Adam Ruebin Beach (born November 11, 1972) is a Canadian-born actor of Saulteaux descent.
In the 1990s he was Tommy, a Native American on Walker, Texas Ranger.
He is best known for his roles as Marine Private First Class Ira Hayes in Flags of Our Fathers, Private Ben Yazzie in Windtalkers, Dr. Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa) in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, and Chester Lake in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Born in Ashern, Manitoba, Adam Beach gre...
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Adam Ruebin Beach (born November 11, 1972) is a Canadian-born actor of Saulteaux descent.
In the 1990s he was Tommy, a Native American on Walker, Texas Ranger.
He is best known for his roles as Marine Private First Class Ira Hayes in Flags of Our Fathers, Private Ben Yazzie in Windtalkers, Dr. Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa) in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, and Chester Lake in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Born in Ashern, Manitoba, Adam Beach grew up with his two brothers on the Dog Creek First Nations Reserve at Lake Manitoba. When he was eight, his mother, Sally Beach, who was eight months pregnant with a girl, was killed by a drunk driver. She could have been saved, but the ambulance refused to come to the reserve. Eight weeks after her death, his alcoholic father, Dennis Beach, drowned himself. Since he was drunk at the time, it is unclear whether he committed suicide or not. Beach and his two brothers initially went to live with their grandmother, who had spent her own childhood...
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