Shawn Michael Perry (born April 27, 1966 in San Diego, California, USA) first came to the public’s attention through his acting skills. He has appeared in films as diverse as Last of The Mohicans, Wild Bill, The Witness, On Deadly Ground not to mention television productions such as Star Trek The Next Generation, Murder She Wrote, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman and CBS after school special My Indian Summer.
His stage credits include the highly acclaimed Ghost Dance at Los Angeles Actor’s Gang Studio. In 2009 Shawn played the original “Chief Neawah” in “So Far From Scioto” at the acclaimed Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. An Indian initiative to include the histories of the Native peoples in the early 18th century.
In October 2010 Shawn was the First Native American to be featured in a commercial for The Ad Council called “Ruckus” on fatherhood (a President Obama initiative) which will run through 2013.
