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.

Filmography

• 2025Americana — Ghost Eye
• ARK: The Animated Series — Thunder Comes Charging (voice)
• Echo — William Lopez (archive footage)
• Castlevania: Nocturne — Olrox (voice)
• History of the World: Part II — Private Mingoes
• 2023No Hard Feelings — Gabe Sawyer, Surfing Lawyer
• Dark Winds — Lt. Joe Leaphorn, Executive Producer, Director
• 2022The Last Manhunt — William Johnson
• Hawkeye — William Lopez
• Reservation Dogs — Big
• 2021The Forever Purge — Chiago
• Barkskins — Yvon
• 2020The Silencing — Blackhawk
• 2019Doctor Sleep — Crow Daddy
• 2019Hell on the Border — Sam Sixkiller
• 2019Togo — Tulimak
• 2018Braven — Hallett
• Midnight, Texas — Zach
• The Son — Toshaway
• 2016In Embryo — Michael
• 2016Neither Wolf Nor Dog — Billy
• Timeless — Grant Johnson
• Westworld — Akecheta, Stunts
• 2015Bone Tomahawk — The Professor
• 2015Mekko — Bill
• Fargo — Hanzee Dent
• 2014Strike One — Muerto O.G.
• The Red Road — Mike Parker
• 2013Awful Nice — Romulus
• 2013Big Thunder — Sheriff Parker
• 2013Resolution — Charles
• 2013The Cherokee Word for Water — Deputy Jackson
• Longmire — Officer Mathias
• Ringer — Bodaway Macawi
• 2011The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy — Quanah Parker
• 2011Yellow Rock — Look First
• 2010Searchers 2.0 — Rusty Frobisher
• Castle — Ray Horton
• 2009Not Forgotten — Calvo
• 2009Repo Chick — Savage
• Comanche Moon — Ermoke
• 2007Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee — ADR Voice Casting
• Life — Tomas Shasta
• Saving Grace — Ames Blackbird
• 2006The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines — Tommy Yellow Hawk
• Into the West — Running Fox
• Medium — Alex Keeswood / Driver
• Robot Chicken — Snowball (voice)
• 2003Momentum — Hawk
• 2002Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron — Little Creek's Friend (voice)
• The Shield — Octavio, Avila
• Strong Medicine — Joe Lavadour
• 1999Lakota Moon — Sky Walker
• 1998A Town Has Turned to Dust — Tommy Tall Bear
• 1996Crazy Horse — Little Big Man
• Dangerous Minds
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child — Grey Wolf (voice)
• Chicago Hope — George Burroughs
• 1994Silent Fall — Deputy Bear
• 1993Cooperstown — Young Raymond
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman — Walks on Cloud
• Walker, Texas Ranger — Little Bear, Red Bird
• Renegade — Jimmy
• Baywatch
• American Experience — Wampanoag man
• Ghostkiller — Chastke Ghostkiller
• The Red Man's View — Masaka

Appearances as themselves (4)

• In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin — Self
• 2023Hail to the Breadsticks! — Self
• Ride with Norman Reedus — Self
• 2016Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls — Self