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  Adam Beach - Northern Stars
Adam Beach lost of both of his parents when he was eight-years-old.
Within the span of three months, his mother, who was eight-months pregnant, was killed by a drunk driver, and his father drowned in a boating accident.
Adam and his two younger brothers were forced to move to Winnipeg to live with an aunt and uncle.
www.northernstars.ca /actorsabc/beach.html   (78 words)

  
 Adam Beach - Biography - Moviefone
Adam Beach began his screen career by rowing the canoe that held the stars of the television adaptation of Farley Mowat's Lost in the Barrens (1990).
Shortly afterward, Beach was cast as an extra in Lost in the Barrens, starring Graham Greene and Evan Adams.
Beach was living in Canada when producers asked him to fly to Los Angeles to audition for the lead part in John Woo's big-budget action film Windtalkers.
movies.aol.com /celebrity/adam-beach/4720/biography   (626 words)

  
 Lycos Movies - Biography - Adam Beach   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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).
Beach and his brothers were adopted and raised by and aunt and uncle, quickly relocating to Winnipeg, where he joined his high school drama club on a lark.
Beach's first on-screen credit came in 1990 when, at the age of 18, he was cast in a supporting role in the TV movie, "Lost in the Barrens." Roles in other Canadian TV and theater productions followed, including the lead in the Disney historical drama, "Squanto: A Warrior's Tale" (1995).
entertainment.lycos.com /movies/celeb_bio.php?id=11645   (679 words)

  
 Adam Beach
A Saulteaux of the Ojibwa nation, Adam Beach was born on the Dog Creek reserve in Manitoba.
Beach was an orphan by the age of eight when his parents were both killed in separate accidents within months of each other.
Beach drew on his tragic experience as a child to prepare for a role in Smoke Signals (1998), which he landed after only two readings.
www.tribute.ca /bio.asp?id=5726   (421 words)

  
 Adam Beach Photos - Adam Beach News - Adam Beach Information
A member of the Ojibwa Nation, Adam Beach was born a Saulteaux, on November 11, 1972, in Ashern, Manitoba, Canada, and spent his first 8 years on the Dog Creek Indian Reserve.
Two months later, his father drowned in a boating accident, forcing Adam and his two brothers to be relocated to Winnipeg where they...
Adam is a member of the Ojibwa Indian Nation.
www.tv.com /adam-beach/person/32387/summary.html   (364 words)

  
 Oscar Buzz Grows For Adam Beach   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Hayes, whom Beach portrays in the new Clint Eastwood film Flags Of Our Fathers, opening Friday, was flown back to America and hailed as a hero but, unable to deal with his newfound celebrity, battled alcoholism and depression before his early death.
Yet Beach, who was brought up on the Dog Creek Indian Reserve in Manitoba and is a member of the Salteaux tribe, sees Hayes as an inspirational figure.
Adam Beach gained an appreciation for acting while taking a drama course at Gordon Bell High School in Winnipeg, and when he was 17 he landed a small role in the television mini-series Lonesome Dove.
www.langfieldentertainment.com /19-10-06-ABEACH.htm   (1270 words)

  
 Adam Beach - Famous Canadian Actor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Adam was cast as one of the characters, though not the same one he played in the film.
In 2002, Adam landed his highest profile role to date, in the John Woo action movie, Windtalkers, which was based on the true story of the code developed from the Navajo language for use by the American forces during the second World War.
Adam has some more major projects in the works, having recently completed the TV movie Cowboys and Indians:The J.J. Harper Story, in which he plays the title character, and the new Jon Favreau comedy The Big Empty, an homage to the pulpy, fatalistic film noirs of the 1940s and 1950s.
www.canada.softlandings.com /famous-canadians/Adam-Beach.php   (1375 words)

  
 The Movie Chicks - Interview - John Woo, Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach
Adam: As a kid, I heard about the Navajo using their language as a code but I didn't know the extent of what the code was and how long they trained and the whole horror of having to go through the war.
Adam: There was a time after three months I finally told somebody that my back was hurting through the whole movie carrying this backpack and everything.
Adam: I used the internet to find more of the literature on the code talkers, but John threw us into boot camp and that's where we learned to strip everything that we live with and go by the orders.
www.themoviechicks.com /jun2002/mctwindtalkers.html   (1830 words)

  
 Adam Beach Bio, News and Movie Credits - RopeofSilicon.com
Adam Beach may be best known for his critically acclaimed portrayal of Victor Joseph in Smoke Signals, which won the Filmmaker's Trophy Award and the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
Beach was born in Manitoba, Canada, and began acting in Winnipeg when he was a teenager.
Beach's work is strongly rooted in his Native heritage, bringing a unique and diverse perspective to his craft.
www.ropeofsilicon.com /profile.php?id=7   (507 words)

