Chaske Spencer Biography
Chaske Spencer is an American actor who was born on March 9th, 1975 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and grew up in Montana, as well as Kooskia, Lapwai, and Lewiston, Idaho. He has two younger sisters.
His ethnicity includes Lakota, Nez Perce, Cherokee, Muscogee, French, and Dutch. His mother enrolled him in the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of Montana, making him a Lakota Sioux.
In 1994, Spencer received his diploma from Clearwater Valley High School under the name James Spencer. He began performing in plays at the Lewiston Civic Theater as a young teenager.
Spencer considered a career in photography during his year at Lewis–Clark State College. In order to pursue his acting career, he eventually dropped out of Lewis–Clark State College.
Chaske Spencer Career
While Spencer was taking acting lessons from coaches David Gideon and Ed Kovens, he worked odd jobs. He made his debut in a major feature film in Skins in 2002 as a younger version of Eric Schweig’s lead character. After that, he got roles in Dreamkeeper and Into the West.
Spencer portrayed Sam Uley, a werewolf, in the 2009 Twilight sequel New Moon, which was based on the same-name Stephenie Meyer novel. In Eclipse, Breaking Dawn: Part 1, and Breaking Dawn: Part 2, he replayed his role.
Spencer’s roles in Shouting Secrets (2011) and Winter in the Blood (2013) earned him two American Indian Film Festival awards for Best Actor. Additionally, he appeared in the 2014 movie Desert Cathedral.
Spencer reprised his role as Deputy Billy Raven in the 2014 spinoff web series Banshees Origins, and the following year, he appeared in the third season of the main Cinemax series Banshee. In 2017, Spencer played Chayton Dockery in the Amazon Prime series Sneaky Pete, starred in the movie Woman Walks Ahead, and appeared in the movie Walking Out.
He continued to appear in the fourth and fifth seasons of the NBC crime drama Blindspot in a second recurring role as Dominic Masters. Spencer was featured in the 2021 thrill ride film Wild Indian, for which he was named for an Autonomous Soul Grant.
That very year, it was reported he would star inverse Emily Obtuse in the 2022 Western miniseries The English, created for Amazon Prime Video and BBC One. Spencer received a nomination for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance.
Chaske Spencer Age
He was born on March 9th, 1975 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and grew up in Montana, as well as Kooskia, Lapwai, and Lewiston, Idaho. He is 48 years old as of 2023.
Chaske Spencer Height
He stands at a height of 6 feet 2 inches tall.
Chaske Spencer Family
He has two younger sisters. His ethnicity includes Lakota, Nez Perce, Cherokee, Muscogee, French, and Dutch. His mother enrolled him in the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of Montana, making him a Lakota Sioux.
Chaske Spencer Wife
Spencer is very private about his personal life therefore it is not known if he is in any relationship. There are also no rumors of him being in any past relationship with anyone.
Chaske Spencer Net Worth
Spencer has an estimated net worth of $4 Million which he has earned through being an actor.
Chaske Spencer Salary
He earns an annual salary ranging between $40,000 – $ 110,500.
Chaske Spencer Movies and TV Shows
Movies
- Skins
- Dreamkeeper
- The Twilight Saga: New Moon
- The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
- Shouting Secrets
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
- Winter in the Blood
- The Hero Pose
- Desert Cathedral
- The Jingle Dress
- Addiction: A 60’s Love Story
- Walking Out
- Woman Walks Ahead
- Wild Indian
- Indian Summer
- Wind River: The Next Chapter
TV Shows
- Into the West
- The Frontier
- Banshee Origins
- Banshee
- Longmire
- Sneaky Pete
- Blindspot
- The Society
- Jessica Jones
- The English
- Echo
Chaske Spencer Twilight
Spencer portrayed Sam Uley, a werewolf, in the 2009 Twilight sequel New Moon, which was based on the same-name Stephenie Meyer novel. In Eclipse, Breaking Dawn: Part 1, and Breaking Dawn: Part 2, he replayed his role.
Chaske Spencer Blindspot
He appears in the fourth and fifth seasons of the NBC crime drama Blindspot in a second recurring role as Dominic Masters.
Chaske Spencer Banshee
He appeared in the third season of the main Cinemax series Banshee.
Chaske Spencer Tribe | Chaske Spencer Ethnicity/Nationality
His ethnicity includes Lakota, Nez Perce, Cherokee, Muscogee, French, and Dutch. His mother enrolled him in the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of Montana, making him a Lakota Sioux. He holds American Nationality.
Chaske Spencer Gay
He is not married and because of this, there were speculations that he is gay but there are no indications that he actually is. He is not gay.
Chaske Spencer Shirtless
