Jeremiah Bitsui

Jeremiah Bitsui (born 1979 or 1980)^[1] is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Victor in the AMC series Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.^[2]

Jeremiah Bitsui
Born	1979 or 1980 (age 44–45) Chinle, Arizona, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994–present
Children	1

Early and personal life

Bitsui was born in Chinle, Arizona.^[3] He is of Navajo and Omaha descent,^[4] and lived on the Navajo Nation Native American reservation until the age of ten.^[3] He later moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he graduated from Albuquerque High School.^[3]

Bitsui has a daughter.^[5] He is the co-founder of Youth Impacting Youth, a mentorship program which connects college students with youth who have experienced domestic violence.^[6]

Career

Bitsui started his career at the age of five as Mickey in the Japanese film Mickey's House. ^{[citation needed]}He appeared in the 1994 film Natural Born Killers and the 2005 film A Thousand Roads, which was an official Sundance Film Festival selection.^[7] He is also known for his portrayal of Eagle Flies in the 2018 video game Red Dead Redemption 2, and the television series Bosch and Yellowstone.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Natural Born Killers	Young Indian Boy
2005	A Thousand Roads	Johnny Chee
2005	Lords of Dogtown	Cholo	Uncredited
2006	Flags of our Fathers	Young Indian
2009	High Society: A Pot Boiler	Yakob
2009	Brothers	Cop
2010	The Dry Land	Luis
2011	The Reunion	Mexican Captain
2013	Blaze You Out	Isaiah
2014	After the Fall
2014	Drunktown's Finest	Sickboy
2021	The Pizza Tip	Officer Ford
2023	Frybread Face and Me	Uncle Roger

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Into the West	Sgt. Red Tomahawk	Episode: "Ghost Dance"
2005	Wildfire	Ricky Sanchez	Episode: "The Track"
2008	In Plain Sight	Alex	1 episode
2009–2011	Breaking Bad	Victor	8 episodes
2011	CSI: Miami	Luis Tafoya	Episode: "Killer Regrets"
2011	In Plain Sight	Gangbanger	1 episode
2014	The Night Shift	Sgt. Martin/Soldier	2 episodes
2014	Longmire	Chuck	1 episode
2015	The Life	Matt Gallecki	1 episode
2017–2022	Better Call Saul	Victor	14 episodes
2018	Yellowstone	Robert Long	Episode: "Day Break"
2018	Dreamcatcher Bios	Self	Episode: "Wes Studi: The Man Behind Magua"
2019–2020	Bosch	Officer Billy Harjo	3 episodes
2022–	Dark Winds	Hoski	Main role
2024	Chicago PD	Hector Lozano	Episode: "Contrition"

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
2018	Red Dead Redemption 2	Eagle Flies	Also motion capture

References

1. Harrison, Randy (October 29, 2013). "Stories from the Set". The Albuquerque Journal. p. 9. But the entrepreneurial Bitsui, 33, also has a serious acting pedigree...
2. "Jeremiah Bitsui". IMDb. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
3. Gomez, Adrian (July 16, 2022). "Reprising one role and stepping into another – actor Jeremiah Bitsui finds himself in familiar territory". The Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved October 8, 2022. Though he was born in Chinle, Arizona, Bitsui spent the majority of his upbringing in Albuquerque.
4. "Jeremiah Bitsui". Native Networks. Smithsonian Institution. 2004. Archived from the original on August 2, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
5. "'Better Call Saul' Recap: Girl, Interrupted". Rolling Stone. March 24, 2020.
6. "Jeremiah Bitsui - Native Networks". www.nativenetworks.si.edu. Archived from the original on August 2, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
7. "A Thousand Roads". Native Networks. Smithsonian Institution. 2004. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2012.

External links

• Jeremiah Bitsui at IMDb