Adam Beach
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Biography
Born November 11, 1972 in Ashern, Manitoba, Canada, Adam Beach has quickly become one of the most distinguished Native actors in mainstream cinema. A Saulteaux (Ojibwe) Indian, Adam grew up in Canada and first found himself acting in some TV shows until his film debut in Cadillac Girls in 1993. Since then, Adam has appeared in a number of more TV shows and movies including Dance Me Outside and Smoke Singals. Since these and some minor roles in hollywood mainstream films, Adam Beach has taken on more prominent roles in films such as Windtalkers, Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers, and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee for which Adam received a Golden Globe nomination (1).
Awards/Nominations
-Won: American Indian Movie Award 1995, Best Actor, for Dance Me Outside
-Won: NAMIC Vision Awards 2007, Best Performance (Drama, TV), for Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
-Palm Springs International Film Festival 2007: Rising Star Award
-Nominated: Satellite Awards 2006, Best Actor in a supporting role, for Flags of Our Fathers
-Nominated: Image Awards 2007, Bext Actor in a Television Movie, for Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
-Nominated: Golden Globe Awards 2008, Bext Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Made for Television, for Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (1)
