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Adam Ruebin Beach (born November 11, 1972 in Ashern, Manitoba, Canada) and a Canadian actor of Saulteaux descent, grew up with his two brothers on the Dog Creek Indian Reserve until the age of 8.

He is best known for his role in the movie Smoke Signals
, directed by Chris Eyre, which won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival.

Following the death of both his mother and father within a short period of time, Adam moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he became involved in theatre and in the Black Sabbath cover band Lethic. After landing a part in the film Lost In The Barrens with Graham Greene, he decided to pursue acting as a career.

Beach's other work includes the movie Dance Me Outside
, which earned him a Best Actor award from the American Indian Film Festival, and its spinoff series The Rez, although he played different characters in those two projects. 2002 saw Adam featured as Jim Chee in the first of several Tony Hillerman films for PBS as well as in the movie Windtalkers
with Nicolas Cage, based on the Native American code talkers of World War II. In 2003, he starred in Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story.

Adam has two sons, Noah and Luke. He married Tara Mason in 2003.

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