Biography

David Midthunder is an enrolled tribal member at the Fort Peck Indian reservation in Montana. Midthunder graduated from Stewart Indian School in Nevada and went on to pursue a degree in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Utah. He is best known for playing the leading role of "Famous Shoes" in Larry McMurtry's Comanche Moon, and for playing "David Ridges", Longmire's nemesis on seasons 2 and 3 of Longmire. Outside of acting, Midthunder is known for his love of solo sports such as surfing, skateboarding, dirt biking, and horse riding.
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Father of Amber Midthunder, with his wife Angelique Midthunder.

He and his daughter Amber Midthunder act in Longmire (2012), respectively as David Ridges and Lilly Stillwater.

He is an enrolled tribal member of Fort Peck, Montana's Lakota Sioux and Assiniboine reservation and is active in Lakota ceremonial practices and Native rights issues.

He was born in Montana, but raised in New Mexico.

He resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico with his wife Angelique Midthunder.