---
name: "Duane Howard"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/duane-howard"
fi1m_id: "duane-howard"
imdb_id: "nm0397258"
tmdb_id: 117428
wikidata_id: "Q22277625"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T23:33:34.245304+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."
---

# Duane Howard

## Identity

Duane Howard

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/duane-howard
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** duane-howard
- **IMDb ID:** nm0397258
- **TMDB ID:** 117428
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22277625
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Howard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22277625, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397258/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/117428

Actor. Born 1 January 1963 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1963, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- **Active:** 2015–2017
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Howard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22277625, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397258/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/117428

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Revenant*](https://film.one/film/the-revenant.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Duane Howard is a Canadian actor of Nuu-chah-nulth descent. He is best known for playing Elk Dog in the 2015 film *The Revenant*. He has also appeared in *Pathfinder* (2007) as Elder #2, *Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee* (2007) as Uncle, the television series *Godless* (2017) as a Shoshone Brave, and *The Sun at Midnight* (2016).

Born in 1963 in Esperanza Inlet on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Howard spent his early childhood in Port Alberni before moving to Vancouver at the age of 14. After overcoming addiction at age 23, he worked as a substance abuse counsellor. He began acting in the early 1990s following a chance meeting with a talent agent, with early roles including walk-ons in television series such as *The X-Files*, *Smallville* and *Supernatural*. He has also worked as a stunt performer and performed his own stunts in *The Revenant*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Godless* (2017), Fi1m 74, as Shoshone Brave — [page](https://film.one/tv/godless.md)
- *The Revenant* (2015), Fi1m 74, as Elk Dog — [page](https://film.one/film/the-revenant.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *In the Blink of an Eye* (2026), as Elder Hunter
- *Godless* (2017), series, as Shoshone Brave — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/godless.md)
- *River Of Silence* (2017), as Trevor
- *The Sun at Midnight* (2016), as Alfred
- *The Revenant* (2015), as Elk Dog — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-revenant.md)
- *Goodnight for Justice: Queen of Hearts* (2013), as Apache
- *Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee* (2007), as Uncle
- *Pathfinder* (2007), as Elder #2
- *The Scarlet Letter* (1995), Stunts
- *I, Maureen* (1978), Producer

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