'''Noah Watts''' is a Native American actor who voices and provides motion and facial capture for the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''.<ref>[http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/6/12/3054540/finding-connor-how-assassins-creed-3-got-its-new The Verge - Finding Connor: how 'Assassin's Creed 3' got its first colonial hero]</ref>
'''Noah Watts''' is a Native American actor who voiced and provided motion and facial capture for [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''.
==Biography==
==Biography==
===Early life===
A member of the {{Wiki|Crow Nation}} and descendent of the {{Wiki|Blackfeet Indian Reservation|Blackfeet Nation}}, Watts grew up in Bozeman, Montana.
A member of the {{Wiki|Crow Nation|Crow tribe}} and descendent of the {{Wiki|Blackfeet Indian Reservation|Blackfeet nation}}, Noah Watts grew up in Bozeman, Montana. However, each summer, Noah went home to the Crow reservation to camp at Crow fair with his extended family. Watts also possesses English ancestry on his father's side of the family.<ref name="Podcast">"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU1KeUWEVa4 The Assassin's Den - ft. Noah Watts (Connor in ''Assassin's Creed 3'')]"</ref>
Excelling in baseball, basketball, golf, tennis, and skateboarding as a boy, Noah also learned to ride horses, fly fish, and snowboard while living in the Rockies. As part of his connection to his Native culture, Noah has been a traditional Crow war dancer since he was six years old, occasionally competing in contests, but more often dancing for pleasure at Pow Wows.
===Career===
Watts has acted on stage since fifth grade, when he played the Scarecrow in a school production of ''Oz''. In high school, he began developing and refining his acting skills in a variety of roles, which culminated in the part of John Proctor in ''The Crucible''. Watts also worked on his acting craft in the form of high school speech and debate contests, putting the capstone on his high school acting career by representing Montana at the National Forensic League National Tournament. His performance of the dramatic monologue "''Gas''" by Jose Rivera, in front of 1,500 people, earned him fourth place in the tournament.<ref>[http://www.noahwatts.net/index.php/2012-06-28-04-03-55/biography Official website bio]</ref>
High school dramatics were a catalyst for Noah's acting career, and as a senior, Noah acted in two independent feature films. First, Noah was cast in ''The Slaughter Rule'', playing Waylon Walks Along, and a teenage Blackfeet youth, who was captain of a reservation high school football team. For Noah, one major challenge of the part was to speak the majority of his lines in the Blackfeet language. Just a few months later, he landed a second role as Herbie Yellow Lodge in the feature film ''Skins'', directed by Chris Eyre. Portraying the son of an alcoholic father, Noah had the third lead part and shared scenes with Indian actors Graham Greene and Eric Schweig. It was then that Noah began to dream of a career in film.
Noah graduated from high school and won a scholarship to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles. After one semester at AADA, Noah was offered a part in a Chris Eyre film entitled ''Skinwalkers'', playing a teenage gang leader and suspected murderer, a role far different from the shy, devoted son he played in ''Skins''. This character provided Noah the opportunity to showcase his ability to play very different roles.<ref>[http://www.noahwatts.net/index.php/2012-06-28-04-03-55/resume Official Website resume]</ref>
The following summer in Santa Fe and Albuquerque, he performed the lead in the Southwest Repertory Company's production of the play ''The Indolent Boys'', written by N. Scott Momaday. Noah's character was a young Native man in a boarding school in the 1800s, who was being trained to be a Christian missionary. The character struggled with an internal conflict between his Native culture and the Christian religion inculcated through the boarding school system.
Watts began acting on stage at a young age and developed his acting skills while in high school. Watts also worked on his acting craft in the form of speech and debate contests and won fourth place representing Montana at the National Forensic League National Tournament.
His recent projects included an appearance on Literary Stages on KCRW in Los Angeles, reading a piece by W. P. Kinsella. In the spring of 2005, Noah was cast in an adaptation of William Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet'', entitled ''Kino and Teresa'', where he played the fierce villain Eladio (Tybalt in the original play). This production was unique in that the entire cast, including the director and writer, were all Native American. Noah also finished making an independent film in 2006, entitled ''Montana 1933'', which was filmed on location and set during the Great Depression. He played Joe Running Elk, a young man who lost his job working on the railroad, and began a life of adventure outside the law.<ref>[http://www.noahwatts.net Official Website]</ref>
Graduating from high school, Watts won a scholarship to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After graduating, Watts stayed moved to Los Angeles, where he currently resides.
*When Crows bestow a name, they also bestow a wish, a prayer for the name's recipient. Noah's uncle wished for him to lead a life of distinction that would be a credit to the Crow people.
*Watts learned his [[Kanien'kehá:ka]] dialogue phonetically.<ref name="Podcast"/>
*Watts is currently living in Los Angeles.
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.noahwatts.net Noah Watts]' official website
*[http://www.noahwatts.net Noah Watts]' official website
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1119997/ Noah Watts] at the Internet Movie Database
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1119997/ Noah Watts] at the Internet Movie DataBase
Watts began acting on stage at a young age and developed his acting skills while in high school. Watts also worked on his acting craft in the form of speech and debate contests and won fourth place representing Montana at the National Forensic League National Tournament.
Graduating from high school, Watts won a scholarship to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After graduating, Watts stayed moved to Los Angeles, where he currently resides.
