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name: "Zahn McClarnon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/zahn-mcclarnon"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 October 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 76
updated: "2026-09-17T03:55:18.694814+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."
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# Zahn McClarnon

Actor. Born 24 October 1966 in Denver, Colorado, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 October 1966, Denver, Colorado, USA
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Also known as:** Zahn Tokiya-ku McClarnon, Zahn McClamon, Zahn McLarnon, Zahn T. McClarnon, Zane McClarnon, زین مک‌کلارنون

## Biography

Zahn Tokiya-ku McClarnon is an American actor. He was born on 24 October 1966 in Denver, Colorado, and grew up in several states including Montana and Nebraska. He graduated from Omaha Central High School in 1985 or 1986 and began his career in local theatre before moving to Los Angeles.

McClarnon is known for television roles including tribal police chief Mathias in *Longmire* (2012–2017), Hanzee Dent in the second season of *Fargo* (2015), Akecheta in *Westworld* (2018–2022), and Joe Leaphorn in *Dark Winds* (2022–), on which he also serves as an executive producer. He played Big in the series *Reservation Dogs* (2021–2023). Film credits include *Bone Tomahawk* (2015), *Doctor Sleep* (2019) and *Togo* (2019).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, reservationdogs.fandom.com, archive.ph.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *No Hard Feelings* (2023), Fi1m 61, as Gabe Sawyer, Surfing Lawyer — [page](https://film.one/film/no-hard-feelings.md)
- *Reservation Dogs* (2021), Fi1m 86, as Big — [page](https://film.one/tv/reservation-dogs.md)
- *Westworld* (2016), Fi1m 74, as Akecheta — [page](https://film.one/tv/westworld-2016.md)
- *Fargo* (2014), Fi1m 82, as Hanzee Dent — [page](https://film.one/tv/fargo-2014.md)

## Also known for

- *Doctor Sleep* (2019), Crow Daddy
- *Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron* (2002), Little Creek's Friend (voice)
- *Hawkeye* (2021), William Lopez
- *The Forever Purge* (2021), Chiago
- *Bone Tomahawk* (2015), The Professor
- *Togo* (2019), Tulimak
- *Castle* (2009), Ray Horton
- *Braven* (2018), Hallett

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