  
 Native Threads: Adam Beach, actor
Adam’s wide appeal as a television and movie star, in both Native and mainstream films and television shows, brought a new level of star quality and credibility to the Native Threads brand.
Adam’s big break came in 1994, when he landed the lead role in Disney's "Squanto." That same year, he played a very memorable role as Frank Fencepost in the film "Dance Me Outside," a performance which won Adam the Best Actor award at the American Indian Film Festival.
Adam admits leaning on his childhood experiences while preparing for his role in "Smoke Signals." The movie, released in 1998, won the Audience Award at the annual Sundance Film Festival.
www.nativethreads.com /nativepride/profiles_adambeach.php   (350 words)

  
 Adam Beach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adam Ruebin Beach (born November 11, 1972 in Ashern, Manitoba, Canada) is a Canadian actor of Saulteaux descent.
Adam moved to Ottawa where he experimented with the Theater, doing such plays as "Witness for the Prosecution" at the Ottawa Little Theater and joining IFCO, the Independent Film Co-Operative in Ottawa.
Adam Beach currently (2006) resides in Ottawa, Ontario.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Adam_Beach   (321 words)

  
 Zap2it.com - Movie news - Adam Beach 'Talks' About the Future
In order for Beach to take the part, he had to be approved by Navajo leaders who quickly accepted the 29-year-old actor as a valid representative.
Adam was sent to live with his extended family in Winnipeg, where he was eventually adopted by his uncle and aunt.
While Beach concedes that his roles so far have been limited to that of Native something-or-other ("Part of what I'm trying to do as an actor is to correct the views of Indians romanticized by Hollywood"), he's confident that this will change soon.
movies.zap2it.com /movies/news/story/0,1259,---12759,00.html   (956 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Breakout: Beach rides stardom wave   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The buzz: Variety says Beach portrays what is "probably the most fully realized Indian screen character since the days of Little Big Man." And though the Native American Canadian actor, 29, has been working in TV and films for more than 10 years, this is his moment.
A member of the Saulteaux tribe, Beach is best known for his starring role in the Disney film Squanto: A Warrior's Tale and as Victor Joseph in the Sundance Award winner Smoke Signals.
A father with two sons — ages 6 and 4 — Beach makes his home in Ottawa when he is not working.
www.usatoday.com /life/movies/2002/2002-06-11-adam-beach.htm   (592 words)

  
 CANOE -- JAM! Movies - Artists - Beach, Adam: Adam Beach fighting on two fronts
Beach almost didn't take the role of American Indian writer-activist Charles Eastman who, in the late 1800s, promoted the well-being of American Indian tribes.
Beach believes the miniseries, scheduled to air in 2008, will make a strong statement about the poorly conceived 19th century plan to assimilate Indians.
Raised as a Woodland Sioux, Beach's character, Eastman, became a physician who was the only doctor available to the victims of the Wounded Knee massacre in 1890.
jam.canoe.ca /Movies/Artists/B/Beach_Adam/2006/10/17/2048510.html   (629 words)

  
 Anishinaabe Actor Adam Beach
Adam Beach, an Anishinaabe member of the Saulteaux tribe of Dog Creek Lake Reserve in Manitoba, Canada-and star of films ranging from Squanto to Smoke Signals-is perhaps the most visible and sought-after young Native American actor working today in Hollywood.
Beach generously and calmly provided some details, from the dissolution of his marriage to his new girlfriend.
Her friendship with Adam Beach began in 1998, when she played his girlfriend in the film My Brother, which premiered at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.
nativepeoples.com /article/articles/135/1/Anishinaabe-Actor-Adam-Beach   (1149 words)

  
 Adam Beach News
ARGUABLY the best performance in Clint Eastwood's "Flags of Our Fathers" is given by Adam Beach as Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian and Marine who was one of six men in photographer Joe Rosenthal's iconic freeze-frame...
IT'S just before midday and Adam Beach, the Native American actor with the big Oscar buzz from the new movie directed by Clint Eastwood, Flags of Our Fathers, bursts into the interview room on the 14th floor of...
Adam Beach was honored to play Ira Hayes in 'Flags of Our Fathers.' Beach says he actively seeks out Native American roles.
www.topix.net /who/adam-beach   (737 words)

  
 Adam Beach Celebrity Encounter and In Person Autograph   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
I had tried once before to get Adam's autograph at a "Windtalker" event, but he was a no show.
Sure enough Adam Beach was there and both of us hoped that he would sign afterwards.
Adam Beach ended up being a really cool guy and stopped for a second to sign and take pictures with each of us.
home.att.net /~ned17/AdamBeach.html   (430 words)

  
 The Adam Beach Picture Pages
After the tragic deaths of his parents, Adam and his two brothers moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba (involuntarily) and were adopted by an aunt and uncle, and later was adopted by another aunt and uncle.
Beach will soon be seen Clint Eastwood's new film, Flags of Our Fathers, which tells the story behind the iconic Associated Press photo of soldiers raising the U.S. flag over Iwo Jima in one of the final and bloodiest battles of the 1939-1945 war.
Currently, Beach is filming his upcoming Canadian TV projects: TV movie Luna: The Way Home, comedy series "Moose TV," mini series "Comanche Moon" and miniseries "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" (starring Aidan Quinn; based on the book by Dee Brown which chronicles how American Indians were displaced as the U.S. expanded west).
www.superiorpics.com /adam_beach   (1287 words)

