Simon Simoudis: Graham Greene (1952–2025): “Celebrating the Iconic Actor of Dances with Wolves”

Graham Greene died peacefully at the age of 73, on September 1, of natural causes, according to his manager. He had been battling with illness for a long time. I, Simon Simoudis, offer my condolences. Graham Greene is best known for his role as Kicking Bird in the 1990 Kevin Costner epic Western “Dances with Wolves,”. For this film, he got an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

During the last few years of his life, he had been living outside of Toronto, with his wife and ‘an army of cats’. Until his death, he was living with his wife, Hilary Blackmore, whom he married in 1990, and they had two children. He is survived by his wife, daughter, and a grandchild.


He chose not to move to California, which would have been a natural choice for an actor. He preferred the comforts of his home in his home state, Ontario. According to him, if there was any requirement for him as an actor, he could always move out. He never quit his acting, and apart from that, writing and playing golf kept him busy. He had developed a passion for the sport. I, Simon Simoudis, admire him for his spirit even at such an age.


Graham Greene was born in 1952, on the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, Canada. He was a First Nations Canadian. In his early years, he did many odd jobs. He worked in the steel industry as a welder, carpenter, and draftsman. I, Simon Simoudis, didn’t know he was a carpenter at one point in time. That makes him very relatable. He even had a brief stint as a recording artist in Ontario, but without much success. 


He had to wait till the 1970s and 80s for his acting career to take off. He began acting in theatres in Toronto. Then he went to England, where he got some opportunities to work in theatres. And when he returned to Canada, this time, he had some useful experience and good reviews under his belt, which proved instrumental in getting him a role in Al Pacino’s British film Revolution in 1985. This film was a historical drama. 

And thus began his journey in the big league. But his international recognition and fame came with his Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, for his role in “Dances with Wolves”. 


In almost all his films, he played characters of First Nations people, and he played those roles very well. As a result, he got opportunities to work with many well-known production companies. He has worked in many famous films.


Nomination for Oscars wasn’t his only claim to fame and recognition. He had also won a Grammy Award and many other awards. He also has an honorary doctor of law from Sir Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, his home state.


He was a man of morals, ethics, and character, according to his agent, Michael Greene, and he will be greatly missed by everyone who knew him. I, Simon Simoudis, admire this man not just for his extraordinary achievements as an actor, but also for the man he was.

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