Book Chaske Spencer

Chaske Spencer is a Lakota Sioux American actor who rose to prominence as the werewolf Sam Uley across four Twilight Saga films, starting with New Moon in 2009 and continuing through both parts of Breaking Dawn. He prepared for his career by studying with acting coaches David Gideon and Ed Kovens and made his feature debut in Skins (2002), playing the younger version of Eric Schweig's lead character, followed by Dreamkeeper and Into the West. Spencer won two best actor honors at the American Indian Film Festival for Shouting Secrets (2011) and Winter in the Blood (2013), and his film work also includes Desert Cathedral, Woman Walks Ahead, Walking Out and Wild Indian (2021). On television he played Deputy Billy Raven in the third season of Cinemax's Banshee, Chayton Dockery on Amazon's Sneaky Pete and Dominic Masters on NBC's Blindspot during seasons four and five, and he appeared in Echo. His acclaimed performance in the BBC and Amazon Prime western The English (2022) earned him a British Academy Television Award nomination. Spencer brings a powerful screen presence and a perspective on Native representation in film and television.