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Alan Tafoya (born June 12, 1963) is an American actor and musician of the Jicarilla Apache nation. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Life and career Tafoya was born on the Jicarilla Apache reservation in Dulce, New Mexico and lived there until moving to Los Angeles in 2010. He is a fourth generation descendant of the Apache chief Mangas Coloradas, and maintains a spiritual connection to his ancestry through the martial art of knife fighting. He is most well known to American audiences for his appearances on the Spike TV television program Deadliest Warrior, as the nominal Apache in the "Gladiator vs. Apache" episodes, aired in 2009. Tafoya served as acting police chief for the Jicarilla nation after the death of his father in March 2000. He married Noraleen Vicenti in 1985, with whom he has four children. The couple later divorced, and Tafoya married fellow actor Cynthia Strauss on September 26, 2010. In addition to his acting roles, Tafoya plays the guitar and composes original music. He is currently at work on a CD entitled Moments Locked in Time. Film 2011 Horro Torium (short, currently filming) -- Mohican 2010 Ink: A Tale of Captivity (currently in post-production) -- James Printer 2010 MacGruber—Charging Guard 2009 Outlaw Justice—Apache 2009 Life's Blood (short) -- Hector 2008 The Unfound (short) -- Guard 2008 Las Vegas New Mexico 1875 (short) -- Tafoya (voice) 2007 Army Men (short) -- Abachi 2002 Groom Lake—Shaman #1 2001 Maniacts—Gang Guy (as Alan R. Tafoya) Television 2009 Deadliest Warrior (TV series documentary), Gladiator vs. Apache—Himself (World Champion Knife Fighter) 2009 Special Ops Mission (TV series) -- Tracker 2008 Comanche Moon (TV mini-series)-- Peta Nacona 2005 Dancing on the Edge (documentary short) -- Himself 2000 The Lost Child (TV movie) -- Bus driver
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