Brandon Oakes

Brandon A. Oakes (born July 3, 1972) is an Akwesasronon actor, artist, and dancer.^[1] He is a member of the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation.^[1][2]

Career

Oakes is known for his role in the film Through Black Spruce, for which he was nominated for Best Actor at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.^[3] He has also appeared in the films Rhymes for Young Ghouls, The Saver, Blood Quantum, Togo and Akilla's Escape, the television series Arctic Air, Saving Hope, Cardinal, Bad Blood, Diggstown, Anne with an E and Unsettled, as well as the web series Decoys.

Filmography

Film

Year	TItle	Role	Notes
2007	Pathfinder	Elder #3
2009	Taking Chances	Randy Crazyhorse
2010	A Windigo Tale	Joey
2011	A Warrior's Heart	Bureaucrat
2013	Rhymes for Young Ghouls	Burner
2014	The Jingle Dress	Rik
2015	The Saver	Uncle Jack
2018	Through Black Spruce	Will
2019	Blood Quantum	Bumper
2019	Cranks	Barry
2019	Togo	Henry Ivanoff
2020	Akilla's Escape	Zo
2021	The Exchange	Neil Crowfoot
2022	Rosie	Jigger
2025	At the Place of Ghosts (Sk+te’kmujue’katik)

Television

Year	TItle	Role	Notes
2004	Wonderfalls	Native Chief	Episode: "Wax Lion"
2005	Into the West	Kicking Bear	Episode: "Ghost Dance"
2013	Arctic Air	Corp. Sahcho	3 episodes
2015	Blackstone	Tuk Tuk	Episode: "Flat Line"
2016	Houdini & Doyle	Walt	Episode: "The Pall of LaPier"
2017	Saving Hope	Eli King	Episode: "Gutted"
2018	Cardinal	Peter Crowchild	Episode: "Wombat"
2018	Bad Blood	Bobby Sunwind	6 episodes
2019	Anne with an E	Aluk
2019–2021	Diggstown	Doug Paul	17 episodes
2020	Decoys	Rhett Peltier	4 episodes
2020	Unsettled	Darryl Keetch	10 episodes
2021	Hudson & Rex	Barry Lysiak	Episode: "Under Pressure"
2021	FBI: Most Wanted	Chief Curotte	Episode: "The Line"
2022	Murdoch Mysteries	Uriah	Episode: "Rawhide Ralph"
2024–present	The Trades	Taser