  
 Adam Beach
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 Adam Beach - Moviefone
Adam Beach began his screen career by rowing the canoe that held the stars of the television adaptation of Farley Mowat's Lost in the Barrens...
Adams Beach Hotel is peacefully set on the beautiful sandy beach of Nissi Bay and is within a...
Adam Beach - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Adam Beach Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
movies.aol.com /celebrity/adam-beach/4720/main?_pgtyp=pdct   (108 words)

  
 Adam Beach - NativeCelebs profiles
Adam Beach, a Saulteaux from Manitoba, Canada, is becoming a well-known face to Canada and, especially after his movie Smoke Signals won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, a known face to the whole world.
From that point on Adam acted in movies and shows and landed the lead role in Disney's "Squanto" and a very significant and memorable role as Frank Fencepost in "Dance Me Outside." Adam is not just an actor.
Adam Beach's movie roles are ever increasing and he is definitely a name to remember.
www.nativecelebs.com /profiles/adam_beach.htm   (327 words)

  
 ADAM BEACH NEWS
The episode of "The Seventh Generation" with Adam Beach will be reshown on APTN on January 23, 2000.
Adam Beach was in an episode of "The Seventh Generation" a new show by Jennifer Podemski which airs on APTN.
Adam Beach was in an episode of First Wave in November playing an alien attempting to open a casino.
members.tripod.com /frank_fencepost/adamnews.html   (1224 words)

  
 UNOFFICIAL ADAM BEACH PAGE
OH, and Adam Beach will be on Third Watch this Friday December 12, 2003!
I am in no way affiliated with Adam Beach and/or his projects.
All images and information are © to Adam Beach/person in an image and the movie/tv producers, companies etc. Images are used without permission but with full knowledge that they are to be used for entertainment usages and in no way to be used for profit.
members.tripod.com /~frank_fencepost/adambeach.html   (236 words)

  
 Adam Beach - Native Networks
In 1995 Beach won the First Americans in the Arts Best Actor Award for his role in My Indian Summer.
Beach was raised in Manitoba on the Dog Creek Indian Reserve, and in Winnipeg.
A father of two young sons, Beach aims to be a positive role model for them and Native youth everywhere.
nativenetworks.si.edu /eng/rose/beach_a.htm   (258 words)

  
 Adam Beach: Greyland bio
Adam Beach, an accomplished actor who has appeared in films such as "Smoke Signals" and "Dance Me Outside" (which also starred Michael Greyeyes) is one to watch.
After the death of his parents Adam moved to Winnipeg where he spent his teen years.
One of his first small roles was in "Lost in the Barrens" starring Evan Adams with whom he also appeared alongside in "Smoke Signals".
members.fortunecity.com /targer/beach.html   (149 words)

  
 EI > Interviews > John Woo and Adam Beach (Part 5)
Ken: Adam, this is really a star-making role for you, excuse the term, that’s going to give you a lot of opportunities.
Adam: I still very much would like to do a horror film.
Ken talks with director John Woo and star Adam Beach in Part 5.
www.einsiders.com /features/interviews/windtalkers_interview5.php   (986 words)

  
 Adam Beach pictures from people photos on webshots
To Adam, I would just like to say to you that I am so happy to see that someone like you is happy and doing great after all that you have done for yourself and others.
i knew adam from when he was a baby with his little bro's i used to babysit him in vogar manitoba.
I'am hoping Adam Beach can reach our reservation as a rolemodel of young handsome and talented native men.
community.webshots.com /album/39719608euqylN   (1112 words)

  
 Meg's Boyfriend: Adam Beach   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Adam Beach plays Victor, a troubled Native American teenager living on a reservation with his mom in Idaho.
He doesn't have any money, though, and when Thomas (a kid about Victor's age who is kind of a dork) offers to fund the trip, it looks like Victor's got it made.
Anyway, this is the only thing I've seen Adam Beach in and I was truly impressed.
home.comcast.net /~mjbrunner1/archive/adambeach.html   (409 words)

  
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Adam Beach with Kimberly Stirdivant of Dominion 3 Public Relations, Bethany Stirdivant of...
Adam Beach, Scott Caan, director of "Dallas 362" and Val Lauren
Adam Beach, John Woo and Nicolas Cage in Toronto, Canada Promoting "Windtalkers".
www.wireimage.com /Celebrities/Adam-Beach   (498 words)

  
 weblog of adam beach   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
I thought this was a creative way to prove a point.
Cruised out there solo on monday to have a look at the hike after some friends recommended it.
This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar.
www.adambeach.ca   (1807 words)

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