威尔·桑普森（1933 年 9 月 27 日 - 1987 年 6 月 3 日）是美国演员和艺术家。桑普森是美洲原住民麝香犬（克里克），出生于俄克拉荷马州的奥克马尔吉，身高 6 英尺 5 英寸（1.96 米）。桑普森最著名的角色是在《飞越杜鹃巢》中饰演“布罗姆登酋长”，在恐怖电影《恶作剧 II》中饰演“药师泰勒”。他在电视连续剧 Vega$ 中反复扮演角色，饰演 Harlon Twoleaf，并出演了电影 Fish Hawk、The Outlaw Josey Wales 和 Orca。

桑普森出现在俄克拉荷马州塔尔萨的美国印第安剧院公司的《黑麋鹿说话》的制作中，大卫·卡拉丁和其他美国原住民演员，如韦斯·斯图迪和伦道夫·曼图斯出演了舞台剧。

桑普森（Sampson）参加了牛仔竞技表演，这是他骑野马的专长，大约有二十年的时间。当《飞越杜鹃巢》的制片人索尔·赞茨（Saul Zaentz）和迈克尔·道格拉斯（Michael Douglas）正在寻找一位身材魁梧的美洲原住民来扮演布罗姆登酋长的角色时，他正在牛仔竞技场上。一位牛仔竞技表演的播音员向他们介绍了桑普森，经过长时间的努力，他们通过面试雇用了他。他以前从未演过戏。

桑普森也是一位艺术家。他的大型画作描绘了他的马斯科吉人的丝带舞，被俄克拉荷马州奥克马尔吉的克里克议会大厦博物馆收藏。他的作品目前由Kvskvnv（“kuskuna”）协会在线展出。

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Will Sampson (September 27, 1933 – June 3, 1987) was an American actor and artist. Sampson, a Native American Muscogee (Creek), was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma and was an imposing 6' 5" (1.96 m) tall. Sampson's most notable roles were as "Chief Bromden" in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and as "Taylor the Medicine Man" in the horror film Poltergeist II. He had a recurring role on the TV series Vega$, as Harlon Twoleaf and starred in the movies Fish Hawk, The Outlaw Josey Wales, and Orca.

Sampson appeared in the production of Black Elk Speaks with the American Indian Theater Company in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where David Carradine and other Native American actors like Wes Studi and Randolph Mantooth starred in stage productions.

Sampson competed in rodeos, his speciality riding bucking broncos, for about twenty years. He was on the rodeo circuit when the producers of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Saul Zaentz and Michael Douglas, were looking for a large Native American to play the role of Chief Bromden. A rodeo announcer told them about Sampson, and after lengthy efforts to find him, they hired him on the strength of an interview. He had never acted before.

Sampson was also an artist. His large painting depicting the Ribbon Dance of his Muscogee people is in the collection of the Creek Council House Museum in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. His artwork is currently displayed online by The Kvskvnv (“kuskuna”) Association.

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Will Sampson, né le 27 septembre 1933 à Okmulgee, dans l'Oklahoma, et mort le 3 juin 1987 à Houston, au Texas, est un acteur et peintre américain, membre de la tribu amérindienne des Creeks. Il est surtout connu pour son interprétation du « Chef Bromden » dans Vol au-dessus d'un nid de coucou et de « Taylor le medicine-man » dans Poltergeist 2.

Will Sampson (* 27. September 1933 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma; † 3. Juni 1987 in Houston, Texas) war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Maler.

Der 2,01 m große Muskogee-Indianer Will Sampson wurde bekannt durch seine Rolle des Häuptlings in Einer flog über das Kuckucksnest an der Seite von Jack Nicholson. Seine zweite in Deutschland populäre Rolle war die des Harlon Twoleaf, des indianischen Freundes des Privatdetektivs Dan Tanna (gespielt von Robert Urich) in sechs Folgen der Krimiserie Vegas.