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Adam Beach (born November 11, 1972) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his roles as Victor Joseph in Smoke Signals; Frank Fencepost in Dance Me Outside; Tommy on Walker, Texas Ranger; Kickin' Wing in Joe Dirt; U.S. Marine Corporal Ira Hayes in Flags of Our Fathers; Private Ben Yahzee in Windtalkers; Dr. Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa) in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee; NYPD Detective Chester Lake in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; and Officer Jim Chee in the film adaptations of Skinwalkers, Coyote Waits and A Thief of Time. He starred in the Canadian 2012–2014 series Arctic Air and played Slipknot in the 2016 film Suicide Squad. He also performed as Squanto in Disney's historical drama film Squanto: A Warrior's Tale. Most recently he has starred in Hostiles (2017) as Black Hawk and the Netflix original film Juanita (2019) as Jess Gardiner and Edward Nappo in Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog. Early life Adam Beach was born in Ashern, Manitoba. He is Saulteaux Anishinaabe and has some Icelandic roots through his great-grandmother. Beach spent his early years with his parents and two brothers on the Lake Manitoba/Dog Creek First Nation Reserve at Lake Manitoba. When Beach was eight years old, his mother, Sally Beach, eight months pregnant with a baby girl, was killed by a drunk driver. Eight weeks after his mother's death, the family discovered their father Dennis Beach had drowned near the community. It is unclear whether his death was an accident or suicide. Adam and his two brothers initially lived with their grandmother; he was with her from age 8 to 12. Five years after their parents' deaths, the three brothers were taken to Winnipeg to live with an aunt and paternal uncle: Agnes and Chris Beach (his father's brother). Adam refers to his Uncle Chris as "Dad". Beach attended a drama class at Gordon Bell High School. He began performing in local theatre productions and eventually dropped out of school to take a lead role at the Manitoba Theatre for Young People. Career Beach has a long list of diverse portrayals. He saw acting as a catharsis and turned to theater as a venue to express his feelings and tell his own personal stories. At age 18, Beach won a small role in the miniseries Lost in the Barrens, based on the Farley Mowat novel. In the following years, he continued to work in local theatre and guest-starred on television shows such as Walker, Texas Ranger and Touched by an Angel. Shortly afterwards, Beach was cast as a regular on the television shows North of 60 and The Rez. After his performance in Dance Me Outside, he starred in Smoke Signals, which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. He took a small role in Disney's Mystery, Alaska in 1999 and in 2000 accepted a role in the thriller, The Last Stop. Beach appeared in Helen Lee's The Art of Woo and the 2001 hit Joe Dirt as Kickin' Wing, a Native American fireworks salesman. The producers of Joe Dirt had originally wanted to hire Evan Adams for the parody of his character in Smoke Signals, but accidentally called Beach instead. In 2002, Windtalkers, starring Beach, was released in theatres; it was about Navajo codetalkers working with the US Marines during World War II. To prepare for this role, Beach spent six months learning the Navajo language. He used this language in his next project, Skinwalkers, based on a novel by Tony Hillerman and directed by Chris Eyre, who had given him his breakout role in Smoke Signals. Between large-scale projects, Beach made small television appearances on such shows as JAG and Third Watch. Also, in 2003, he returned to the character that he first portrayed in Skinwalkers in the movie Coyote Waits, also based on a Hillerman novel. He also made a guest appearance in the hit show The Dead Zone as a Native shaman (in the episode "Shaman"). In 2006, Beach portrayed Ira Hayes in Clint Eastwood's feature film Flags of Our Fathers. During the filming of this movie, both Beach's grandmother and his best friend died. Beach commented, "And if you add those up, there's a lot of emotion. When you're doing a movie, when you let go emotionally, there's nothing to grab onto," he said about the deaths. About playing the part, Beach said, "For me, playing Ira was a meaningful relationship. I would call it – trying to find out how he was, or how he thought and felt". The movie won two Academy Award nominations and Beach was nominated for multiple Best Supporting Actor honors. In 2006, Beach ran as a candidate to lead his Lake Manitoba First Nation; he was not successful but said he will try again. In 2007, Beach starred in HBO Films' adaptation of Dee Brown's history, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. In the film, Beach portrays Charles Eastman (Dakota name Ohiyesa), a doctor, Sioux advocate and author. He explores and expresses the changing understanding of Aboriginal-US relations during the period leading up to the Wounded Knee Massacre. In addition to starring in the Canadian television series Moose TV, Beach is executive-producing and starring in the movie Older Than America. The independent feature is filmed in Cloquet, Minnesota, mostly on the Fond du Lac Ojibwe reservation. He joined the cast of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Detective Chester Lake for the show's ninth season