Kiowa Gordon
Kiowa Joseph Gordon (born March 25, 1990) is an American actor of Hualapai descent. He is best known for his role as shapeshifter Embry Call in "The Twilight Saga," as well as Junior in the TV series "The Red Road". Early life. Gordon was born in Berlin, Germany, where his father, Thomas Gordon, was working. He is the seventh of eight children (Mac, Sean, Aaron, Josh, Cheyenne, Sariah, Lakota). His mother, Camille Nighthorse Gordon, is also an actress. Gordon is partly of Hualapai Native American descent, and is a member of the Hualapai tribe of Northern Arizona. His  family moved back to the U.S. when he was two years old, and he grew up in Arizona, where he attended Cactus Shadows High School in Cave Creek, Arizona. He attended the LDS church for a while in the same ward as "Twilight" author Stephenie Meyer. Aside from acting, Kiowa is also a vocalist, and used to be a member of a progressive metal band called Touché, leaving it to focus on acting. Career. In 2009, Gordon played shapeshifter Embry Call in "New Moon", based on Stephenie Meyer's novel of the same name. Kiowa has said that he was  approached one day at church by Stephenie Meyer as she thought he would be perfect for the wolf pack. He then attended an open casting where he landed the role of Jacob Black's best friend. Gordon replaced Krys Hyatt (who played Embry in "Twilight") in "New Moon", "Eclipse", and "Breaking Dawn". Gordon was set to play Brad in the proposed American film "Into The Darkness", but the film never came to fruition. Gordon portrayed 2014 Jake Kingston in the thriller "Wind Walkers", which tells a Native American Urban legend. Gordon starred in "An Act of War", released on Netflix  in 2015. The film was directed by Ryan M. Kennedy and produced by Atit Shah. In 2021, it was announced that Gordon will star as Jim Chee in "Dark Winds," an upcoming television series on AMC.