Two years after appearing in Wind River, Sensmeier acted in another creation of Taylor Sheridan's: Yellowstone. Another neo-Western of sorts, Yellowstone is nonetheless quite a different beast than Wind River, focusing largely on the ranch-owning Dutton family and the troubles it encounters from within (e.g. family scuffles) and without (e.g. border disputes). None of the problems the family faces are easy issues to tackle, but Sensmeir's character Martin is concerned with a different set of issues.
A recurring season two character, Martin is a physical therapist, helping Monica Long Dutton (Kelsey Asbille Chow, the aforementioned actress who plays Natalie in Wind River) recover from an injury she sustained at work. They're both of Broken Rock — a Native American reservation that features prominently on the show — ancestry, and begin connecting outside of their therapy sessions. Thing is, Monica's married, so there are... complications. Sensmeier does an excellent job of making those complications feel real, injecting a healthy dose of personal drama into a show with a scope the size of the titular national park.
Sensemeir has several upcoming projects lined up, including an adaptation of Tim O'Brien's short story collection The Things They Carried and a leading role in biopic The Chickasaw Rancher. Here's to hoping COVID-19 ends sooner rather than later and allows production to keep moving along.
