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Adam Beach
	Date of Birth: Nov 11, 1972 Country: Canada Biography: Adam Ruebin Beach (born November 11, 1972) is a Canadian Saulteaux actor. He is best known for his roles as Tommy on Walker, Texas Ranger, Kickin' Wing in Joe Dirt, 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, Chester Lake in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Officer Jim Chee in the film adaptions of Skinwalkers, Coyote Waits, and A Thief of Time...(Wikipedia) Total Films at Criticker: 23 - You've Seen 0
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Cowboys & Aliens (2011)

Summary: A spaceship arrives in Arizona, 1873, to take over the Earth, starting with the Wild West region. A posse of cowboys are all that stand in their way. (imdb)

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A Warrior's Heart (2011)

Summary: In shock and denial over his Marine father's death in battle, star Lacrosse player Conor Sullivan, always a maverick and a hothead, starts acting out in self-destructive ways that have his mom, Claire, at her wit's end. But arduous training in a wilderness Lacrosse camp under the tutelage of his dad's old combat buddy, Sgt. Major Duke Wayne, opens Conor's eyes to the true meaning of maturity, sportsmanship and manhood. (imdb)

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The Stranger (2010)

Summary: An FBI agent looks to track down a material witness who is involved in a top-secret investigation. (imdb)

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Reel Injun (2009)

Summary: For more than a century, the film industry has depicted North American native people in a variety of ways -- many of them wildly inaccurate. Recently, however, that's begun to change. Director Neil Diamond captures both sides of the coin here. Through interviews with a gallery of actors and directors, including Clint Eastwood, this documentary reveals the film industry's impact on the experiences of native people in the United States and Canada.

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Older Than America (2008)

Summary: A woman's haunting visions reveal a Catholic priest's sinister plot to silence her mother from speaking the truth about the atrocities that took place at her Native American boarding school. A contemporary drama of suspense, Older Than America delves into the lasting impact of the cultural genocide and loss of identity that occurred at these institutions across the United States and Canada. (imdb)

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Comanche Moon (2008)

Summary: The governor of Texas sends out a group of Texas Rangers to pursuit a celebrated Comanche horse thief. The leader of the Rangers is captured during the pursuit. The other Rangers decide to return to Austin after they hear it has been raided.

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Turok: Son of Stone (2008)

Summary: In this sci-fi tale, world-weary warrior Turok returns to his remote village after spending two decades living in exile and discovers that his family has been destroyed by the evil ruler Chichak. So, with sword in hand, he sets out to avenge his kin. Along the way, Turok must put his fighting skills to the test to battle dinosaurs, fantastical beasts and the cave-dwelling humans who stand in his way. (netflix.com)

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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)

Summary: A chronicle of how American Indians were displaced as the U.S. expanded west. Based on the book by Dee Brown.

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Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

Summary: Based on the bestselling book, this film chronicles the battle of Iwo Jima and the fates of the flag raisers and some of their brothers in Easy Company. (Warner Bros. Pictures)

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Johnny Tootall (2005)

Summary: Discharged from Bosnian war, Johnny carries the weight of this war on his shoulders. He left the war with a dark and frightening secret, the murder of a young boy that haunts him. But Johnny carries many demons. The death of his father, running from his destiny as Chief of the Band and abandoning the love of his life. Nevertheless, Johnny must return home, the wolf spirit has called. Upon his return, he finds a new war. (imdb)

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Four Brothers (2005)

Summary: After their adoptive mother is murdered during a grocery store holdup, the Mercer brothers -- hotheaded Bobby (Wahlberg), hard-edged Angel (Gibson), family man and businessman Jeremiah (Benjamin) and hard rocking Jack (Hedlund) -- reunite to take the matter of her death into their own hands. As they track down the killer, the four brothers come together to discover that they are bound by ties thicker than blood. (Paramount Pictures)

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A Thief of Time (2004)

Summary: Another adaptation (from PBS's "Mystery!" series) of Tony Hillerman's best-selling suspense novels centers on Native American culture and the detective work of Navajo tribal police Joe Leaphorn (Wes Studi) and Jim Chee (Adam Beach). This time, the pair investigates the disappearance of an archaeologist digging at an ancient Indian burial ground. In addition to evidence of poaching, the sleuths discover that supernatural avengers may be involved.

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Coyote Waits (2003)

Summary: According to old Navajo lore, "Coyote is always out there waiting, and Coyote is always hungry." Produced by Robert Redford, this thriller with a slightly supernatural bent stars Wes Studi and Adam Beach as tribal cops Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, who try to uncover the truth about the death of a fellow detective, Delbert Nez, whom they believe may have been killed by someone other than the obvious. Could it be the mysterious Coyote?

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The Big Empty (2003)

Summary: Favreau stars as a struggling actor who delivers a locked suitcase to a mysterious man in the California desert and gets more than he bargained for. (Rainstorm Entertainment)

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Posers (2002)

Summary: A night of heavy drinking leads to murder, suspicion and fear for a group of teenage party girls. After the girls beat a woman to death, their alpha female, Love (Stefanie von Pfetten), vanishes, leaving her three friends -- Ruth (Emily Hampshire), Vonny (Sarain Boylan) and Adria (Jessica Pare) -- with increasingly paranoid thoughts about which of them might be the next to vanish.

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Skinwalkers (2002)

Summary: As multiple native medicine men are murdered by an apparently supernatural Skinwalker, or shapeshifter, local Navajo police must find the killer before he strikes again. (doctor7)

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Now and Forever (2002)

Summary: A thought provoking dramatic love story combining elements of spirituality, heart and integrity -- tragic in one sense, but illuminating and uplifting in the other. (Illuminare Entertainment)

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Windtalkers (2002)

Summary: In 1942, several hundred Navajo Americans were recruited as Marines and trained to use their language as code. In John Woo's Windtalkers, Marine Joe Enders (Cage) is assigned to protect Ben Yahzee (Beach) -- a Navajo Code Talker, the Marines' new secret weapon. (MGM)

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Joe Dirt (2001)

Summary: The year is 1975 and little Joe Dirt is dumpster diving at a Grand Canyon tourist stop. After gorging himself on half-eaten snacks, he emerges from the garbage bin, only to find that his parents have left him. Now grown up and working as a janitor, Joe's got a mullet hairdo, acid-washed jeans, and a dream -- to find the parents that he lost, or lost him. (Columbia Tristar)

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The Last Stop (2000)

Summary: A motley group of travelers are trapped in a remote, snowed-in diner nestled in the Rocky Mountains. But when one of them, a state trooper (Adam Beach), discovers a grisly murder and a mysterious bag full of cash, no one is safe from suspicion. The search for the killer reveals that nobody is who he or she claims to be in this mystery-thriller.

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Smoke Signals (1998)

Summary: Though Victor and Thomas have lived their entire young lives in the same tiny town, they couldn't have less in common! But when Victor is urgently called away, it's Thomas who comes up with the money to pay for his trip. There's just one thing Victor has to do: take Thomas along for the ride! (Miramax)

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Dance Me Outside (1995)

Summary: A story of life on an Indian reservation in Ontario: Silas and Frank are trying to get into college... (imdb)

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Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994)

Summary: Historically inaccurate chronicle of Squanto's life prior to and including the arrival of the "Mayflower" in 1620. (imdb)

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