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Christian in 2013, photo by kathclick /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Cody Allen Christian
Place of Birth: Portland, Maine, U.S.
Date of Birth: April 15, 1995
Ethnicity: English, Penobscot Native American and Passamaquody Native American
Cody Christian is an American actor, and singer. His roles include the shows State of Mind , Pretty Little Liars , Supah Ninjas , Teen Wolf , and All American ; the films Surrogates (2009), Kill the Irishman , The Starving Games , Submerged , Assassination Nation , and Notorious Nick ; and Cloud Strife in the Final Fantasy video game series, beginning with Final Fantasy VII Remake .
His mother describes herself as Native American on her Twitter account. She has said that she is from the Penobscot tribe in Maine. Cody’s website writes , “His grandpa (mother’s side) was full blooded American Native, belonging to the Penobscot tribe… his grandmother (mother’s side too) is half Passamaquody Indian. His mother grew up on a reservation in Maine and she tried to maintain Indian traditions with her children… Cody grew up surrounded by objects from a Native American tribe’s culture.”