Adam Beach was born on November 11, 1972 in the Canadian province of Manitoba, on the Dog Creek Reservation, located north of Lake Winnipeg. He belongs to the Solto tribe, from the Ojibwa tribal union. When he was eight years old, he lost both of his parents. After this tragedy, Adam and his brothers moved south to live with relatives in Winnipeg. At school, he was fond of music and theater, attended a dramatic circle, organized a musical ensemble. Soon, Adam Beach began to get roles in the local
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Adam Beach was born on November 11, 1972 in the Canadian province of Manitoba, on the Dog Creek Reservation, located north of Lake Winnipeg. He belongs to the Solto tribe, from the Ojibwa tribal union. When he was eight years old, he lost both of his parents. After this tragedy, Adam and his brothers moved south to live with relatives in Winnipeg. At school, he was fond of music and theater, attended a dramatic circle, organized a musical ensemble. Soon, Adam Beach began to get roles in the local theater and after a while left school for the stage of the Manitoba Youth Theatre, where he played a leading role in the production of Red River Valley. Soon he first starred in a movie - played a cameo role - rower in a canoe - the film "Lost in the Wasteland" (1990) based on the novel by Farley Mowat. In the next few years, the actor actively starred on Canadian and American television, played the title role in the family film “Squanto – Legend of the Warrior” (1994), received an award for the television film “My Indian Summer” (1995). By 1998, Adam Beach had achieved recognition as an actor and became recognizable. International fame and a number of prizes received the film “Smoke signals” (1998), which starred Beach. Among his further works belonging to different genres are "The Secret of Alaska" (1999), "The End Stop" (2000), "The Adventures of Joe Dirt" (2001), "The Art of Wu" (2001), "Now and Forever" (2001). In 2002, Adam Beach was invited to one of the leading roles, the Indian communicationist Ben Yanzi, in the large-budget military drama John Wu “Talking with the Wind”, which is based on the true events of the Second World War. Along with him starred Nicholas Cage, Christian Slater and Mark Ruffalo. It is worth noting that for the filming, the actor had to learn the Navajo language. At the same time, the TV movie “Changing the Shape” appeared on the screens, with Adam Beach in the title role. After the successful release of “Talking with the Wind”, the actor moved to live from his native Canada to Los Angeles. Adam Beach plans to star in the film based on the popular comic book and video game "Turk: Dinosaur Hunter" and in the biographical film about Leonard Peltier. Interestingly, the actor intends to soon pursue his education, get a degree in political science, and in the future plans to start a political career after twenty acting jobs.