Forrest Goodluck

Forrest Goodluck (born August 6, 1998) is a Native American actor. Since his debut as Hugh Glass's son Hawk in the 2015 film The Revenant, his film roles have included Adam Red Eagle, a two-spirit teenager sent to a conversion therapy camp, in the 2018 British-American film The Miseducation of Cameron Post, ecoterrorist Michael in the 2022 film How to Blow Up a Pipeline, and Billy Crow in the Paramount+ western series Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023).

Forrest Goodluck
Born	(1998-08-06) August 6, 1998 (age 26) Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Actor

Early life

A Native American, Goodluck was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His father, Kevin, is Navajo. His mother Laurie's ancestry includes Navajo, Hidatsa, Mandan, and Tsimshian from Alaska. His maternal grandmother was a citizen of the Three Affiliated Tribes from the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. Goodluck is a citizen of the Three Affiliated Tribes.^[1][2][3]

Career

Goodluck's first acting experience was during a sixth-grade production of A Charlie Brown Christmas at his elementary school: later he performed in stage and theater productions in middle and high school.^[4] At age 13, he auditioned for Native American director Chris Eyre's film Man Called Buffalo, which never made it to production. He did get an opportunity to network with future casting directors.^[4]

Goodluck auditioned for the part of Hawk in the 2015 film The Revenant when he was 16 years old.^[4] The Revenant was his first feature film role.^[5][6][7] Goodluck won Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor (14–21) at the 37th Young Artist Awards for his role as Hawk.

In February 2016, he was cast to appear in a pilot for the Hulu drama Citizen as Guero, a "wiry graduate of the streets who serves as the charismatic and bipolar leader of a group called 'Baby Narcos.'"^[8] In November 2016, it was announced Goodluck would star opposite Chloë Grace Moretz and Sasha Lane in The Miseducation of Cameron Post.^[9] He starred as Saul Indian Horse in the 2017 drama Indian Horse about the dark history of Canadian boarding schools and the aboriginal people.

In 2022 he played the self-taught explosive expert Michael in Daniel Goldhaber's eco-thriller How to Blow Up a Pipeline. A key sequence of the film was shot on the reservation where the actor's family lived, which had been affected by oil drilling. ^[10][11] In 2023, he played Billy Crow in the Western mini-series Lawmen: Bass Reeves. ^[12]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Note
2015	The Revenant	Hawk
2016	Ink	Destin	Short film
2017	Indian Horse	Saul at 15
2018	The Miseducation of Cameron Post	Adam Red Eagle
	Mud	Joseph	Short film
2019	Blood Quantum	Joseph
2020	I Used to Go Here	Animal Springstine
2021	Cherry	James Lightfoot
2022	How to Blow Up a Pipeline	Michael	Executive producer
2023	Pet Sematary: Bloodlines	Manny

Television

Year	Title	Role	Note
2018	Designated Survivor	Wesleyan Applicant	Episode: "Original Sin"
2020	The Liberator	Private Cloudfeather	Episode: “Why We Fight”
2021	The Republic of Sarah	Tyler	Main cast
2022	Panhandle	Checotah	Main cast
2022	The English	White Moon	Episode: "Cherished"
2023	The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder	Tyee (voice)	Episode: "Old Towne Road: Part 2"
2023	Accused	Chase	Episode: "Naathaanii's Story"
2023	Lawmen: Bass Reeves	Billy Crow	Main cast

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Note
2020	Tell Me Why	Michael Abila / Officer Holt

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result	Ref
2016	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a Feature Film (Supporting Young Actor, Ages 14–21)	The Revenant	Won	[13]