Jon Proudstar

 ( American Male Actors ) 

Jon Santaanta Proudstar (born January 3, 1967, in Tucson, Arizona) is an American film actor, film & comic book writer, and director.

He first appeared in Madhouse with John Larroquette and Kirstie Alley in 1990.

Proudstar wrote the one-shot comic book Tribal Force, illustrated by Ryan Huna Smith, and published in 1996. Tribal Force #1 (Mystic Comics, 1996).

Proudstar attended the 1998 Sundance Writers Lab as well as the Sundance Director's Lab in 2005.

Proudstar wrote, directed, and starred in his first independent film, Dude Vision, in 2005. Dude Vision won Best Comedy at the 2005 Arizona International Film Festival and Best Short Subject at the 2005 Native Voice Film Festival.

In 2009, Proudstar released his first feature film, So Close to Perfect.

In 2013, Proudstar contributed a story (illustrated by Terry LaBan) to the Graphic Classics volume Native American Classics. Graphic Classics vol. 24: Native American Classics (Eureka Productions, Feb. 2013).

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Personal life Proudstar's heritage includes Yaqui, Mayan people, Jewish, and Mexican ancestry. He is a citizen of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe.

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Selected filmography

• Reservation Dogs (2021)
• Jackrabbit Sky (2007)
• Four Sheets to the Wind (2007)
• Into The West (2006)
• Dude Vision (2005)
• Border Warz (2004)
• Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (2002)
• Walker, Texas Ranger (1998)
• Bodies, Rest & Motion (1993)
• Madhouse (1990)

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External links

• Dude Vision on IMDB

Categories: American Male Actors, Living People, Native American Filmmakers, 1967 Births, Writers From Tucson, Arizona, Native American Male Actors, Male Actors From Tucson, Arizona, American People Of Jewish Descent, Hispanic And Latino American Male Actors, Pascua Yaqui People, American Actors Of Mexican Descent, Native American Comics Creators

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