after guest-starring in season eight. In April 2008, TV Guide announced that he would not return for the show's tenth season. He later stated he grew disillusioned with the strictly procedural nature of the show and opted to leave after the finish of the ninth season. Starting in 2009, Beach played a supporting role on the HBO series Big Love as a manager in an Indian casino with Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton). On February 10, 2010, it was announced that Beach will portray Tommy Prince, the Canadian war hero, in an upcoming movie about his life. According to Bay Film Studios, the movie will be a "true account of Canada's most highly decorated First Nations soldier." Beach said he is honoured to portray Prince, calling him a positive role model for all First Nations. In 2011, he starred in Cowboys & Aliens, an American science fiction Western film directed by Jon Favreau and starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde. The film is based on the 2006 graphic novel of the same name created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg. Also in 2011, Beach returned to Canada to star in the TV series Arctic Air, which premiered on January 12, 2012. In 2015, Beach appeared on several episodes of Backstrom as Sheriff Jesse Rocha. In 2017, he played Black Hawk in Hostiles, starring Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike and Wes Studi. In 2022 Beach was selected as host of the Canadian chainsaw carving competition show A Cut Above. Personal life Adam Beach has been married three times and has three children. He has two sons with his first wife, Meredith Porter (married 1999–2002). He did not have children with his second wife, Tara Mason (married 2003–2007). In 2008, his current wif.... Discover the Chris Beach popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Chris Beach books.
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Meet You At The Main Divide
Justine RossAn inspirational memoir from the authors of Every Bastard Says No about the peaks and troughs of a life in the high countryIn 2017 the Ross family left behind their innercity lives...
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The Paris Diversion
Chris Pavone“The most clever plot twist of the year.”Washington Post“I nominate Kate Moore, the protagonist of Chris Pavone’s sizzling new thriller The Paris Diversion, for patron sa...
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Beware of Dogs
Elizabeth FlannWinner of the 2019 Banjo Prize for FictionShe's isolated. Trapped. Hunted. An almost unbearably tense Australian survival thriller.Not much daylight left now.So begins the field di...
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The Hemsworth Effect
James WeirA sleepy town is about to wake up and smell the turmeric lattes #DontForgetYourKeepCup It started with the Hemsworths. Now, Byron Bay local, Aimee Maguire, is about to lose ...
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Midnight Promises
Sherryl WoodsThe Sweet Magnolias is now a Netflix Original Series!From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Sherryl WoodsWhen Elliott Cruz first courted struggling single mom Karen Ames, it was...
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Mouth to Mouth
Antoine WilsonONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2022 An NPR and Time Best Book of the Year Longlisted for the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize (Canada) Finalist for CALIBA’s 2022 Golden Pop...
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Listen to Your Heart
Irene BrandLaurel Cooper was too busy planning her only daughter’s wedding to make time for romance. But the fortysomething widow couldn’t ignore the rugged photojournalist who’d appeared on ...
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Welcome to Serenity
Sherryl WoodsThe Sweet Magnolias is now a Netflix Original Series!From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Sherryl WoodsWhen Jeanette Brioche helped launch The Corner Spa in Serenity, South Ca...
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A Mob Story
Michele R. McPheeChris Paciello seemed to have it all. With heartthrob good looks and an Alist roster of clients and friends, he was a South Beach businessman/playboy whose local fame was reaching ...
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Love from Scratch
Amy HuttonOpposites attract in this laughoutloud romcom about a heartthrob actor, the grumpy woman who minds his beloved dog, and the cat that steals his heart. Ethan James has a prob...
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Before You Know Kindness
Chris BohjalianNATIONAL BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of The Flight Attendant, here is a novel that examines wildly divisive American issues like gun control and animal rights ...
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The Flight Attendant
Chris BohjalianNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A powerful thriller about the ways an entire life can change in one night: A flight attendant wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead ...
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Feels Like Family
Sherryl WoodsThe Sweet Magnolias is now a Netflix Original Series!From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Sherryl WoodsOn the road to success, good friends are never far apart in the world of...
