Gregg Rainwater Explained

Gregg Rainwater
Birth Date:27 February 1966
Birth Place:Flint, Michigan, USA
Occupation:Actor

Gregg Rainwater (born February 27, 1966) is an American actor who is best known for his roles as half-Kiowa Buck Cross on The Young Riders (1989–1992) and T. Hawk in Street Fighter (1994).[1] [2]

He later starred in Ocean Tribe, guest-starred on Walker, Texas Ranger and Promised Land, and has done a lot of voice work, including , Justice League Unlimited, Gargoyles, and Young Justice. He has also worked three seasons as an art director for America's Got Talent, and in April 2010 worked as Art Director on "American Idol - Idol Gives Back", for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. Rainwater is a singer as well, and has toured England with the Warren Youth Chorale.[3]

Personal life

Rainwater identifies as being of Osage, Cherokee, Irish, and Filipino descent. He has claimed that his grandfather was a Native American from Arkansas.[4]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989-1992The Young RidersRunning Buck Cross67 episodes
1994Walker, Texas RangerDavid Little Eagle JohnsonEpisode: "The Legend of Running Bear"
Street FighterSergeant T. Hawk
1995-1996GargoylesCoyote Trickster, Natsilane, young Peter MazaVoice, 2 episodes
1997Promised LandArthur YazziEpisode: "The Outrage"
Ocean TribeNoah
1998Additional voices
1999How Does Anyone Get Old?Gene
Foreign CorrespondentsMarcelUncredited
Pepper AnnBob, AndyVoice, episode: "Dances with Ignorance/Girl Power"
2000Max SteelJake NezVoice, 3 episodes
2004Justice League UnlimitedLong Shadow, MikeVoice, episode: "Ultimatum"
2012-2013Young JusticeTye LongshadowVoice, 3 episodes

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Notes and References

  1. 50 Years of the Television Western. By Ronald Jackson (author). Published by AuthorHouse (April 23, 2008). Pp. 330-331. .
  2. Sandy Greer, "Native Americans Still Battling Stereotyping", Broadcast Weekly (April 21, 1990). Retrieved 2009-10-21
  3. Kay Gardella, "Buck Starts Here on Young Riders", NY Daily News TV Week (July 22–28, 1990). Retrieved 2009-10-21
  4. Stacy Smith, "‘Young Rider’ Embraces Ethnic Responsibility", Gannett Westchester Newspapers (April 16, 1991). Retrieved 2009-10-21