Who is Graham Greene from Tulsa King? The actor's career and notable projects explored

Still from Reservation Dogs| Image via FX Productions
Graham Greene in Reservation Dogs (Image via FX Productions)

Taylor Sheridan’s show Tulsa King on Paramount+ has emerged as a superhit with high ratings for the streaming service. The show follows Sylvester Stallone’s character, Dwight Manfredi, a mafia capo who is released after a 25-year jail sentence. When Dwight's boss sends him to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to set up a new criminal empire, he has to start from scratch, building his empire without knowing anyone in the city.

Stallone part, the show has an ensemble cast besides guest stars appearing in an episode or two. A stellar guest star on Tulas King is Graham Greene, who plays the character of Old Smoke. Greene’s character appears in Season 2 of Tulsa King, in Episode 9 titled Triad.

In addition to Tulsa King, Graham Greene has appeared as a guest actor in several other popular shows such as Reservation Dogs and The Last Of Us.


Exploring Tulsa King actor Graham Greene's acting career

Graham Greene in Dances With Wolves (Image via Amazon Prime Studios)
Graham Greene in Dances With Wolves (Image via Amazon Prime Studios)

Graham Greene has been an actor since the 1970s. He made his television debut in an episode of The Great Detective in 1979, while his film debut happened in the 1983 release, Running Brave.

The film that made Greene a household name was Dances With Wolves (1990), starring and directed by Kevin Costner. Greene played a character named Kicking Bird for which he received an Oscar nomination. Greene would later share the screen with Hollywood biggies Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson in Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995).

Graham Greene was also seen in the Oscar-nominated movie, The Green Mile, which was released in 1999. He played the part of convicted murderer Arlen Bitterbuck.


Where have we seen Graham Greene apart from Tulsa King? Notable projects explored

In a career spanning decades, 72-year-old Graham Greene has been a part of several interesting projects including films, television shows, and theatre. On stage, he is best known for performing in the play Dry Lips Oughta Move To Kapuskasing.

Before playing Old Smoke on Tulsa King, Greene's last small screen outing was in the 2024 Marvel miniseries, Echo.

Greene has guest starred in several shows including Reservation Dogs as Maximus and The Last Of Us as Marlon. He has also appeared as a recurring guest star in the show Longmire, from 2012 to 2017.

The actor's other notable movie roles include The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) and Molly's Game(2017).

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Edited by Vinayak Chakravorty