Chaske Spencer Biography
Chaske Spencer is an American actor. He gained prominence in the BBC and Amazon Prime series The English 2022, he was nominated for a British Academy Television Award. Spencer had a recurring roles in the Cinemax series Banshee 2014 to 2016, the Amazon Prime series Sneaky Pete 2017 to 2018, and the NBC crime drama Blindspot 2019 to 2020.
How old is Chaske Spencer? – Age
He is 48 years old as of March 9, 2023. Spencer was born on March 9, 1975, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, United States.
Chaske Spencer Height
The star stands at a height of 6 feet 2 inches tall.
Chaske Spencer Early Life
The actor grew up in Montana, as well as Kooskia, Lapwai, and Lewiston, Idaho. He has two younger sisters. His heritage includes Lakota, Nez Perce, Cherokee, Muscogee, French, and Dutch. Chaske is Lakota Sioux, enrolled with the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of Montana through his mother.
He graduated from Clearwater Valley High Sschool in 1994, where the actor went by the name James Spencer. As a young teen, Spencer attended college at Lewis-Clark State College for a year, and considered a career in photography. He eventually drop out of college to pursue his acting career.
Chaske Spencer Career
In 2002, the 48 year old actor made his feature film debut as young version of Eric Schweig’s lead character in Skins. This was followed by further film roles in Dreamkeeper and Into the West. In 2009, Spencer played werewolf Sam Uley in the Twilight sequel New Moon, based on Stephenie Meyer’s novel of the same name. He reprised his role in Eclipse, Breaking Down – Part 1, and Breaking Down – Part 2.
Chaske won two Best Actor accolades at the American Indian Film Festival for his performances in the 2011 film Shouting Secrets and the 2013 film Winter in the Blood. He also had a role in the 2014 film Desert Cathedral. After playing Deputy Billy Raven in the 2014 spinoff web series Banshees Origins, Spencer reprised his role in the third season of the main Cinema series Banshee the following year. In 2017, the actor starred in the film Woman Walks, Ahead, appeared in the film Walking Out, and had a recurring role as Chayton Dockery in the Amazon Prime series Sneaky Pete.
He starred in 2021 thriller film Wild Indian, for which he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. The following year, he starred opposite Emily Blunt in the Western miniseries The English, produced for Amazon Prime Video and BBC One. For his performance, Spencer was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor.
Chaske Spencer Net Worth
His net worth is $4 million.
Chaske Spencer Movie
2002 – Skins
2003 – Dreamkeeper
2009 – The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2010 – The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2011 – Shouting Secrets
2012 – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
2014 – Desert Cathedral
2017 – Walking Out
2021 – Wild Indian
2024 – Wind River; The Next Chapter.
Chaske Spencer TV Shows
2005 – Into the West
2012 – The Frontier
2017 – Longmire
2019 – The Society
2019 – Jessica Jones
2022 – The English
2024 – Echo