Michael Horse

Michael Horse
Horse in 2006
Born	Michael James Heinrich (1949-12-21) December 21, 1949 (age 74) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1981–present
Spouse(s)	Sandra Dee Dombrowski[1] Pennie Opal Plant[2]

Michael Horse (born Michael James Heinrich; December 21, 1949) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for playing Deputy Tommy "Hawk" Hill on Twin Peaks.

Early life

Horse was born Michael James Heinrich in Los Angeles, California, on December 21, 1949.^[3] His mother, Nancie Belle Posten, was Swedish.^[4][5] Horse's adoptive father, George Heinrich, was born in Florida to parents from Austria.^[6] Nancie died in California in 2004.^[7]

Career

Horse's film debut came in the role of Tonto in the 1981 film The Legend of the Lone Ranger, which was a commercial failure. Before taking the role, Horse had been concerned that the character might be perceived as a stereotype.^[8]

After appearing in David Lynch's short film The Cowboy and the Frenchman (1988), Horse portrayed Deputy Hawk, a police officer, in Lynch's TV series Twin Peaks (1990–91).^[9] He also acted in Passenger 57 (1992),^[10] House of Cards (1993), the 1990s version of the television series The Untouchables (1993),^[11] and North of 60 (1995–97). He also appeared in the Thanks episode "Thanksgiving" in 1999, portraying Squanto. He appeared as Deputy Owen Blackwood in four episodes of the first season of Roswell (1999). Horse also appeared as Sheriff Tskany in The X-Files episode "Shapes" in 1994. In 1999, Horse guest starred on Walker, Texas Ranger in the episode "Team Cherokee" as John Red Cloud, the owner of a Native American NASCAR racing team and a friend of the titular character, Texas Ranger Cordell Walker (Chuck Norris).

Horse portrayed American Indian Movement (AIM) activist Dennis Banks in the 1994 film Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee. Eight years later, he lent his voice to Little Creek's friend in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. He portrayed Mike Proudfoot on Sons of Tucson. In 1995 he portrayed Dirty Bob in the Western film Riders in the Storm.^{[citation needed]} He played the character Jindoga in Hawkeye. In 2017, Horse reprised his role as Deputy Hawk in the third season of TV series Twin Peaks.

He also portrayed Twamie Ullulaq in the seventh season of The Blacklist in 2020.

Personal life

Horse has at times described himself as Yaqui,^[12] and at other times as "of Yaqui descent",^[13] or "of Yaqui, Mescalero Apache, Zuni Pueblo and Hispanic descent",^[14] but is not enrolled or recognized by any tribe. On November 23, 1993, Horse married actress Sandra Dee Dombrowski in Nevada.^[1] As of 2019, on his personal website, Pennie Opal Plant listed herself as his partner.^[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	The Legend of the Lone Ranger	Tonto
1982	The Avenging	Josuah
1986	The Check Is in the Mail...	Pool attendant
1987	Buckeye and Blue	Cherokee Bill
1987	Love at Stake	Medicine Man
1988	Rented Lips	Bobby Leaping Mouse
1989	Deadly Weapon	Indian Joe
1992	Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me	Deputy Hawk	Scenes deleted
1992	Passenger 57	Forget
1993	House of Cards	Stoker
1995	Riders in the Storm	Dirty Bob
1996	American Strays	Lead Cop
1996	Navajo Blues	Begay
1998	Shattered Illusions	Eddie
1998	Star of Jaipur	Colonel Ironwood
1999	In the Blue Ground	Andrew One Sky
2001	Dirt	Native American Convict
2002	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	Little Creek's Friend	Voice[15]
2002	Birdseye	Pete Longshadow
2002	The Short Films of David Lynch	Broken Feather	Documentary
2008	Turok: Son of Stone	Lead Raider / Chief	direct-to-video[15]
2013	Skinwalker Ranch	Ahote
2014	Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces	Deputy Tommy 'Hawk' Hill
2014	Behind the Door of a Secret Girl	Mr. Thomson
2014	Lights Camera Bullshit	The Narrator
2017	Dead Ant	Bigfoot
2020	The Call of the Wild	Edenshaw

