DALLAS GOLDTOOTH: A Minnesota Rez Kid makes it in Hollywood
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DALLAS GOLDTOOTH: A Minnesota Rez Kid makes it in Hollywood
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About this listen
Dallas Goldtooth has taken one of the most unusual career arcs in entertainment — from Minnesota rez-based comedy sketches with the 1491s, to Reservation Dogs, to the Fallout TV show, to starring alongside Jason Clarke in Apple TV’s The Last Frontier.
We talk about his viral beginnings, the transition from indie comedy to blockbuster streaming action, and what it means to represent Native voices on screen while raising a family of six.
Chapters:
00:00 – Intro & Dallas Goldtooth’s Hollywood leap
02:00 – Growing up on the Lower Sioux Reservation
07:30 – Comedy as survival: The 1491s & viral sketches
13:00 – Minnesota history, monuments, and reckoning with the past
20:00 – Landing roles in Reservation Dogs and Rutherford Falls
25:00 – Breaking down The Last Frontier
29:00 – The “copaganda” question and conflicted roles
34:00 – Representation, identity & Native roles in Hollywood
41:00 – Acting in Fallout with Walton Goggins
45:00 – Family life with six kids while acting
55:00 – Reflections on culture, comedy & the future