Montana may look endless, but the characters of “Yellowstone” can’t get enough of it, jockeying for possession over the Dutton family’s Yellowstone cattle ranch. In one corner is Kevin Costner (“Dances with Wolves”) as John Dutton, the landowner patriarch, and in another, there’s Chief Thomas Rainwater of the Broken Rock Indian Reservation. He wants to reclaim the land stolen from his ancestors, and over the course of the show, we watch as he leads his people and plots ways to get the ranch back, ultimately leading to one of the most likable characters in “Yellowstone.”

If he looks very familiar, that’s because Rainwater is played by Gil Birmingham, who’s been acting since the ’80s. He’s a favorite of “Yellowstone” co-creator Taylor Sheridan. In an interview with USA Today, Sheridan said, “I keep telling [Birmingham] I’m trying to make him too famous to take my calls. And we’re getting there.” In fact, the two of them have worked together before, so here’s where you might recognize the talented actor from.