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Joshua Odjick
Canadian actor
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Joshua Odjick is a Canadian actor of Algonquin-Anishinaabe/Cree heritage and hails from the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nations Community. He is most noted for his performance as Pasmay in the 2021 film Wildhood, for which he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022,[1] and the Vancouver Film Critics Circle award for Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2021.[2]
Early life
A member of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation, he attended Heritage College in Gatineau, Quebec.[3]
Career
In addition to Wildhood, he has appeared in the films Bootlegger,[4] Bones of Crows[5] and Darkest Miriam,[citation needed] as well as the television series Coroner,[6] Unsettled,[7] Little Bird[8] and The Swarm.[4]
In June 2024, it was announced that Odjick had joined the cast of the American supernatural horror television series It: Welcome to Derry. The series was released in 2025 on HBO.[9] In the same year, Odjick, Anna Lambe and Joel Oulette cohosted the documentary series Warrior Up!.[10]
In July 2024, Odjick was cast in a role as Collie Parker on the dystopian horror film The Long Walk, based on the 1979 novel of the same name by Stephen King.[11]
In February 2025, the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards announced Odjick as the recipient of a mentorship, which will see film director Atom Egoyan provide support and guidance to Odjick for a year in the creation and production of Odjick's first short film as a filmmaker.[12]
In July 2025, he was announced as having a supporting role in the upcoming television series adaptation of Bon Cop, Bad Cop.[13]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Boundless | Journalist (uncredited) | Short film |
| Wildhood | Pasmay | ||
| Bootlegger | Joseph | ||
| 2022 | Bones of Crows | Jake Whallach | |
| 2023 | Darkest Miriam | Beautiful Young Man | |
| 2025 | Sweet Summer Pow Wow | Riley | |
| The Long Walk | Collie Parker (#48) | ||
| Dusk & Dawn | Dusk | ||
| Frontier Crucible | Apache #2 | ||
| 2026 | Lupe Q and the Galactic Earworms | Toro | Post-production |
| TBA | Wind River: The Next Chapter | Danny Grey | |
| Lumi | Path |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Coroner | Ernest Couchie | Episode: "One Drum" |
| Unsettled | Myles | 10 episodes | |
| 2022 | Pour toi Flora | Jean | Miniseries; 5 episodes |
| Heritage Minutes | Tom Longboat | Episode: "Tom Longboat" | |
| Three Pines | Tommy Kis | 3 episodes | |
| 2023 | The Swarm | Leon Anawak | 8 episodes |
| Little Bird | Niizh | 2 episodes | |
| Bones of Crows | Jake Whallach | 2 episodes | |
| 2024 | Warrior Up! | Co-host | |
| 2025 | NCIS: Origins | Young Témet Téngalkat | Episode: "From the Ashes" |
| 2025 | It: Welcome to Derry | Taniel | 6 episodes |
| 2026 | Bon Cop, Bad Cop | Joe | Series regular |
