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May 2 - 7, 2023

Adam Beach

Adam, Beach

Adam Beach is the most acclaimed Native American actor of his generation, and a proud inductee, 2nd ever, Native American, into the Motion Picture Academy. Adam has worked with a bevy of the greatest filmmakers, from John Wu, to Clint Eastwood, to John Singleton, Scott Cooper, Jane Campion and Jon Favreau, to name a just a few. 

Adam starred in the NETFLIX feature JUANITA, was seen in Scott Cooper’s HOSTILES alongside Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike and Ben Foster and in David Ayer’s SUICIDE SQUAD

He is well known for his performance in Clint Eastwood's Oscar-nominated film FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS, as well as his Golden Globe-nominated work in the epic HBO Miniseries BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE. His film work spans his Sundance debut, SMOKE SIGNALS, to Jon Wu’s WINDTALKERS, to his starring roles in films from THE BIG EMPTY to COWBOYS AND ALIENS, and many more. 

His television work includes the HBO series BIG LOVE as well as 2 seasons on LAW & ORDER: SVU, and the miniseries COMANCHE MOON. He also completed a 4 year run on a show that he helped launch on CBC called ARCTIC AIR. His recent work includes POWER OF DOG on Netflix and on SWAN SONG for Apple, his film EXILES premiered Dec 1st at WFF 2022 and he recently wrapped the lead in the feature BIRDS WHO FEAR DEATH.

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