Editing Graham Greene (actor) (section)

==Early life and career==
Greene is an [[Oneida people|Oneida]] born in [[Ohsweken, Ontario|Ohsweken]], on the [[Six Nations 40, Ontario|Six Nations Reserve]] in [[Ontario]], the son of John, a paramedic and maintenance man, and Lillian Greene.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Graham Greene bio|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of World Biography|date=April 18, 2006}}</ref> He lived in [[Hamilton, Ontario]], as a young man.<ref name=GGREENE>{{cite web|title=The Greatest Hamiltonian|url=http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1145310633727&call_pageid=1020420665036&col=1014656511815|last=Hemsworth|first=Wade|date=April 18, 2006|access-date=May 23, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194209/http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton%2FLayout%2FArticle_Type1&c=Article&cid=1145310633727&call_pageid=1020420665036&col=1014656511815|archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref> Before moving into acting, he worked as a draftsman, steelworker and welder.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia - Greene, Graham |url=https://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Greene,%20Graham |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=www.canadiantheatre.com}}</ref>

He worked as an audio technician for rock bands based in Newfoundland and Labrador,<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Shea |first1=Courtney |date=2017-03-03 |title=Graham Greene: The RD Interview |url=https://www.readersdigest.ca/culture/graham-greene-rd-interview/ |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=Reader's Digest Canada |language=en-US}}</ref> and later related that musician [[Crowbar (Canadian band)|Kelly Jay]] repeatedly encouraged him to try out for a play.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=August 15, 1994 |title=On Location Preview |url=https://playbackonline.ca/1994/08/15/3694-19940815/ |access-date=2022-12-14}}</ref>

A common misconception is that he graduated from the Toronto-based [[Centre for Indigenous Theatre]]'s Native Theatre School program. As he noted in a 2012 interview, he "helped run it, as executive director of a school-supporting local arts organization".<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=One of Canada's most gifted, iconic actors |url=https://playbackonline.ca/hall-of-fame/inductees/one-of-canadas-most-gifted-iconic-actors/ |access-date=2022-12-13}}</ref> By the 1970s he began performing in professional theatre in Toronto and England and in 1976 he participated in the [[University of Western Ontario]]'s touring workshop performance of [[James Reaney]]'s ''Wacousta.''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Miller |first=Mary Jane |date=1981-01-01 |title=James Reaney, "Wacousta!": A melodrama in three acts with a description of its development in workshops |url=https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/abs/10.3138/tric.2.1.71 |journal=Theatre Research in Canada |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=71–75 |doi=10.3138/tric.2.1.71 |issn=1196-1198}}</ref>

His television debut was in an episode of ''[[The Great Detective]]'' in 1979,<ref>{{Citation |title="The Great Detective" The Black Curse (TV Episode 1979) - IMDb |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0768407/?ref_=nm_flmg_eps_tt_1 |language=en-US |access-date=2022-12-13}}</ref> and his film debut was in 1983 in ''[[Running Brave]]''.<ref>{{Citation |title=Running Brave (1983) - IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086220/ |language=en-US |access-date=2022-12-13}}</ref> On viewing his first television role, Greene stated that it was "awful", and that it prompted him to start learning to act as a profession.<ref name=":3" />