Adam Beach

Adam Beach
Beach at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, promoting Suicide Squad
Born	(1972-11-11) November 11, 1972 (age 44) Ashern, Manitoba, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990–present
Spouse(s)	Meredith Porter (1999–2002; 2 children) Tara Mason (2003–2007) Summer Tiger (married 2015; 1 child)
Children	3

Adam Beach (born November 11, 1972) is a Saulteaux actor. He is best known for his roles as Victor in Smoke Signals, Frank Fencepost in Dance Me Outside, Tommy in 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, 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.

Adam Beach was born in Ashern, Manitoba. His ancestry is mainly First Nations but he also has some Icelandic roots through his great-grandmother. As a member of the Saulteaux First Nations, Beach lived in 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 Adam's father, Dennis, drowned near the community. It is unclear whether Dennis's death was an accident or if he committed suicide.