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Last Man Standing
Stephen LeatherFriendships forged in the heat of combat can be stronger than anything.So when SAS trooper Matt Standing is told that the former Navy SEAL who saved his life is in trouble, he does...
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What Chris Wants
Lori FosterNew York Times bestselling author Lori Foster captivated readers with her stories of love, justice and danger in the Men Who Walk the Edge of Honor series. Now, fanfavorite Chris C...
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Mental State
Dr Mark CrossA manifesto about what's wrong with Australia's mental health system and a guidebook for how to treat it, by a neurotic shrink who lives it every day.Psychiatrist Dr Mark Cross has...
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THE STRONG, SILENT TYPE
Jule McBrideThe Eyes Don't Lie…Alice Eastman didn't recognize the sinewy body or raven locks of the unidentified man hit by a car on her Wyoming ranch. But his eyes were unmistakably Dylan Nol...
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To the Baltic with Bob
Griff Rhys JonesIn the summer of 2002, two profoundly amateur sailors, Griff and Bob, set off in an elderly yacht for Russia, because, on the map, it looked easier than sailing to Cornwall. They t...
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Ocean Meets Sky
Terry Fan & Eric Fan“Young readers will be captivated.” The Washington PostFrom the creators of the gorgeous bestseller The Night Gardener comes a stunning new picture book about a young boy who sets ...
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The Perfect Letter
Chris Harrison“Do you love romance? Do you love reading? Do you love The Bachelor? Are you from Texas? If you answered ‘yes’ to any two of those questions, do we ever have a book for you.”Huffin...
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LOVER, STRANGER
Amanda StevensA Lover's Hands…Grace Donovan had sworn off men forever, but she had to get close to the one man who could identify her sister's killer…the mysterious Dr. Ethan Hunter. A man whose...
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The Dead Secret
Wilkie CollinsWilkie Collins was the first great detective novelist. His dark and complex mysteries influenced the work of other writers, such as Anthony Trollope and Charles Dickens, with whom ...
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HER BABY, HIS SECRET
Gayle WilsonMEN of mysteryThree men with secret identities and hidden agendassworn to protect and tamed by love.To Save His ChildCIA agent Griff Cabot knew things about Claire Heywood no one e...
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CHRIS
Sally WentworthTIES OF PASSIONThe perfect match?Christ Brodey could have any woman he looked atand he was looking at Tiffany Dean! On a strictly casual basis, though. As far as he was concerned, ...
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A Dark Enchantment
Roland VernonGreece, 1869Godwin Tudor, a young English photographer recently arrived in Athens, is intrigued by the mysterious and maverick British landowner Edgar Brooke, whose vast estate dom...
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The Red Lotus
Chris BohjalianNATIONAL BESTSELLER From the New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant comes a twisting story of love and deceit: an American man vanishes on a rural road in Vietn...
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Pulp Friction
Michael BronskiA collection of gay erotic writings tracing the development of a gay identity from the late 19th century to just before the Stonewall Inn riotsLong before the rise of the modern ga...
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Sick in the Head
Judd ApatowNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE A.V. CLUB Includes new interviews!From the writer and director of Knocked Up and the producer o...
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Sweet Magnolias Collection Volume 2
Sherryl WoodsThe Sweet Magnolias is now a Netflix Original Series!Return to the warm, cozy town of Serenity in this collection of classic stories from the Sweet Magnolias series by #1 New York ...
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The Scandal
Mari Hannah'Brand new series. Same topnotch writing.' Eva DolanWhen a young man is found stabbed to death in a side street in Newcastle city centre in the run up to Christmas, it looks like a...
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SOS
Seth Wynes'The most effective ways for individuals to reduce their carbon footprint' INewsClimate Change researcher, Seth Wynes, sets out in the simplest terms how you can make a real and po...
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Don Rickles
Michael Seth StarrThe first comprehensive biography of Don Rickles, the king of insult comedy and honorary rat pack member whose career spanned decades and influenced generations of comedians, writt...
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The Princess of Las Vegas
Chris BohjalianOne of Elle’s Best and Most Anticipated Mysteries of 2024 THE PRINCESS IS FAKE. THE MURDERS ARE REAL From the New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant and T...
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The Drowning Girls
Veronica LandoOne simple sacrifice is all they need. 'Eerie, atmospheric and addictive, The Drowning Girls shimmers with gothic tension' Candice FoxCast a stone. Aim true. Let her sink.Nate can'...