Mo Brings Plenty

Moses has also appeared in 2023's Lawmen: Bass Reeves, on Paramount Network.

Brings Plenty played drums for the band Brulé, who combines traditional Native American drums and flute with contemporary musical instruments. He performs with and drums for the Many Moccasins Dance Troupe, based in Winnebago, Nebraska, that combines modern Native American dance with powwow dances.

Brings Plenty has modeled for Ed Hardy and John Yaeger.

Moses Brings Plenty was born on the Pine Ridge Reservation, in South Dakota, on September 4, 1969. He is a direct descendant of Brings Plenty, an Oglala Lakota warrior who fought in the Battle of Little Big Horn.

His nephew Cole Brings Plenty portrayed Pete Plenty Clouds in two episodes of 1923. Cole was found dead on April 5, 2024, at the age of 27, after having been reported missing five days prior.

As an actor, Brings Plenty has played bit parts in Hidalgo, Thunderheart, and Pirates of the Caribbean. He also played Quanah Parker in the History Channel documentary Comanche Warrior, which was filmed on the Wild Horse Sanctuary in the southern Black Hills; Crazy Horse on History Channel's Investigating History documentary "Who Killed Crazy Horse"; and the BBC documentary series The Wild West. He acted in Rez Bomb, considered to be the first movie with a universal storyline set on a reservation. Rez Bomb has been part of the international film festival circuit instead of playing strictly to Native American film festivals, which is a major breakthrough for Native cinema.

In addition to doing theater work in Nebraska, he also portrayed an Apache warrior in the 2011 science fiction western film Cowboys & Aliens and Shep Wauneka in Jurassic World Dominion in 2022.

Brings Plenty plays Mo in the Paramount series Yellowstone. His role has grown through each season, finally becoming a series regular in season five. He is also the show's Native affairs coordinator, working with tribes to ensure that the Native languages and cultures are represented correctly.

Moses Brings Plenty was one of the experts who tested and displayed the weapons and tactics used by Oglala Lakota war leader Crazy Horse in an episode of the third season of Spike TV's Deadliest Warrior. He appeared in the sixth episode of the fourth season of AMC's Hell on Wheels. He also appeared in all seven episodes of the 2020 historical drama miniseries, The Good Lord Bird.