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Michael Horse
Horse in 2006
Born	Michael James Heinrich 1949 Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1981–present
Spouse	Pennie Opal Plant
Website	gatheringtribes.com/pages/about-michael-horse

Michael Horse (Michael James Heinrich, born 1949) is an American film and television actor. He is also a painter and jeweler. He is best known for playing Deputy Tommy 'Hawk' Hill on Twin Peaks.

Background and education

Michael James Heinrich was born in Los Angeles County, California in 1949. Biographies have also given his birthplace as Tucson, Arizona, or a town named "Near Tucson" in Arizona. His parents were Nancie Bellen Posten and George Heinrich, who married in 1953. Angela Aleiss wrote, "Heinrich listed his parents as Austrian." Biographies have also described his mother as being Swedish and George Heinrich being his adopted father.

Horse "describes himself as half-Indian and part Zuni, Mescalero, Yaqui and Hispanic with a touch of Swedish…." In 2017, American art writer Daniel Grant wrote, "Horse has refused to apply to any one tribe for enrollment."

Career

Horse's film debut came in the role of Tonto in the 1981 film The Legend of the Lone Ranger, which was a commercial failure. Before taking the role, Horse had been concerned that the character might be perceived as a stereotype.

After appearing in David Lynch's short film The Cowboy and the Frenchman (1988), Horse portrayed Deputy Hawk, a police officer, in Lynch's TV series Twin Peaks (1990–91). He also acted in Passenger 57 (1992), House of Cards (1993), the 1990s version of the television series The Untouchables (1993), and North of 60 (1995–97). He also appeared in the Thanks episode "Thanksgiving" in 1999, portraying Squanto. He appeared as Deputy Owen Blackwood in four episodes of the first season of Roswell (1999). Horse also appeared as Sheriff Tskany in The X-Files episode "Shapes" in 1994. In 1999, Horse guest starred on Walker, Texas Ranger in the episode "Team Cherokee" as John Red Cloud, the owner of a Native American NASCAR racing team and a friend of the titular character, Texas Ranger Cordell Walker (Chuck Norris).

Horse portrayed American Indian Movement (AIM) activist Dennis Banks in the 1994 film Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee. Eight years later, he lent his voice to Little Creek's friend in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. He portrayed Mike Proudfoot on Sons of Tucson. In 1995 he portrayed Dirty Bob in the Western film Riders in the Storm. He played the character Jindoga in Hawkeye. In 2017, Horse reprised his role as Deputy Hawk in the third season of TV series Twin Peaks.

He also portrayed Twamie Ullulaq in the seventh season of The Blacklist in 2020.

Personal life

He is married to Pennie Opal Plant.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

1. ^ Aleiss, Angela (2022). Hollywood's Native Americans: Stories of Identity and Resistance. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. p. 60. ISBN 9781440871573. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
2. ^ Jetton, Jillian (November 30, 2019). "50 Years After the Occupation of Alcatraz, Native American Activists Gather—and Resist". Vogue. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
3. ^ "Michael Horse". Windsor Betts. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
4. ^ Stoneman, Donnell (June 9, 1991). "A Man Named Horse\Half-Indian with a Touch of Swedish, Michael Horse Is All Actor – And More". Greensboro News & Record. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
5. Aleiss, Angela (2022). Hollywood's Native Americans: Stories of Identity and Resistance. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. p. 168. ISBN 9781440871573. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
6. Daniel, Grant (August 10, 2017). "Art without reservation: On the artist Jimmie Durham and the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990". The New Criterion. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
7. Labrecque, Jeff (July 2, 2013). "The Lone Ranger legend of Klinton Spilsbury". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
8. "Art away from Hollywood is where his heart is". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
9. Michael Horse – Actor Movie Reviews at TopTenReviews.com Archived October 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
10. "Untouchable Then and Now". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
11. ^ "Michael Horse (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved September 30, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.

External links

• Michael Horse at IMDb
• 45-minute audio interview of Michael Horse Wide-ranging discussion on Pacifica Radio station KPFA's weekly program, Bay Native Circle (May 7, 2008)

• Living people
• 1949 births
• 20th-century American painters
• 21st-century American painters
• American illustrators
• 20th-century American jewellers
• American male film actors
• American male painters
• American male television actors
• American male voice actors
• American people who self-identify as being of Apache descent
• American people who self-identify as being of Yaqui descent
• American people who self-identify as being of Pueblo descent
• Male actors from California
• People from Sun Valley, Los Angeles
• 20th-century American male artists