Age: 51
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Chaske (pronounced Chess-Kay) Spencer is a First Nation descendant of Lakota (Sioux) Nation. He stars as the co-lead opposite Emily Blunt in Hugo Blick's limited series The English. Most recently, he stars in the feature film Wild Indian which premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, and for which Chaske was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for the 2022 Independent Spirit Awards. Up next, Chaske stars in Disney+'s new Marvel series Echo (2023). Chaske is well known for his portrayal of 'Sam Uley' in the Twilght Saga: New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn I and Il. Chaske also starred in the Susanna White directed feature, Woman Walks Ahead, opposite Jessica Chastain and Sam Rockwell, which made its World Premiere at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. His television credits include: NatGeo's Barkskins, NBC's Blindspot, Netflix's Jessica Jones, the Emmy award-winning Cinemax series Banshee, Netflix's Longmire, and the Amazon series Sneaky Pete with Bryan Cranston.
In a post-ice age Alaska, an indigenous tribe believes that all creatures are created through the Great Spirits, who appear in the form of a dawn. A trio of brothers return to their tribe so that the youngest receives his totem, a stone pendant in the shape of an animal that represents a virtue he must achieve to become a man. After being attacked by a bear, the oldest sacrifices himself to save the other two, so the youngest blames the bear for his brother's death and goes on a journey of revenge, chasing the animal and killing it, as punishment, the Great Spirits transform him into a bear. Now an animal, the bear must go on a journey alongside a cub that has become separated from its mother, while being hunted by his brother, who believes he was killed by the bear.
