Biography
Gil Birmingham (born July 13, 1966) is an American actor of Comanche ancestry. He made his first TV appearance on an episode of Riptide, and has gone on to star in more than 40 films, television, and theater productions, such as Twilight, End of the Spear, Dreamkeeper and The Doe Boy.
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Marsh King's Daughter
2023
as Clark Bekkum
Helena, a woman living a seemingly ordinary life, hides a dark secret—her father is the infamous 'Marsh King', the man who kept her and her mother cap...
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
2018
The continuing adventures of Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny as they spend the summer on their grandfather's private island.
Te Ata
2017
as T.B. Thompson
The extraordinary life of Chickasaw Nation citizen Mary Thompson Fisher is given a heartfelt tribute in this moving look at a culture in transition, a...
Wind River
2017
as Martin Hanson
An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
as Chief Sherman (uncredited)
Humans and Transformers are at war. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history ...
The Space Between Us
2017
as Shaman Neka
A young man raised by scientists on Mars returns to Earth to find his father.
Hell or High Water
2016
as Alberto Parker
A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.
Dr. Del
2016
as Crow
Del Canyon reluctantly returns to his small hometown to run his family's apothecary, the only source for medical attention for hundreds of miles. The ...
The Lone Ranger
2013
as Red Knee
The Texas Rangers chase down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish, but the gang ambushes the Rangers, seemingly killing them all. One survivor is ...
Crooked Arrows
2012
as Ben Logan
A native-American lacrosse team makes its way through a prep school league tournament.
California Indian
2011
as Charles 'Chi' Thomas
Nick Thomas, a Pomo Indian and a successful Los Angeles radio host, is forced back to the reservation to help his brother Chi, and tribal leader Rich ...
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
2011
as Billy
Bella Swan and Edward Cullen's honeymoon phase is abruptly disrupted by betrayals and unforeseen tragedies that endanger their world.
Shouting Secrets
2011
as Cal
Shouting Secrets is a hopeful and heartwarming, universal story taking place in a present day Native American family. It's a story that is at once abo...
Rango
2011
as Wounded Bird (voice)
When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, the less-than-courageous lizard suddenly finds he stand...
Love Ranch
2010
as Johnny Cortez
Story of a couple that starts the first legal brothel in Nevada and a boxer they own a piece of.
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2010
as Billy Black
Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her que...
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2009
as Billy Black
Forks, Washington resident Bella Swan is reeling from the departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, and finds comfort in her friendship with Jacob...
Twilight
2008
as Billy Black
When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be...
Love's Long Journey
2005
as Sharp Claw
Missie's surprise pregnancy sets her on a new course that is both thrilling and terrifying. After all the planning and dreaming, she and her husband W...
The Lone Ranger
2003
as One Horn
This version takes a look at the character in the years before he became a legend. It all begins with the introduction of Luke Hartman, a 20-year old ...
Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain
2003
as Pete
Tensions rise as Jack and Fog clash over drilling plans on Jack's land near a wilderness preserve. Fog surprises the town by announcing a natural spri...
Skins
2002
as Sonny Yellow Lodge
An inspirational tale about the relationship between two Sioux Indian brothers living on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation.
Gentle Ben
2002
as Pete
When Mark goes for a visit with his uncle he's thrown into a world he knows not much about. Little does he know it'll be a world he's going to have to...
The Doe Boy
2001
as Manny
A Cherokee boy is a haemophiliac in a culture obsessed with blood identity.
House II: The Second Story
1987
as Featured Warrior
Jesse moves into an old family property where his parents were mysterious murdered years before. He soon finds himself with unexpected guests in the f...
Wind River: Rising
N/A
as Martin Hanson
Terror has escalated on the Wind River reservation as a series of ritualistic murders remain unsolved. The FBI therefore enlists the aid of Hanson, a ...