Adam Beach

Joined the cast of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC) for one season only, as Detective Chester Lake

Starred in the HBO Films adaptation of Dee Brown s novel, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee as the Sioux advocate, author and medical doctor Ohiyesa; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor

Portrayed Ira Hayes, one of the men who lifted the flag at the battle of Iwo Jima in Clint Eastwood s Flags of Our Fathers

Starred in The Big Empty

Co-starred with Nicolas Cage in the WWII drama Windtalkers

Starred alongside Wes Studi in the TV adaptation of Skinwalkers for airing on PBS Mystery!

Appeared in Joe Dirt

Had lead in the CBC series Harry s Case

Supported Russell Crowe in the hockey comedy-drama Mystery, Alaska

Breakthrough screen role as one of the leads in Smoke Signals

Appeared on the Canadian TV series Madison

Had supporting role in the feature A Boy Called Hate

Reunited with Bruce McDonald on the Canadian TV series The Rez

Co-starred in Dance Me Outside, directed by Bruce McDonald

Feature debut in Cadillac Girls

TV acting debut in Lonesome Dove (CBS)

After parents deaths, moved to Winnipeg when he was adopted by an aunt and uncle

Raised on the Dog Creek Reservation in Manitoba until parents deaths