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Adam Beach

Birth date: 11.11.1972

Adam Ruebin Beach (born November 11, 1972 in Ashern, Manitoba, Canada) is a Canadian actor of Saulteaux descent. He grew up with his two brothers on the Dog Creek Indian Reserve until the age of 8. He is best known for his role in the movie Smoke Signals, directed by Chris Eyre, which won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival. Following the death of both his mother (killed by a drunk driver in front of their house while pregnant) and father (drowned himself due to depression) within a short period of time, Adam moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he became involved in theatre and in the Black Sabbath cover band Lethic. After landing a part in the film Lost in the Barrens with Graham Greene, he decided to pursue acting as a career. Adam moved to Ottawa where he experimented with the Theater, doing such plays as "Witness for the Prosecution" at the Ottawa Little Theater and joining IFCO, the Independent Film Co-Operative in Ottawa. Beach's other work includes the film Dance Me Outside, which earned him a Best Actor award from the American Indian Film Festival, and its spinoff series The Rez, although he played different characters in those two projects. 2002 saw Adam featured as Jim Chee in the first of three adaptations of Tony Hillerman's novels for PBS as well as in the movie Windtalkers with Nicolas Cage, based on the Native American code talkers of World War II. In 2003, he starred in Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story. He is currently starring as Ira Hayes in a Clint Eastwood film, Flags of Our Fathers (2006). Beach has two sons, Noah and Luke, by first wife, Meredith Porter (divorced 2002). He married Tara Mason in 2003. Adam Beach currently (2006) resides in Ottawa, Ontario. Adam will join the cast of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit later this year.

Filmography

# Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (2006) (pre-production) .... Johnny # "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" (2008) (mini) TV Series (post-production) .... Charles Eastman # Older Than America (2008) (post-production) .... Johnny # "Comanche Moon" (2007) (mini) TV Series (post-production) .... Blue Duck # "Moose TV" (post-production) .... George (3 episodes, 2007) - Foreign Film (2007) TV Episode .... George - Birth of a Station (????) TV Episode - Surviving Moose (????) TV Episode # Luna: The Way Home (2007) (TV) (completed) .... Mike Maquinna # "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" .... Detective Chester Lake (1 episode, 2007) ... aka Law & Order: SVU (USA: promotional abbreviation) ... aka Special Victims Unit (New Zealand: English title) - Outsider (2007) TV Episode .... Detective Chester Lake # Flags of Our Fathers (2006) .... Ira Hayes # Bottoms Up (2006) .... Jesus de Jesus # Johnny Tootall (2005) (TV) .... Johnny # "JAG" .... Marcus Tillicum (1 episode, 2004) - Whole New Ball Game (2004) TV Episode .... Marcus Tillicum # A Thief of Time (2004) (TV) .... Jim Chee # "Third Watch" .... Christian (2 episodes, 2003-2004) - Blessed and Bewildered (2004) TV Episode .... Christian - The Spirit (2003) TV Episode .... Christian # Sawtooth (2004) .... Jim # "Everwood" .... Mr. Grey Cloud (1 episode, 2003) ... aka Our New Life in Everwood (UK: new syndication title) - Unhappy Holidays (2003) TV Episode .... Mr. Grey Cloud # Coyote Waits (2003) (TV) .... Jim Chee # Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story (2003) (TV) .... JJ Harper # The Big Empty (2003) .... Randy # Skinwalkers (2002) (TV) .... Jim Chee # "The Dead Zone" .... Shaman (1 episode, 2002) ... aka Stephen King's Dead Zone (USA) - Shaman (2002) TV Episode .... Shaman # Now & Forever (2002) .... John Myron # Windtalkers (2002) .... Private Ben Yahzee # "Bliss" .... Angel (1 episode, 2002) ... aka Bliss II (Canada: English title: second season title) - Valentine's Day in Jail (2002) TV Episode .... Angel # Posers (2002) .... Sinclair ... aka Vipères (Canada: French title) # The Art of Woo (2001) .... Ben Crowchild # Joe Dirt (2001) .... Kicking Wing ... aka The Adventures of Joe Dirt (Canada: English title: TV title) (USA: working title) # The Last Stop (2000) .... Jason ... aka Dernier arrêt (Canada: French title) # "Higher Ground" .... Aaron Reifel (1 episode, 2000) - What Remains (2000) TV Episode .... Aaron Reifel # Harry's Case (2000) (TV) .... Adam Fiddler # Little Boy Blues (1999) .... Waiter # "First Wave" (1 episode, 1999) - Prayer for the White Man (1999) TV Episode # Mystery, Alaska (1999) .... Galin Winetka # My Brother (1999) .... Older Billy # Smoke Signals (1998) .... Victor Joseph ... aka Secret des cendres, Le (Canada: French title) # "Dead Man's Gun" .... Tom Shadow Wolf (1 episode, 1997) - Medicine Man (1997) TV Episode .... Tom Shadow Wolf # "Madison" .... Kyle (3 episodes, 1997) - Boys Will Be Boys (1997) TV Episode .... Kyle - Fallout (1997) TV Episode .... Kyle - Kiss of Life (1997) TV Episode .... Kyle # Song of Hiawatha (1997) .... Chibiabos # "Touched by an Angel" .... Dillon New Eagle (1 episode, 1996) - Written in Dust (1996) TV Episode .... Dillon New Eagle # "Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years" .... Red Crow (1 episode, 1996) - Medicine (1996) TV Episode .... Red Crow # "The Rez" (1996) TV Series .... Charlie (unknown episodes) # Coyote Summer (1996) .... Rafe Acuna # My Indian Summer (1995) (TV) # "Walker, Texas Ranger" .... Tommy Bright Hawk (1 episode, 1995) - On Sacred Ground (1995) TV Episode .... Tommy Bright Hawk # Dance Me Outside (1995) .... Frank Fencepost # A Boy Called Hate (1995) .... Billy Little Plume # "North of 60" .... Nevada (4 episodes, 1993-1995) - Life Is a Memory (1995) TV Episode .... Nevada - The Hunt (1995) TV Episode .... Nevada - Shelter (1995) TV Episode .... Nevada - Southern Comfort (1993) TV Episode .... Nevada # Prey (1995) .... Noel ... aka Automatic (Canada: English title) # Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994) .... Squanto ... aka The Last Great Warrior (International: English title) # "Lonesome Dove: The Series" (1 episode) - Last Stand (????) TV Episode # Cadillac Girls (1993) .... Will # Spirit Rider (1993) (TV) .... Paul LeBlanc # Lost in the Barrens (1990) (TV) .... Hunting Party Member