Kiowa Joseph Gordon is an American actor, who is best known for his role in The Twilight Saga as Embry Call.
Background
Gordon was born in Berlin, Germany, where his father, Thomas Gordon, was working. His mother, Camille Nighthorse Gordon, is also an actress. His family moved back to the United States. when he was two, and he grew up in Arizona, where he attended Cactus Shadows High School in Cave Creek, Arizona.
Career
He is the seventh of eight children (Mac, Sean, Aaron, Josh, Cheyenne, Sariah, Lakota). 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 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 was set to play Brad in the proposed American film Into The Darkness, although the film never came to fruition.
Gordon portrayed 2014 Jake Kingston in the Horror thriller Wind Walkers, which tells a Native Americans Urban legend. Gordon starred in An Acting of War which was released on Netflix in 2015.
The film was directed by Ryan M. Kennedy and produced by Atit Shah.
Membership
Gordon is partly of Hualapai Native American descent, and is a member of the Hualapai tribe of Northern Arizona. Aside from acting, Kiowa is also a vocalist, and used to be a member of a progressive metal band called Touché, leaving it to focus on acting and his fans.