Because of his characteristic appearance in the early days of his career he was often invited to the roles of Indians in Westerns. Over time, he became one of the most highly paid actors in Hollywood on a par with Robert Redford, Barbara Streisand and Al Pacino. But very few people know that his real name was Carolis Buchinski, and his ancestors had Lipka Tatar roots. The Polish-Lithuanian Tatars who came to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the Golden Horde and the Crimean Khanate.
Charles Bronson was an American actor who had Tatar roots
