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- Height6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- Chaske Spencer is an award-nominated actor who currently stars in Marvel Studios' new series ECHO as 'Henry "Black Crow" Lopez, Maya's (Alaqua Cox) well-intended uncle with ties to Fisk's (Vincent D'Onofrio) criminal underworld. His recent co-lead opposite Emily Blunt in Hugo Blick's limited series THE ENGLISH Amazon/BBC) garnered him critical acclaim including: BAFTA Awards and Royal Television Society (RTS) Programme Awards with a 2023 Leading Actor nomination and Outstanding Performance in a New Series nomination at the 2023 Gotham Awards. On the feature side, he starred in WILD INDIAN which premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival for which Chaske was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for the 2022 Independent Spirit Awards.
Up next, Chaske stars in WIND RIVER: THE NEXT CHAPTER with Jason Clarke as well as the Peacock horror thriller TEACUP (executive produced by lan McCulloch, Atomic Monster's Wan, Michael Clear and Rob Hackett) alongside Yvonne Strahovski and Scott Speedman, inspired by Robert McCammon's novel Stinger.
When Chaske was young, he dreamt of becoming a photographer, but before long, he also found himself in front of the camera. Chaske moved to New York City and in between bartending and waiting tables, he was cast in his first off off-Broadway play, DRACULA, as the title role. He went on to perform at The Public Theater in NYC and The Roundabout, and soon was discovered by casting director Rene Haynes.
Chaske is well known for his portrayal of 'Sam Uley' in the Twilght Saga: New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn I and II. He starred in the Susanna White directed feature, WOMAN WALKS AHEAD, opposite Jessica Chastain and Sam Rockwell, which made its World Premiere at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. His most notable television credits include: NatGeo's BARKSKINS, NBC's BLINDSPOT, Netflix's JESSICA JONES, the Emmy award-winning Cinemax series BANSHEE, A&E's LONGMIRE, and the Amazon series SNEAKY PETE with Bryan Cranston.
Chaske Spencer was born of the Lakota Sioux tribe, and raised on Indian Reservations in Montana and Idaho.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Conscious Hollywood
- Chaske is a Native American Indian or First Nation descendant of Lakota (Sioux) Nation.
- He enjoys sky diving, new music, film, Native American culture, politics, world issues, travel, books, and people.
- His favorite books are The Legend of Crazy Horse, A Spy by Nature, Bright Lights Big City, The Outsiders, All The Pretty Horses, and Scar Tissue.
- His heroes are The "Champ" ALI, Crazy Horse, Bob Marley, Steve McQueen, Bruce Lee, and Lance Armstrong.
- He shares a house in a Brooklyn, N.Y. neighborhood with Five O'Clock Heroes bass player Adam Morse.
- I was hoping to die because I just couldn't face getting clean. I'd rather have put a gun to my head. Alcohol and drugs are pretty rampant on the reservations. I tasted my first drink at the age of 15. I got drunk and thought, 'This is the best thing ever'. Later, my parents were starting to separate so I was very angry. I thought if I stayed with them I'd get thrown into jail for being drunk or knock a girl up. So I ran away to New York and, at 21, started studying acting. My favourite actors had started in New York - Newman, Brando, Pacino. I thought I was in heaven. But my habit eventually led me straight to hell. One night someone whips out some white powder. I was already drunk so I thought, 'Yeah, cocaine. I'll try that'. Then a girl I was dating introduced me to heroin. I started smoking it then snorting it. Three months in, I was doing it every day. My work ethic went out the door. I tried to stop drinking and doing drugs on my own but I was scared to quit because I knew withdrawals would kick in. One night I ended up in jail because I'd bought some weed and two undercover cops nabbed me. Another night, I was doing speedballs - a potent mix of heroin and cocaine - and I remember lying in bed thinking, 'This is it. If I go to sleep I'll end up dead on a dirty mattress'." They asked us [in rehab] to work out how much we'd spent on drugs. I'd blown $2million.
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