Noah Watts (born December 29, 1983) is a Native American actor and musician, a member of the

Crow tribe The Crow, whose autonym is Apsáalooke (), also spelled Absaroka, are Native Americans living primarily in southern Montana. Today, the Crow people have a federally recognized tribe, the Crow Tribe of Montana, with an Indian reservation locate ...

, and a descendant of the

Blackfeet Nation The Blackfeet Nation ( bla, Aamsskáápipikani, script=Latn, ), officially named the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana, is a federally recognized tribe of Siksikaitsitapi people with an Indian reservation in Monta ...

. He bears the

Crow A crow is a bird of the genus '' Corvus'', or more broadly a synonym for all of ''Corvus''. Crows are generally black in colour. The word "crow" is used as part of the common name of many species. The related term "raven" is not pinned scientifica ...

name Bulaagawish, which means "Old Bull".

Biography

Noah Watts is a descendant of the

. He was born in

Livingston, Montana Livingston is a city and county seat of Park County, Montana, United States. It is in southwestern Montana, on the Yellowstone River, north of Yellowstone National Park. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 8,040. History T ...

, and grew up in

Bozeman, Montana Bozeman is a city and the county seat of Gallatin County, Montana, United States. Located in southwest Montana, the 2020 census put Bozeman's population at 53,293, making it the fourth-largest city in Montana. It is the principal city o ...

. At the age of 17, while a senior in high school, Noah's first professional audition landed him a role in the film ''

The Slaughter Rule ''The Slaughter Rule'' is a 2002 independent film directed by Alex Smith and Andrew J. Smith and starring Ryan Gosling and David Morse (actor), David Morse. The film, set in contemporary Montana, explores the relationship between a small-town hig ...

''. After filming for ''

'' was complete, he took three weeks off from school to act in the

Chris Eyre Chris Eyre (born 1968), an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, is an American film director and producer who as of 2012 is chairman of the film department at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design. Films In 1998, Chris Eyre ...

film '' Skins''. He graduated Bozeman High School in May 2001 and soon won a scholarship to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles. During his first semester at AADA, Noah was offered a part in a

film titled ''Skinwalkers'' as a teenage gang-leader and suspected murderer—a role far different from the shy, devoted son he played in ''Skins''. In the Southwest Repertory Company's production of the play "The Indolent Boys", written by

N. Scott Momaday Navarre Scott Momaday (born February 27, 1934) is a Kiowa novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His novel '' House Made of Dawn'' was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1969, and is considered the first major work of the Nativ ...

, Noah played the role of a young Native man in a boarding school in the 1800s, who was being trained to be a Christian missionary, but is conflicted between his Native culture and the Christian religion inculcated. In the spring of 2005, Watts was cast in Native Voices at the Autry's Native American adaptation of William Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet'' entitled ''Kino and Teresa'', written by James Lujan (Taos Pueblo), where he played the villain Eladio (an adaption of Tybalt). Noah also took part in an independent film entitled The Last Beyond as Joe Running Elk, a young man in the Great Depression who began a life of adventure outside the law after losing his job working on the railroad. Native Voices at the Autry cast Noah as the lead character in "Salvage" written by Diane Glancy (Cherokee) and directed by

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(Menominee, Stockbridge Munsee) in 2008. The play, set in Browning Montana, was remounted in 2009 for Borderlands ''Origins Festival'' in London England at The

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. In 2012 Watts performed his first major voice acting role as Ratonhnaké:ton (or Connor), the protagonist of ''

Assassin's Creed III ''Assassin's Creed III'' is a 2012 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, and Microsoft Windows. It is the fifth major installment in the ''Assassin's Creed'' serie ...

'', for whom he also provided motion capture and facial animation. He reprised the role as a supporting character in '' Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'', also in 2012, as well as a cameo appearance in a DLC chapter for 2013's '' Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag''.

Filmography

Films

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'' (2002) - Waylon Walks Alone *'' Skins'' (2002) - Herbie Yellow Lodge * ''Skinwalkers'' (2002) (TV movie) - Ruben Maze *''The Last Beyond'' (2019) - Joe Running Elk

TV Series

*''

Sons of Anarchy ''Sons of Anarchy'' is an American action crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter for FX. Originally aired from September 3, 2008 to December 9, 2014, ''Sons of Anarchy'' follows the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club ...

'' (2009) - Ferdinand * ''Big Love'' (2010) - Croupier * ''The Glades'' (2010) - Billy *''

CSI: Miami ''CSI: Miami'' (''Crime Scene Investigation: Miami'') is an American police procedural drama television series that ran from September 23, 2002 until April 8, 2012 on CBS. Featuring David Caruso as Lieutenant Horatio Caine, Emily Procter as Detec ...

'' (2011) - Cesar Soto * ''Ringer'' (2011-2012) - Daniel Eknath

Video game

*''

Red Dead Redemption ''Red Dead Redemption'' is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar San Diego and published by Rockstar Games. A spiritual successor to 2004's '' Red Dead Revolver'', it is the second game in the '' Red Dead'' series. ''Red Dead Rede ...

'' (2010) - The Local Population *''

'' (2012) - Ratonhnaké:ton (Connor) *'' Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' (2012) - Ratonhnaké:ton (Connor) *''Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington'' (2013) - Ratonhnaké:ton (Connor) *'' Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'' (2013) - Ratonhnaké:ton (Connor)

Stage Acting

*The Indolent Boys (2002) - John Pai *Kino and Teresa (2005) - Eladio *Salvage (2008, 2009) - Wolf

References

External links

* * *http://soundcloud.com/nickels-bones {{DEFAULTSORT:Watts, Noah Native American male actors Living people American male video game actors Crow people 1983 births People from Livingston, Montana Blackfoot people