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	It Takes Two	Frank White	Episode: "Mother and Child Reunion"
1985	Knight Rider	Jonathan Eagle	Episode: "Burial Ground"
1986	Amazing Stories	Male Friend / Indian	2 episodes
1988	Longarm	Vasquez	Television film
1988	The French as Seen by...	Broken Feather	2 episodes
1989	Paradise	Walking Water	Episode: "Burial Ground"
1989–1991	Twin Peaks	Deputy Tommy 'Hawk' Hill	28 episodes
1990	New Kids on the Block	Various	14 episodes
1991	P.S. I Luv U	Russell Grayfox	Episodes: "Unmarried... with Children"
1991	The Torkelsons	David Blackwing	Episode: "Thanksgivingsomething"
1992–1993	Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa	J.R.	Voice, 8 episodes
1993	Mighty Max	Yona-Ya-In	Episode: "The Maxnificent Seven"
1993	The Untouchables	Agent George Steelman	19 episodes
1994	The X-Files	Sheriff Charles Tskany	Episode: "Shapes"
1994	Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee	Dennis Banks	Television film
1994	Problem Child	Various	13 episodes
1994–1996	Gargoyles	Peter Maza / Carlos Maza	Voice, 4 episodes[15]
1995	Hawkeye	Jindoga	Episode: "Vengeance Is Mine"
1995	500 Nations	Voice	3 episodes
1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Sharp Flint	Voice, episode: "Snow White"
1995	Life with Louie	Cousin Joey	Episode: "The Fourth Thursday in November"
1995–1997	North of 60	Andrew One Sky	19 episodes
1996	The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest	Various	4 episodes
1996	The Incredible Hulk	Jefferson Whitedeer	Episode: "And the Wind Cries... Wendigo"[15]
1996, 1997	Adventures from the Book of Virtues	Waukewa's Father, Strong Wind	Voice, 2 episodes[15]
1997	Duckman	Big Chief Fancy Pants	Voice, episode: "Role with It"
1997	The Legend of Calamity Jane	Quanna Parker	Voice, 13 episodes[15]
1997, 1999	Superman: The Animated Series	Ubu, Sky Sentry Operator	Voice, 2 episodes[15]
1999	Walker, Texas Ranger	John Red Cloud	2 episodes
1999	Thanks	Dissquantum / Squanto	Episode: "Thanksgiving"
1999	Roswell	Owen Blackwood	4 episodes
2000	The Wild Thornberrys	Wildlife Ranger Sam Rainwater	Voice, episode: "Pack of Thornberrys"[15]
2000	Lost in Oz	Ponca	Television film
2000, 2002	Malcolm in the Middle	Steve / Security Guy	2 episodes
2001	Dream Storm	Andrew One Sky	Television film
2001	Jackie Chan Adventures	Muntab Leader	Voice, episode: "Lost City of the Muntabs"
2001	Kristin	Jonathan Stillwater	Episode: "The Secret"
2002	ChalkZone	Bug O Nay Geeshig	Voice, television short
2004	What's New, Scooby-Doo?	Leon Strongfeather	Voice, episode: "New Mexico, Old Monster"
2004	All Grown Up!	Pizza Dude	Voice, episode: "Memoirs of a Finster"
2004	JAG	Wolf Tillicum	Episode: "Whole New Ball Game"
2007	Bone Eater	Storm Cloud	Television film
2010	Sons of Tucson	Mike Proudfoot	3 episodes
2012	Young Justice	Holling Longshadow	Voice, episode: "Beneath"[15]
2014	Hell on Wheels	Native American	Episode: "Bear Man"
2017	Twin Peaks	Deputy Chief Tommy 'Hawk' Hill	14 episodes
2017	Godless	Chief Narrienta	2 episodes
2019	Claws	Mac Lovestone / Mac Locklear	8 episodes
2020	The Blacklist	Twamie Ullulaq	Episode: "Twamie Ullulaq (No. 126)"
2022	Motherland: Fort Salem	The Marshal	3 episodes

References

1. "Nevada, Marriage Index, 1956–2005". FamilySearch. November 23, 1993. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
2. Pennie Opal Plant (July 21, 1997). "About". Archived from the original on August 3, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
3. California Birth Index. "The Birth of Michael Heinrich". Retrieved November 21, 2023.
4. "California, County Marriages, 1850–1952". FamilySearch. July 10, 1953. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
5. "Los Angeles, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento". FamilySearch. November 27, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
6. "California, County Marriages, 1850–1952". FamilySearch. July 10, 1953. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
7. "Billion Graves Index". FamilySearch. 2012. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
8. Labrecque, Jeff (July 2, 2013). "The Lone Ranger legend of Klinton Spilsbury". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
9. "Art away from Hollywood is where his heart is". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
10. Michael Horse – Actor Movie Reviews at TopTenReviews.com Archived October 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
11. "Untouchable Then and Now". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
12. "About". July 21, 1997. Archived from the original on July 27, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
13. "About Michael Horse". Gathering Tribes. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
14. "Native American Artist Biographies: Michael Horse". bischoffsgallery.com. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
15. "Michael Horse (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved September 30, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.

External links

• Michael Horse at IMDb
• 45-minute audio interview of Michael Horse Wide-ranging discussion on Pacifica Radio station KPFA's weekly program, Bay Native Circle (May 7, 2008)