An award-winning actor who previously worked alongside major Hollywood stars like Kevin Costner and Tom Hanks has passed away.

Graham Greene, who co-starred in Costner's "Dances With Wolves" and Hanks' "The Green Mile," died on Monday at a hospital in Toronto, Canada, at the age of 73, according to the New York Post.

The Canadian-born Native American, who "stumbled into" acting after first working in several other trades, excelled at the craft, has been nominated for and won dozens of awards, and was honored recently with a star on Canada's Walk of Fame.

Died from an undisclosed "lengthy illness"

A representative for Greene confirmed to the Post that the actor died on Monday at a Toronto hospital with his wife of several decades, Hilary Blackmore, at his side, and leaves behind her along with his daughter, Lilly Lazare-Greene, and his grandson, Talo.

The rep described Greene as "a man of high moral character who will be missed," and noted that he was "finally free" of the unspecified "lengthy illness" he'd been battling.

He was born in 1952 in Ohsweken, part of Canada’s Six Nations Reserve, and though he would go on to have a prolific decades-long career in theater and Hollywood, acting was not his first calling for how to make a living.

In a 2018 interview with Reader's Digest Canada, when asked what he'd be doing if he wasn't an actor, Greene replied, "I’d probably be a welder. I started out as a carpenter, a welder, a draftsman, a carpet layer, a roadie, and an audio tech."

"I stumbled into acting, and I thought, These people keep me in the shade, give me food and water, take me over to where I say what I’m supposed to say, then they take me back," he added. "Wow -- this is the life of a dog!"

Extensive acting career

According to Greene's IMDb page, he has 188 credited appearances as an actor in movies, TV shows, and video games that date from the late 1970s through this year, including several projects at various stages of production that have not yet been released.

His most notable appearance was as "Kicking Bird" in 1990's "Dances With Wolves," in which he co-starred alongside Costner, and for which he was nominated for an Academy Award as the Best Supporting Actor in the film that otherwise had a total of 12 nominations and won seven Oscars overall.

Another memorable role came in 1999 as death row inmate "Arlen Bitterbuck" in the Hanks film "The Green Mile," as well as "Joseph" in the 1994 film "Maverick" that starred Mel Gibson and Jody Foster.

Award-winning actor

Often, though not always, Greene portrayed Native American characters in the dozens of movies and TV shows he appeared in over the years, and his acting abilities earned him several prestigious awards and nominations for his work in that regard, per his IMDb page.

In total, Greene boasted 22 wins and 18 nominations for various honors, including a Grammy Award for a spoken word album for children.

In 2021, the actor was further honored for his entire body of work with a star on Canada's Walk of Fame.