Kiowa Gordon | |
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Kiowa Gordon at a The Twilight Saga: New Moon promotional appearance in Houston, Texas on November 10, 2009 |
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Born | Kiowa Joseph Gordon March 25, 1990 Berlin, Germany |
Occupation | Actor, vocalist |
Kiowa Joseph Gordon (born March 25, 1990) is an American actor, best known for his role in the Twilight Saga as Embry Call.
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Gordon was born in Berlin, Germany, where his father, Thomas Gordon, was working.[1][2] He is the seventh of eight children (Mac, Sean, Aaron, Josh, Cheyenne, Sariah, Lakota), and his mother, Camille Nighthorse Gordon, is also an actress.[3] Gordon is of European and Hualapai Native American descent, and is a member of the Hualapai tribe of Northern Arizona.[4][5] His family moved back to the U.S. when he was two, and he grew up in Arizona, where he attended Cactus Shadows High School in Cave Creek, Arizona.[3] He attended the Mormon church for a while, in the same ward as Twilight author Stephenie Meyer.[6] Aside from acting, he is also a vocalist. Kiowa Gordon is 21 years old.
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 call where he landed the role of Jacob Black's best friend. He has now finished Eclipse, reprising his role as Embry. Gordon replaced Krys Hyatt (who played Embry in Twilight) in New Moon,Eclipse,and "Breaking Dawn".
Gordon has recently relocated from Cave Creek to Los Angeles.[1]
On August 10, 2011, Gordon was arrested after police officers discovered there was an active warrant for his arrest from a DUI incident in 2010. In the DUI incident, he was allegedly found in possession of alcohol while underage and in possession of drug paraphernalia.[7] The arrest warrant was issued for Gordon after he failed to appear following a February 2010 guilty plea in Scottsdale Municipal Court.[8]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Embry Call | |
2010 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Embry Call | |
2011 | Into the Darkness | Brad | pre-production |
Murder for Dummys | Andrew | pre-production | |
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn | Embry Call | complete/post-production |