Acting · Denver, Colorado, USA · Born October 24, 1966
Zahn McClarnon is an American film and television actor of Native American and Irish descent. He's best known for his roles as Joe Leaphorn on AMC's series Dark Winds (in which he was also an executive producer), Big on Hulu's series Reservation Dogs, Yvon on NatGeo's miniseries Barkskins, Tulimak in the film Togo, Crow Daddy in Doctor Sleep, Hallett in the film Braven, Toshaway in AMC's The Son, The Professor in the film Bone Tomahawk, Akecheta on Westworld, Hanzee Dent on the series Fargo, Officer Mathias on A&E's Longmire, Running Fox on TNT's miniseries Into the West, and Little Big Man in the film Crazy Horse.
MovieAmericana
2025
as Ghost Eye
TVIn the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin
2024
as Self
TVARK: The Animated Series
2024
as Thunder Comes Charging (voice)
TVEcho
2024
as William Lopez (archive footage)
TVCastlevania: Nocturne
2023
as Olrox (voice)
MovieHail to the Breadsticks!
2023
as Self
MovieNo Hard Feelings
2023
as Gabe Sawyer, Surfing Lawyer
TVHistory of the World: Part II
2023
as Private Mingoes
MovieThe Last Manhunt
2022
as William Johnson
TVDark Winds
2022
as Lt. Joe Leaphorn
TVHawkeye
2021
as William Lopez
TVReservation Dogs
2021
as Big
MovieThe Forever Purge
2021
as Chiago
MovieThe Silencing
2020
as Blackhawk
TVBarkskins
2020
as Yvon
MovieTogo
2019
as Tulimak
MovieHell on the Border
2019
as Sam Sixkiller
MovieDoctor Sleep
2019
as Crow Daddy
MovieBraven
2018
as Hallett
TVMidnight, Texas
2017
as Zach
TVThe Son
2017
as Toshaway
TVTimeless
2016
as Grant Johnson
TVWestworld
2016
as Akecheta
MovieNeither Wolf Nor Dog
2016
as Billy
MovieIn Embryo
2016
as Michael
TVRide with Norman Reedus
2016
as Self
MovieWaffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
2016
as Self
MovieBone Tomahawk
2015
as The Professor
MovieMekko
2015
as Bill
MovieStrike One
2014
as Muerto O.G.
TVFargo
2014
as Hanzee Dent
TVThe Red Road
2014
as Mike Parker
MovieThe Cherokee Word for Water
2013
as Deputy Jackson
MovieAwful Nice
2013
as Romulus
MovieResolution
2013
as Charles
MovieBig Thunder
2013
as Sheriff Parker
TVLongmire
2012
as Officer Mathias
MovieYellow Rock
2011
as Look First
TVRinger
2011
as Bodaway Macawi
MovieThe Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy
2011
as Quanah Parker
MovieNot Forgotten
2009
as Calvo
MovieRepo Chick
2009
as Savage
TVCastle
2009
as Ray Horton
TVComanche Moon
2008
as Ermoke
TVLife
2007
as Tomas Shasta
MovieSearchers 2.0
2007
as Rusty Frobisher
TVSaving Grace
2007
as Ames Blackbird
MovieThe Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
2006
as Tommy Yellow Hawk
TVInto the West
2005
as Running Fox
TVRobot Chicken
2005
as Snowball (voice)
TVMedium
2005
as Alex Keeswood / Driver
MovieMomentum
2003
as Hawk
MovieSpirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
2002
as Little Creek's Friend (voice)
TVThe Shield
2002
as Octavio
TVStrong Medicine
2000
as Joe Lavadour
MovieLakota Moon
1999
as Sky Walker
MovieA Town Has Turned to Dust
1998
as Tommy Tall Bear
TVDangerous Minds
1996
MovieCrazy Horse
1996
as Little Big Man
TVHappily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Grey Wolf (voice)
MovieSilent Fall
1994
as Deputy Bear
TVChicago Hope
1994
as George Burroughs
TVWalker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Little Bear
MovieCooperstown
1993
as Young Raymond
TVDr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993
as Walks on Cloud
TVRenegade
1992
as Jimmy
TVBaywatch
1989
TVAmerican Experience
1988
as Wampanoag man
MovieGhostkiller
as Chastke Ghostkiller
The Red Man's View
as Masaka
