Adam Beach

Adam Beach as Ben Yahzee in MGM's Windtalkers - 2002 Photo: Stephen Vaughan

Biography

Born 11/11/1972

Canadian actor Adam Beach parlayed his success in a string of independent features and television series into major roles in Hollywood productions, culminating in the highly visible Clint Eastwood-helmed WWII drama, “Flags of Our Fathers” (2006). With the exposure provided by such a high...
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Highlights

  • In 2007, Starred in the HBO Films' adaptation of Dee Brown's novel, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" as the Sioux advocate, author and medical doctor Ohiyesa; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor
  • In 2007, Joined the cast of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC) for one season only, as Detective Chester Lake
  • In 2006, Portrayed Ira Hayes, one of the men who lifted the flag at the battle of Iwo Jima in Clint Eastwood's "Flags of Our Fathers"

Family & Companions

  • Tara Mason: wife (Married in 2003)
  • parents: Mother was killed in 1981 by a drunk driver in front of their house while pregnant; father drowned himself due to depression only months after his wife's death

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