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Ottawa, Ontario · Male

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Asivak Koostachin (born June 25, 1994) is a Cree-Inuk actor from Canada, most noted for his performances in the films Red Snow and Run Woman Run.

Career

The son of filmmaker Jules Arita Koostachin, he had his first major acting role in the APTN drama series AskiBoyz. In 2018, he had a stage role in Theatre for Living's collective play šxʷʔa'ət (home).

Red Snow, his first leading role in a feature film, was released in 2019. He received a Leo Award nomination for Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Motion Picture, and a nomination for Best Actor at the 2019 American Indian Film Festival.

In 2021, Koostachin appeared in Run Woman Run as the ghost of Tom Longboat. He received a second nomination for Best Actor at the 2021 American Indian Film Festival, and won the Remi Award for Best Actor at the 2021 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. He won the award for Best Supporting Actor at the 2021 American Indian Film Festival for his performance in Portraits from a Fire.

Koostachin has also appeared in the films Montana Story, Broken Angel, Angela's Shadow, and Ancestral Beasts, and has had supporting or guest roles in the television series Letterkenny, Cardinal, Hudson & Rex, and Molly of Denali.

He was a main cast member on the HBO Max series Duster.