Adam Beach
Biography
Adam Beach is a Canadian actor from Ashern, Manitoba who performed in local theater productions and left school for a leading part with the Manitoba Theatre for Young People. At eighteen he took a small part in the miniseries Lost in the Barrens. He went on to guest spots on Walker, Texas Ranger and Touched by an Angel and became a regular on North of 60 and The Rez. He is best known for Victor Joseph in Smoke Signals (1998), which earned a Grand Jury Prize nomination at Sundance, and for Frank Fencepost in Dance Me Outside (1995) and Kickin' Wing in Joe Dirt (2001). In Windtalkers (2002) he played Private Ben Yahzee, and his Ira Hayes in Flags of Our Fathers (2006) brought multiple Best Supporting Actor nominations. Other credits include Black Hawk in Hostiles (2017), Juanita (2019), Arctic Air and Detective Chester Lake on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
53years old
Turns 54 on November 11in 30 days
- Born Ashern
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 26
- Career span
- 30 years1994 to 2024
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Getting ready for a role
Beach appeared in the 2002 release Windtalkers, which dealt with Navajo codetalkers and their work with the US Marines in World War II. He learned the Navajo language over six months for that part, then put it to use in Skinwalkers.
Big break
The producers of Joe Dirt wanted Evan Adams for a parody of his Smoke Signals character, but they accidentally called Beach instead, and he got the part of Kickin' Wing.
First role
At 18, Beach landed a small part in Lost in the Barrens, a miniseries adapted from the Farley Mowat novel.
Early training
Beach took a drama class at Gordon Bell High School and performed in local theater productions. He left school to accept a lead part at the Manitoba Theatre for Young People.
Behind the camera
Beach is executive-producing and starring in Older Than America, an independent movie. Filming took place in Cloquet, Minnesota, largely on the Fond du Lac Ojibwe reservation.
A role that slipped away
Beach left Law & Order: Special Victims Unit after its ninth season, saying he had grown disillusioned with the show's strictly procedural nature.
Adam Beach movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Clark Johnson directed two of these films. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together13 more actors
- Graham GreeneReel Injun (2010) and Turok: Son of Stone (2008)
- Dominic PurcellA Fighting Man (2014) and Ice Soldiers (2013)
- Scott EastwoodDiablo (2015) and Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
- Chris BrowningThe Unhealer (2020) and Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
- John Benjamin HickeyHostiles (2017) and Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
- Wes StudiHostiles (2017) and Reel Injun (2010)
- Gary FarmerThe Big Empty (2003) and Smoke Signals (1998)
- Michael GreyeyesSmoke Signals (1998) and Dance Me Outside (1995)
- Judith IveyFlags of Our Fathers (2006) and Mystery, Alaska (1999)
- Russell MeansReel Injun (2010) and Turok: Son of Stone (2008)
- John TrudellReel Injun (2010) and Smoke Signals (1998)
- Elaine MilesJuanita (2019) and Smoke Signals (1998)
- Leroy PeltierMystery, Alaska (1999) and Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Adam Beach's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$448 million
9 of the 26 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 26 films: 9 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 14 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 14Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$175M39.0% of the total
- 2$78M17.3% of the total
- 3$66M14.7% of the total
- 4$49M11.0% of the total
- 5$37M8.3% of the total
- 6$31M6.9% of the total
- 7$8.9M2.0% of the total
- 8$3.3M0.7% of the total
$304,852from the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
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