Reservation Dogs writer and actor Dallas Goldtooth knows what it feels like to work your way up in Hollywood. His career has gained momentum over the past few years with roles in major projects like Fallout, Dexter and Ghosts, but he still remembers what it was like to be a background actor, just hoping to get some fleeting screentime. So, on the set of The Last Frontier, he found a unique way to help some Native background actors.
Goldtooth, who plays a Deputy US Marshal named Hutch on Last Frontier, which just finished its run on the 2025 TV schedule, worked with the assistant director on the series, and he asked if he would be okay with him having Native background actors as the secondary cops in scenes where he’s giving briefings or investigating. He got the thumbs up and was able to give a bunch of Native actors bits of screentime. Here’s how he explained it when we talked during a recent interview…
