Biography
Eric Schweig is a Canadian Inuvialuk actor. Born Ray Dean Thrasher on 19 June 1967 in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, he has appeared in film and television since the late 1980s.
He is best known for playing Uncas in The Last of the Mohicans (1992). Other credits include Metacomet in The Scarlet Letter (1995), Injun Joe in Tom and Huck (1995), Pike Dexter in Big Eden (2000), for which he received the Outstanding Actor Award at Outfest, and Avanti in One Battle After Another (2025). He has also appeared in series such as Supernatural (2017), Elementary (2014) and Longmire (2013).
Schweig is also a master carver of Inuit masks and carvings. He is the nephew of musician Willie Thrasher and has two foster children. He is also credited as اریک شویگ.
