Lane Factor

Lane Factor (born June 28, 2005) is a Native American actor who is Seminole, Muscogee, and Caddo. He is best known for breakthrough role as Indigenous teenager Chester "Cheese" Williams in the FX on Hulu comedy-drama series Reservation Dogs (2021–2023). He won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series in 2022, the same year the series won a Peabody Award.

He is also known for staring in the 2022 Stephen Spielberg coming-of-age drama film The Fabelmans.

Factor is a citizen of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma and of Muscogee and Seminole descent. He was born in Midwest City, Oklahoma. His mother, Kelly Factor, is vice chairwoman of the Caddo Nation.^[1]

Factor took an interest in acting at a young age, having been enrolled at the Freihofer Actor Factory in Norman, Oklahoma during his youth.^[2]

Factor began his career acting in local commercials.

From 2021 to 2023, he played his first major role on the acclaimed FX on Hulu TV series Reservation Dogs about a group of Indigenous teenagers growing up on a reservation in rural Oklahoma. He stared in the main cast alongside D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Devery Jacobs, and Paulina Alexis. The youngest of the four, Factor experienced his coming-of-age with his fictional character, having stated "In between the pilot and Season 1 there was a six-month gap, and my voice changed, and I got really tall. So they had to try to pitch my voice a bit so it wouldn’t sound so different. I’ve literally grown with the show."^[3]

In August 2021 it was announced that Factor would be joining Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans alongside Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Gabriel LaBelle, Seth Rogen, and Judd Hirsch.^[4]

• Lane Factor at IMDb