, and America’s first National Park.

Yellowstone

2018

Buffy the Vampire Slayer poster
8.1

Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1997

Marshals poster
8.0

With the Yellowstone Ranch behind him, Kayce Dutton joins an elite unit of U.S. Marshals, combining his skills as a cowboy and Navy SEAL to bring range justice to Montana, where he and his teammates must balance family, duty and the high psychological cost that comes with serving as the last line of defense in the region's war on violence.

Marshals

2026

Dark Matter poster
7.8

Jason Dessen is abducted into an alternate version of his life. To get back to his real family, he embarks on a harrowing journey to save them from the most terrifying foe imaginable: himself.

Dark Matter

2024

Nip/Tuck poster
7.2

Hotshot plastic surgeons Dr. Sean McNamara and Dr. Christian Troy experience full-blown midlife crises as they confront career, family and romance problems.

Nip/Tuck

2003

Tracker poster
7.6

Lone-wolf survivalist Colter Shaw roams the country as a “reward seeker,” using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement solve all manner of mysteries while contending with his own fractured family.

Tracker

2024

Falcon Crest poster
5.6

Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced. The series revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Channing family in the Californian wine industry. Jane Wyman starred as Angela Channing, the tyrannical matriarch of the Falcon Crest Winery, alongside Robert Foxworth as Chase Gioberti, Angela's nephew who returns to Falcon Crest following the death of his father. The series was set in the fictitious Tuscany Valley northeast of San Francisco.

Falcon Crest

1981

House of Cards poster
8.0

Betrayed by the White House, Congressman Frank Underwood embarks on a ruthless rise to power. Blackmail, seduction and ambition are his weapons.

House of Cards

2013

Animal Kingdom poster
7.8

17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" Cody and her right-hand Baz, who runs the business and calls the shots, the clan also consists of Pope, the oldest and most dangerous of the Cody boys; Craig, the tough and fearless middle son; and Deran, the troubled, suspicious "baby" of the family.

Animal Kingdom

2016

Banshee poster
8.0

Banshee is an American drama television series set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country and features an enigmatic ex-con posing as a murdered sheriff who imposes his own brand of justice while also cooking up plans that serve his own interests.

Banshee

2013

Veronica Mars poster
7.8

In the fictional town of Neptune, California, student Veronica Mars progresses from high school to college while moonlighting as a private investigator under the tutelage of her detective father.

Veronica Mars

2004

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman poster
7.6

Dr. Michaela Quinn journeys to Colorado Springs to be the town's physician after her father's death in 1868.

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

1993

V.I.P. poster
5.3

While attending a Hollywood premiere with a famous action star, a crazed fan pulls a gun—but her movie hunk turns into a coward, and it's Vallery who becomes the hero. Suddenly, she's thrown into a world of action and danger as owner of a Hollywood protection agency, Vallery Irons Protection (V.I.P.), taking risks to protect others at a price few are willing to pay.

V.I.P.

1998

The Wild Thornberrys poster
7.0

Travel the world with the Thornberrys and come face-to-face with blue sheep in Nepal, emus in Australia, marmots in Pakistan, flash floods in Siberia, Egyptian burial chambers, a runaway hot air balloon, a rock slide on the Karakoram Highway and more!

The Wild Thornberrys

1998

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt poster
7.1

When a woman is rescued from a doomsday cult and lands in New York City, she must navigate a world she didn't think even existed anymore.

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

2015

X-Men '97 poster
8.7

The X-Men, a band of mutants who use their uncanny gifts to protect a world that hates and fears them, are challenged like never before, forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new future.

X-Men '97

2024

Poker Face poster
7.4

Follow Charlie Cale, a woman with an extraordinary ability to tell when someone is lying, as she hits the road and, at every stop, encounters a new cast of characters and crimes she can't help but solve.

Poker Face

2023

Siren poster
7.7

The coastal town of Bristol Cove is known for its legend of once being home to mermaids. When the arrival of a mysterious girl proves this folklore all too true, the battle between man and sea takes a very vicious turn as these predatory beings return to reclaim their right to the ocean.

Siren

2018

Family Law poster
8.1

Family attorney and mom, Lynn Holt, has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together, since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him. Although the attorneys are carting plenty of life's baggage, they're all determined to make the most of this unexpected second chance—and make each month's mortgage payment.

Family Law

1999

Medical Investigation poster
6.6

An elite team of medical experts of the National Institutes of Health investigates unusual public-health crises, such as sudden outbreaks of serious and mysterious diseases.

Medical Investigation

2004

PIECES OF HER poster
6.5

A woman pieces together her mother's dark past after a violent attack in their small town brings hidden threats and deadly secrets to light.

PIECES OF HER

2022

Vegas poster
6.9

Ralph Lamb wants to be left in peace to run his ranch, but Las Vegas is now swelling with outsiders and corruption which are intruding on his simple life. Recalling Lamb's command as a military police officer during World War II, the Mayor appeals to his sense of duty to look into a murder of a casino worker – and so begins Lamb’s clash with Vincent Savino, a ruthless Chicago gangster who plans to make Vegas his own.

Vegas

2012

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

Under the Banner of Heaven poster
7.5

A devout detective's faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder that seems to be connected to an esteemed Utah family's spiral into LDS fundamentalism and their distrust in the government.

Under the Banner of Heaven

2022

The Lying Game poster
7.1

Emma, a kind-hearted foster kid who can't catch a break, finds out she has an identical twin sister, Sutton, who - unlike Emma - was adopted by wealthy parents and is seemingly living an ideal life. After their initial meeting, Sutton talks Emma into stepping into her life for a few days while she pursues a lead on their birth mother. Initially excited to do this favor for her sister, Emma soon learns that Sutton has gone missing and could be in trouble. Now, Emma must decide whether to come clean to Sutton's family and risk her own safety in the hope of uncovering her twin sister's true whereabouts, along with the truth about why they were separated in the first place.

The Lying Game

2011

The Legend of Calamity Jane poster
6.7

Slow drawls, quick draws, heroes and outlaws all have one thing in common -- "The Legend of Calamity Jane." Fast with the whip, and even faster with a smile, Jane rides the trails and backwoods in search of truth and justice, showing what real heroes are made of in this animated western adventure series.

The Legend of Calamity Jane

1997

Body & Soul poster
7.0

Following the death of her brother, Sister Anna takes leave from her order to return home to help save her family business. Becoming a shrewd businesswoman and meeting a man whom she grows to love, puts her life in conflict with her religious vows. Now she must decide what is really important to her.

Body & Soul

2002