Cody Lightning (born August 8, 1986) is a Cree actor from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[1] He is the son of Georgina Lightning, and brother of William Lightning and Crystle Lightning.
He was a Young Artist Award nominee in 1999 for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor, for Smoke Signals (1998), and won the American Indian Film Festival award for Best Actor in 2007 for Four Sheets to the Wind.
Selected filmography
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1993 | Geronimo | Young Daklugie | TV movie |
1997 | The Brave | Frankie | |
1998 | Smoke Signals | Young Victor Joseph | Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor |
2001 | Manic | Kenny | |
2003 | Dreamkeeper | Sixth Brother | |
2005 | Brick | The Lug | |
2007 | Four Sheets to the Wind | Cufe Smallhill | American Indian Film Festival for Best Actor |
2021 | Run Woman Run | Mike | |
2023 | Echo | Filming[2] |
References
- ^ Kerry Benjoe, "Indigenous film world filled with people passionate about their art". Regina Leader-Post, December 12, 2015.
- ^ "'Echo': Alaqua Cox Returns to the MCU as Maya Lopez in First-Look Image". Marvel Entertainment. Retrieved 2022-05-17.