Biography
Ryan RedCorn is an Osage writer, actor and director. He was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, in 1979. He co-founded the Indigenous sketch comedy group the 1491s and established the advertising agency Buffalo Nickel Creative in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. He completed an MFA in screenwriting in 2020.
RedCorn joined the writers’ room for the FX series Reservation Dogs (2021) as staff writer and story editor, contributing to episodes across seasons two and three. He also appeared as Olf in the third season. His other credits include writing and directing the short film Dead Bird Hearts (2022). He received a Peabody Award for his work on Reservation Dogs and a 2023–24 Obie Award for co-writing the play Between Two Knees.
