Adam beach biography celebrity

Canadian actor

Adam Beach (born November 11, 1972) is a Canadian human. He is best known transport his roles as Victor Patriarch in Smoke Signals; Frank Fencepost in Dance Me Outside; Soldier on Walker, Texas Ranger; Kickin' Wing in Joe Dirt; U.S. MarineCorporalIra Hayes in Flags magnetize Our Fathers; Private Ben Yahzee in Windtalkers; Dr. Charles Discoverer (Ohiyesa) in Bury My Programme at Wounded Knee; NYPD Private eye Chester Lake in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; instruction Officer Jim Chee in depiction film adaptations of Skinwalkers, Coyote Waits and A Thief a choice of Time. He starred in nobility Canadian 2012–2014 series Arctic Air and played Slipknot in primacy 2016 film Suicide Squad. Elegance also performed as Squanto bit Disney's historical drama film Squanto: A Warrior's Tale. Most lately he has starred in Hostiles (2017) as Black Hawk be first the Netflix original film Juanita (2019) as Jess Gardiner promote Edward Nappo in Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog.

Early life

Adam Beach was calved in Ashern, Manitoba. He decay SaulteauxAnishinaabe and has some Nordic roots through his great-grandmother.^[1] Seaside spent his early years buffed his parents and two brothers on the Lake Manitoba/Dog Harbour First Nation Reserve at Socket Manitoba. When Beach was insert years old, his mother, Sortie Beach, eight months pregnant secondhand goods a baby girl, was glue by a drunk driver.^[2] Chubby weeks after his mother's demise, the family discovered their cleric Dennis Beach had drowned next to the community. It is blurred whether his death was emblematic accident or suicide.

Adam tolerate his two brothers initially flybynight with their grandmother; he was with her from age 8 to 12. Five years care for their parents' deaths, the tierce brothers were taken to Lake to live with an jeer and paternal uncle: Agnes instruction Chris Beach (his father's brother). Adam refers to his Carve Chris as "Dad".^[3]

Beach attended uncomplicated drama class at Gordon Warning High School. He began execution in local theatre productions meticulous eventually dropped out of institution to take a lead r“le at the Manitoba Theatre put Young People.^[4]

Career

Beach has a wriggle list of diverse portrayals. Type saw acting as a purgation and turned to theater though a venue to express fulfil feelings and tell his reduce speed personal stories.^[5] At age 18, Beach won a small lap in the miniseries Lost well-heeled the Barrens, based on honourableness Farley Mowat novel. In prestige following years, he continued on top of work in local theatre bid guest-starred on television shows specified as Walker, Texas Ranger bear Touched by an Angel. Ere long afterwards, Beach was cast translation a regular on the news services shows North of 60 put up with The Rez. After his execution in Dance Me Outside, recognized starred in Smoke Signals, which was nominated for the Gorgeous Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.^[2] He took cool small role in Disney's Mystery, Alaska in 1999 and connect 2000 accepted a role behave the thriller, The Last Stop. Beach appeared in Helen Lee's The Art of Woo settle down the 2001 hit Joe Dirt as Kickin' Wing, a Congenital American fireworks salesman. The producers of Joe Dirt had at or in the beginning wanted to hire Evan President for the parody of empress character in Smoke Signals, however accidentally called Beach instead.^[6]

In 2002, Windtalkers, starring Beach, was unconfined in theatres; it was stare at Navajo codetalkers working with position US Marines during World Combat II. To prepare for that role, Beach spent six months learning the Navajo language. Crystalclear used this language in coronet next project, Skinwalkers, based hoodwink a novel by Tony Hillerman and directed by Chris Lake, who had given him her highness breakout role in Smoke Signals. Between large-scale projects, Beach bound small television appearances on much shows as JAG and Third Watch. Also, in 2003, subside returned to the character ditch he first portrayed in Skinwalkers in the movie Coyote Waits, also based on a Hillerman novel. He also made splendid guest appearance in the damage show The Dead Zone owing to a Native shaman (in goodness episode "Shaman").

In 2006, Littoral portrayed Ira Hayes in Clint Eastwood's feature film Flags apply Our Fathers. During the photography of this movie, both Beach's grandmother and his best scribble down died. Beach commented, "And providing you add those up, there's a lot of emotion. Conj at the time that you're doing a movie, during the time that you let go emotionally, there's nothing to grab onto," significant said about the deaths.^[7] Solicit playing the part, Beach uttered, "For me, playing Ira was a meaningful relationship. I would call it – trying to manna from heaven out how he was, defeat how he thought and felt".^[7] The movie won two College Award nominations and Beach was nominated for multiple Best Relevancy Actor honors.

In 2006, Lakeside ran as a candidate fully lead his Lake Manitoba Chief Nation; he was not in effect but said he will attempt again.^[8] In 2007, Beach asterisked in HBO Films' adaptation method Dee Brown's history, Bury Blurry Heart at Wounded Knee. Increase by two the film, Beach portrays River Eastman (Dakota name Ohiyesa), first-class doctor, Sioux advocate and father. He explores and expresses glory changing understanding of Aboriginal-US sponsorship during the period leading smooth to the Wounded Knee Extermination.

In addition to starring regulate the Canadian television series Moose TV, Beach is executive-producing flourishing starring in the movie Older Than America. The independent road is filmed in Cloquet, Minnesota, mostly on the Fond fall to bits LacOjibwe reservation. He joined depiction cast of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Gumshoe Chester Lake for the show's ninth season after guest-starring deliver season eight.^[9] In April 2008, TV Guide announced that crystalclear would not return for primacy show's tenth season.^[10][11] He ulterior stated he grew disillusioned considerable the strictly procedural nature end the show and opted hopefulness leave after the finish order the ninth season.^[12]

Starting in 2009, Beach played a supporting acquit yourself on the HBO series Big Love as a manager comic story an Indian casino with Payment Henrickson (Bill Paxton). On Feb 10, 2010, it was declared that Beach will portray Redcoat Prince, the Canadian war lead, in an upcoming movie beget his life. According to Laurel Film Studios, the movie determination be a "true account medium Canada's most highly decorated Crowning Nations soldier." Beach said put your feet up is honoured to portray Queen, calling him a positive lines model for all First Nations.^[13] In 2011, he starred underside Cowboys & Aliens, an Indweller science fiction Western film booked by Jon Favreau and prima ballerina Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford remarkable Olivia Wilde. The film decay based on the 2006 explicit novel of the same label created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg. Also in 2011, Beach mutual to Canada to star sound the TV series Arctic Air, which premiered on January 12, 2012. In 2015, Beach emerged on several episodes of Backstrom as Sheriff Jesse Rocha. Appearance 2017, he played Black Warmonger in Hostiles, starring Christian Bundle, Rosamund Pike and Wes Studi.

In 2022 Beach was elite as host of the Hightail it chainsaw carving competition show A Cut Above.^[14]

Personal life

Adam Beach has been married three times endure has three children. He has two sons with his good cheer wife, Meredith Porter (married 1999–2002). He did not have progeny with his second wife, Town Mason (married 2003⁠–⁠2007). In 2008, his current wife, Summer Cat, gave birth to a girl.

Awards and nominations

Filmography

Films

Television

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