---
name: "Cody Lightning"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cody-lightning"
fi1m_id: "cody-lightning"
imdb_id: "nm0510020"
tmdb_id: 60918
wikidata_id: "Q5140445"
roles: []
born: "8 August 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T19:40:50.330310+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Cody Lightning

## Identity

Cody Lightning

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cody-lightning
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cody-lightning
- **IMDb ID:** nm0510020
- **TMDB ID:** 60918
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5140445
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cody_Lightning, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5140445, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0510020/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/60918

Actor. Born 8 August 1986 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

## Details

- **Born:** 8 August 1986, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- **Active:** 2006–present
- **Also known as:** 科迪·萊特寧
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 81 (1), 2020s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cody_Lightning, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5140445, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0510020/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/60918

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Lowdown*](https://film.one/tv/the-lowdown.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Cody Lightning is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. He was born on 8 August 1986 in Edmonton, Alberta, and is Cree.

Lightning began acting as a child. He played Young Victor Joseph in *Smoke Signals* (1998) and appeared in *The Brave* (1997), *Manic* (2001) and *Brick* (2005). He received a Young Artist Award nomination for *Smoke Signals* and won Best Actor at the American Indian Film Festival for *Four Sheets to the Wind* (2007).

He wrote, directed and starred in the mockumentary *Hey, Viktor!* (2023), for which he received two Canadian Screen Award nominations. Recent roles include Biscuits in *Echo* (2024), Micah Tso in *Rez Ball* (2024) and Waylon in the series *The Lowdown* (2025). His second feature as director, *Smudge the Blades*, is scheduled for 2026.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, tvmaze.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Lowdown* (2025), Fi1m 80, as Waylon — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-lowdown.md)
- *Brick* (2006), Fi1m 81, as The Lug — [page](https://film.one/film/brick.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Smudge the Blades* (2026), as Willie Gladue · Director, Writer
- *The Lowdown* (2025), series, as Waylon — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-lowdown.md)
- *Dusk & Dawn* (2025), as Letral
- *Rez Ball* (2024), as Micah Tso
- *Hey, Viktor!* (2024), as Cody Lightning · Director, Writer
- *Echo* (2024), series, as Biscuits
- *Tales from the Rez* (2023), series, as Goatman
- *Run Woman Run* (2021), as Mike
- *Craters of the Moon* (2014), as Roger
- *Chasing the Light* (2014), as Dallas
- *Search for the World's Best Indian Taco* (2010), as Parking Attendant
- *Older Than America* (2008), as Suicide Victim · Art Department Production Assistant
- *Lost Suburbia* (2007), as Peter
- *Four Sheets to the Wind* (2007), as Cufe Smallhill
- *Brick* (2006), as The Lug — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/brick.md)
- *Edge of America* (2003), as Dwayne
- *Manic* (2002), as Kenny
- *The Wild Thornberrys* (1998), series, as Jim (voice)
- *Smoke Signals* (1998), as Young Victor Joseph
- *The Brave* (1997), as Frankie
- *Arli$$* (1996), series, as Sonny Silvercloud
- *Grand Avenue* (1996), as Sheldon
- *Tecumseh: The Last Warrior* (1995), as Loud Noise
- *Geronimo* (1993), as Young Daklugie
- *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993), series, as Tommy Crow Feather, Running Wolf
- *Mohawk Midnight Runners*, as Grant

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