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Gil Birmingham Plays Ethan’s Dad, Ben Whitehorse!
The Lying Game, Allow Entertainment
January, 2012
Who left Forks for Phoenix? Gil Birmingham! You may recognize him as Taylor Lautner’s on-screen dad, Billy Black, but now he’s trading the Volturi for … For the complete article, click here.
Wolfpack and Other Native Actors Again in Spotlight With Release of New Twilight Film
Indian Country Today
November 16, 2011
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1, the latest installment of the Twilight series, had its Hollywood premiere Monday night, and members of the Wolfpack—shape-shifting Quileute Indians played by Chaske Spencer, Kiowa Gordon, Bronson Pelletier and Alex Meraz—joined co-stars Kristin Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner on the black carpet. Native actors Gil Birmingham, Booboo Stewart, and Julia Jones, who also play Quileute tribe members, were also on hand. For the complete article, click here.
Family Shouting Secrets at American Indian Film Festival
Cinezine Kane
November 9, 2011
A week before Gil Birmingham and Chaske Spencer once more take their places on the big screen as Billy Black and Sam Uley in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, they will appear together as father and son in an altogether more intimate drama, Korinna Sehringer’s Shouting Secrets. For the complete article, click here.
Twilightish Exclusive: Interview with Gil Birmingham
October 23, 2011
Gil Birmingham chatted with Twilightish about Papa Black, Werewolves, Vampire Weddings and what’s next for him! For the complete article, click here.
“Crooked Arrows” hits Danvers
Boston, Globe, August 15, 2011
The cast and crew of the local lacrosse movie “Crooked Arrows’’ were in Danvers on Saturday to shoot a huge game scene at St. John’s Prep. Extras, who piled into the stands to play lax fans, watched as stars Brandon Routh, Chelsea Ricketts, Crystal Allen, and Gil Birmingham shot the scene with dozens of real-life lacrosse players from the area. For the complete article, click here.
Brandon Routh starring in local lax movie
Boston Globe, July 25, 2011
More on “Crooked Arrows,” the lacrosse movie that will film around Massachusetts next month. The movie, a “Bad News Bears”-ish story about a Native-American high school team’s battle against a rival prep school, will star Brandon Routh (of “Superman,” “Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World,” and the TV series “Chuck”) who’ll play the lacrosse team’s coach. Co-starring as Routh’s dad will be Gil Birmingham, who’s best known for playing Taylor Lautner’s pop in the “Twilight” series. For the complete article, click here.
Birmingham starring in lacrosse film
Native American Times, July 21, 2011
LOS ANGELES, CA (July 20, 2011) –Gil Birmingham, known for his role as Billy Black in the Twilight Saga films, will join Superman Returns Brandon Routh in the film Crooked Arrows, a story about a Native American high School Lacrosse team forced to compete against a better equipped and trained local prep school team. Birmingham will play the tribal chairman and father of the entrepreneurial son played by Routh. For complete article, click here.
Wedding bells for Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart – Onscreen
People Magazine, Friday April 01, 2011
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are getting ready to walk down the aisle – as their characters Bella Swan and Edward Cullen. For complete article, click here.
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