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Eddie Spears Biography

Birth Name:Eddie Spears

Birth Place:Chamberlain, South Dakota, United States

Profession Actor

Fast Facts

  • In 2004, he was awarded the Phoenix Film Festival Best Actor Award
  • Earned the Bronze Wrangler Award in 2012 at the Western Heritage Awards for his role in "Yellow Rock"
  • In 2004, he received the FAITA Best Actor Award
  • Younger brother of actor Michael Spears
  • Born and raised on the Lower Brule Indian Reservation until six-years-old when his family relocated to Pierre, South Dakota
  • Speaks the Lakota language, and is a Grass dancer
  • A member of the Kul Wicasa Oyate Lakota Lower Brule Tribe located in South Dakota

Awards

  • 2003American Indian Movie Award-Best Supporting Actor: winner
  • 2012Red Nation Film Award of Excellence-Outstanding Supporting Actor in Television Mini-Series/MOW/ Television Show: nominated