Creator / Gil Birmingham

Gil Birmingham (born July 13, 1953 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American actor. Born in Texas to a Comanche family, his first acting credit was in the music video for Diana Ross's "Muscles", and his first TV credit was in an episode of Riptide. Since then he's become one of Hollywood's steadiest Native American actors, becoming well-known for the role of Billy Black in the The Twilight Saga film series.

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Filmography:

• Skins (2002): Sonny Yellow Lodge
• Turok: Son of Stone (2008): Nashoba (voice role)
• No Man's Land: The Rise of Reeker (2008): Eaglesmith
• Into the West (2005): Older Dogstar
• Veronica Mars (2006): Leonard Lobo
• The Twilight Saga (2008-2012): Billy Black
  • Twilight (2008)
  • The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
  • The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
  • The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1 (2011)
  • The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2 (2012)
• Rango (2011): Wounded Bird (voice)
• The Lying Game (2012): Ben Whitehorse
• Hell or High Water (2014): Alberto Parker
• Banshee (2014): George Hunter
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015-2017): Virgil White
• House of Cards (US) (2016): Daniel Lanagin
• Wind River (2017): Martin Hanson
• The Space Between Us (2017): Shaman Neka
• Siren (2018): Dale Bishop
• Yellowstone (2018): Thomas Rainwater
• Under the Banner of Heaven (2022): Detective Bill Taba
• The Marsh King's Daughter (2023)

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