Gregg Rainwater

Gregg Rainwater
Gregg Rainwater
Born	February 27, 1966 (age 58); Flint, Michigan, USA
Occupation	Actor

Gregg Rainwater (born February 27, 1966) is an American actor who is best known for his roles as half-Kiowa Buck Cross on The Young Riders (1989–1992) and T. Hawk in Street Fighter (1994).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Rainwater has also guest-starred on Walker, Texas Ranger and Promised Land and worked as a voice actor in such works as Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World, Justice League Unlimited, Gargoyles, and Young Justice. He has also worked three seasons as an art director for America's Got Talent, and in April 2010 worked as Art Director on "American Idol - Idol Gives Back", for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. Rainwater is a singer as well, and has toured England with the Warren Youth Chorale.^[1]^[4]

Personal life

Rainwater describes himself as having Osage, Cherokee, Irish, and Filipino descent. He has said his grandfather was a Native American from Arkansas.^[1]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989–1992	The Young Riders	Running Buck Cross	67 episodes
1994	Walker, Texas Ranger	David Little Eagle Johnson	Episode: "The Legend of Running Bear"
1994	Street Fighter	Sergeant T. Hawk
1995–1996	Gargoyles	Coyote, Natsilane	Voice, 2 episodes^[5]
1997	Promised Land	Arthur Yazzi	Episode: "The Outrage"
	Ocean Tribe	Noah
	3×3 Eyes: Legend of the Divine Demon	Jake McDonald	Voice^[5]
1998	Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World	Additional voices
1999	How Does Anyone Get Old?	Gene
	Foreign Correspondents	Marcel	Uncredited
	Pepper Ann	Bob, Andy	Voice, episode: "Dances with Ignorance"
2000	Max Steel	Jake Nez	Voice, 3 episodes
2004	Justice League Unlimited	Long Shadow	Voice, episode: "Ultimatum"^[5]
2012–2013	Young Justice	Tye Longshadow	Voice, 3 episodes^[5]

Audio books

Year	Title	Role
2015	Rain of the Ghosts	Alonso Cacique, Billy Zekaris

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Stacy Smith, "‘Young Rider’ Embraces Ethnic Responsibility", Gannett Westchester Newspapers (April 16, 1991). Retrieved 2009-10-21
^ 50 Years of the Television Western. By Ronald Jackson (author). Published by AuthorHouse (April 23, 2008). Pp. 330-331. ISBN 978-1-4343-5925-4.
^ Sandy Greer, "Native Americans Still Battling Stereotyping", Broadcast Weekly (April 21, 1990). Retrieved 2009-10-21
^ Kay Gardella, "Buck Starts Here on Young Riders", NY Daily News TV Week (July 22–28, 1990). Retrieved 2009-10-21
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Gregg Rainwater (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved January 12, 2025. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.