Michael Greyeyes
Michael Greyeyes (born 4 June 1967; age 58) is the actor who played Felix in the Star Trek: Discovery fourth season episode "The Examples".
Greyeyes is Nêhiyaw (Plains Cree) from Muskeg Lake Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada. He graduated at the National Ballet School in Toronto in 1984, and went on to apprentice with the National Ballet of Canada, later joining the company as a Corps de Ballet member in 1987. After three years, he moved to New York City to join the company of choreographer Eliot Feld.
His acting career started in 1993, when he was cast in a supporting role in the TV movie Geronimo, which co-starred Nick Ramus. In 1996, he played the titular role in Crazy Horse, followed by guest appearances on series such as Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (with Joe Lando, Chad Allen, Barbara Babcock, Michelle C. Bonilla, and Patrick Kilpatrick), Millennium (1997, starring Lance Henriksen and Megan Gallagher), The Magnificent Seven (with Ron Perlman, Rick Worthy, Ned Romero, and Kurtwood Smith), Walker, Texas Ranger (starring Clarence Gilyard, Jr. and Noble Willingham), Charmed (with James Read, Ed Lauter, and James Lashly), Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Numbers (with Clyde Kusatsu).
He is probably best known for his Saturn Award nominated recurring role as Qaletaqa Walker in the third season of Fear the Walking Dead (2017). He also played a recurring role in the third season of True Detective (2019) and V-Wars (also in 2019), where he appeared alongside Sam Asante and Emmanuel Kabongo, and stunt performers Alain Moussi, Geoff Meech, Phi Huynh, and Nick Alachiotis. He also guested in an episode American Gods (with Chris Obi, developed by Bryan Fuller).
In 2019, Greyeyes starred in Blood Quantum, for which he won a Canadian Screen Award as Best Actor. In 2020-21, he had a recurring role in Home Before Dark, and in 2021, he co-starred in Rutherford Falls.
He is also known for his research on the modern form of the traditional North American indigenous dance, the Powwow, and has been a subject of the CBC documentary He Who Dreams: Michael on the Powwow Trail. In 2010, Greyeyes founded the Signal Theatre, a company that explores intercultural and transdisciplinary live performance, where he serves as artistic director.