MISSION, Kan. — An actor who appeared in a spinoff of the hit television western “Yellowstone” was found dead after he went missing during a domestic violence investigation in Kansas, authorities said Friday.
The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that deputies found the body of 27-year-old Cole Brings Plenty in a wooded area. Crime scene investigators and the medical examiner were on scene, but no details were released about the cause of death.
Two days earlier, Brings Plenty was charged in a nearby county with aggravated burglary, domestic violence and criminal restraint. An arrest warrant was issued.
Police in the city of Lawrence said officers responded Sunday to an apartment where a woman was screaming for help, and Brings Plenty had left before they arrived.
He then missed an audition for an upcoming film project scheduled Monday morning via Zoom, his agent, Peter Yanke of Phirgun Mair Worldwide, said this week.
Brings Plenty’s father, Joe, said in a statement Friday that he is grateful to everyone “for their prayers and positive thoughts you sent for Cole.”
“I learned this week how many people knew the goodness in Cole’s heart and loved him,” Joe Brings Plenty Sr. said.
Cole Brings Plenty appeared in two episodes of the first season of “1923,” a Paramount+ series starring Harrison Ford and a prequel to the Paramount Network hit “Yellowstone.” He also recently had small roles in two other INSP TV westerns, ‘Into the Wild Frontier’ and ‘The Tall Tales of Jim Bridger.’
His uncle Mo Brings Plenty is a star of “Yellowstone” and serves as a cultural advisor on Native American issues on both that show and “1923.” He posted a flyer about his cousin’s disappearance on Instagram and police said the family reported the younger man missing.
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Andrew Dalton in Los Angeles contributed to this report.