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Adam Beach is an Aboriginal Canadian actor. He is best known for his roles as Victor in Smoke Signals, Frank Fencepost in Dance Me Outside, Tommy in Walker, Texas Ranger, Kickin' Wing in Joe Dirt, U.S. Marine Corporal Ira Hayes in Flags of Our Fathers, Private Ben Yahzee in Windtalkers, Dr. Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa) in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, NYPD Detective Chester Lake in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Officer Jim Chee in the film adaptations of Skinwalkers, Coyote Waits, and A Thief of Time. He starred in the Canadian 2012-2014 series Arctic Air, and played Slipknot in the 2016 film Suicide Squad. He also played Squanto in Disney's Squanto: A Warrior's Tale. Most recently he has starred in Hostiles (2017) as Black Hawk, and the Netflix original film, Juanita (2019) as Jess Gardiner.
Born
Saturday, 11 November 1972
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hey, Viktor! | Adam | 2024 |
| The Island Between Tides | Cam | 2024 |
| Exile | Ted Evans | 2023 |
| Found | Kai Wagon | 2023 |
| A Cut Above | Self - Host | 2022 |
| Swan Song | Dalton | 2021 |
| The Power of the Dog | Edward Nappo | 2021 |
| The Unhealer | Sheriff Adler / Adler | 2020 |
| Percy Vs Goliath | Alton Kelly | 2020 |
| Monkey Beach | Uncle Mick / Mick | 2020 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hey, Viktor! | Adam | 2024 |
| The Island Between Tides | Cam | 2024 |
| Exile | Ted Evans | 2023 |
| Found | Kai Wagon | 2023 |
| A Cut Above | Self - Host | 2022 |
| Swan Song | Dalton | 2021 |
| The Power of the Dog | Edward Nappo | 2021 |
| The Unhealer | Sheriff Adler / Adler | 2020 |
| Percy Vs Goliath | Alton Kelly | 2020 |
| Monkey Beach | Uncle Mick / Mick | 2020 |
| The New Mutants | Dani's Father | 2020 |
| Nancy Drew | Chief E.O. McGinnis | 2019 |
| Juanita | Jess | 2019 |
| Hostiles | Black Hawk | 2017 |
| The Good Doctor | Billy Carr | 2017 |
| Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World | Self - Actor / Saulteaux | 2017 |
| The Watchman's Canoe | Nick | 2017 |
| Suicide Squad | Slipknot / Christopher Weiss | 2016 |
| United Shades of America | Self - Native American Actor | 2016 |
| 3rd Annual An Evening with Canada's Stars | Self - Presenter | 2016 |
| The Cowboy | Self | 2016 |
| Diablo | Nakoma | 2016 |
| Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser | Kicking Wing aka Kicking Ass / Kicking Wing | 2015 |
| The Road to Tophet | Storyteller | 2015 |
| Into the Grizzly Maze | Johnny Cadillac | 2015 |
| Backstrom | Captain Jessie Rocha | 2015 |
| A Fighting Man | Fast Eddie | 2014 |
| Ice Soldiers | TC Cardinal | 2013 |
| Crook | Bryce | 2013 |
| Drunk History | Richard Oakes | 2013 |
| Revolution | Sheriff Mason Grey | 2012 |
| Arctic Air | Bobby Martin | 2012 |
| September Runs Red | Dylan | 2012 |
| Path of Souls | Jon Beardsley | 2012 |
| A Warrior's Heart | Sgt. Major Duke Wayne | 2011 |
| Hell on Wheels | Red Bear | 2011 |
| Cowboys & Aliens | Nat Colorado | 2011 |
| Cowboys and Aliens (Theatrical) | Nat Colorado | 2011 |
| Cowboys and Aliens (Extended Version) | Nat Colorado | 2011 |
| Combat Hospital | Snake Eater | 2011 |
| Conan | Himself - Guest | 2010 |
| Hawaii Five-0 | Special Warfare Operator Graham Wilson, 2nd Class | 2010 |
| The Stepson | Josh Anderson | 2010 |
| The Stranger | Mason Reese | 2010 |
| Stranger | Mason Reese | 2010 |
| Reel Injun | Himself / Self | 2010 |
| Donkey | Slade | 2010 |
| Older Than America | Johnny / Johnny Goodfeather | 2008 |
| Turok: Son of Stone | Turok (Voice) / Turok | 2008 |
| Comanche Moon | Blue Duck | 2008 |
| Moose TV | George Keeshig | 2007 |
| Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Charles Eastman | 2007 |
| Flags of Our Fathers | Ira Hayes | 2006 |
| Bottoms Up | Jesus De Jesus | 2006 |
| Big Love | Tommy Flute | 2006 |
| Luna: Spirit of the Whale | Mike Maquinna | 2005 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| Supernatural | Sheriff Mason | 2005 |
| Now & Forever | John Myron | 2005 |
| Four Brothers | Chief | 2005 |
| Johnny Tootall | Johnny Tootall | 2005 |
| The Hour | Self | 2005 |
| Wapos Bay: The Series | Adam Beach | 2005 |
| Coyote Waits | Jim Chee | 2003 |
| A Thief of Time | Jim Chee | 2003 |
| Shootout | Self | 2003 |
| Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story | J.J. Harper | 2003 |
| Cowboys and Indians | J.J. Harper | 2003 |
| Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American | Self / Victor Joseph (from Smoke Signals (1998)) | 2003 |
| The Big Empty | Randy | 2003 |
| Skinwalkers | Jim Chee | 2002 |
| Everwood | Mr. Grey Cloud | 2002 |
| The Dead Zone | Shaman | 2002 |
| Windtalkers | Ben Yahzee / Private Ben Yahzee | 2002 |
| Posers | Sinclair | 2002 |
| Bliss | Angel | 2002 |
| The Art of Woo | Ben Crowchild | 2001 |
| Joe Dirt | Kicking Wing | 2001 |
| The Last Stop | Jason | 2000 |
| Higher Ground | Aaron Reifel | 2000 |
| Mystery, Alaska | Galin Winetka | 1999 |
| Third Watch | Christian | 1999 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Detective Chester Lake / Chester Lake | 1999 |
| First Wave | Alex Sherman | 1998 |
| Smoke Signals | Victor Joseph | 1998 |
| The Journey of Allen Strange | Eric | 1997 |
| Dead Man's Gun | Tom Shadow Wolf | 1997 |
| Song of Hiawatha | Chibiabos | 1997 |
| A Boy Called Hate | Billy Little Plume | 1996 |
| Coyote Summer | Rafe Acuna | 1996 |
| Prey | Noel | 1995 |
| JAG | Marcus Tillicum | 1995 |
| Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years | Red Crow | 1995 |
| Dance Me Outside | Frank Fencepost | 1995 |
| Squanto: A Warrior's Tale | Squanto | 1994 |
| Touched by an Angel | Dillon New Eagle | 1994 |
| This Hour Has 22 Minutes | Self | 1993 |
| Madison | Kyle | 1993 |
| Spirit Rider | Paul LeBlanc | 1993 |
| Cadillac Girls | Will | 1993 |
| Walker, Texas Ranger | Tommy Bright Hawk | 1993 |
| North of 60 | Nevada | 1992 |
| HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
| Magic Hour: Lost in the Barrens | Hunting Party | 1990 |
| CBS Schoolbreak Special | Ben | 1980 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Northlander | 2016 |
| Path of Souls | 2012 |
| Older Than America | 2008 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2008 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
