Monkey Beach
WINNER for Best Actor
Adam Beach
ADAM BEACH is the most acclaimed Native American actor of his generation, and a proud inductee, 2nd ever, Native American, into the Motion Picture Academy. Adam has worked with a bevy of the greatest filmmakers, from John Wu, to Clint Eastwood, to John Singleton, and Scott Cooper and Jon Favreau, to name a few. Adam recently starred in the NETFLIX feature JUANITA. Adam was just recently seen in Scott Cooper’s HOSTILES alongside Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike and Ben Foster and in David Ayer’s SUICIDE SQUAD. He is well known for his performance Golden Globe winning performance, in Clint Eastwood's Oscar-nominated film FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS , as well as his Golden Globe-nominated work in the epic HBO Miniseries BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE . His film work spans his Sundance debut, SMOKE SIGNALS , to Jon Wu’s WINDTALKERS , to his starring roles in films from THE BIG EMPTY to COWBOYS AND ALIENS , and many more.
His television work includes the HBO series BIG LOVE as well as 2 seasons on LAW & ORDER: SVU, and the miniseries COMANCHE MOON. He also completed a four season run on a show that he helped launch on CBC called ARCTIC AIR.
Related Nominees
Directing, Loretta Todd
Actress in a Lead Role, Grace Dove
Actor in a Lead, Adam Beach
Actress in a Supporting Role, Sera-Lys McArthur
Actress in Supporting Role, Tina-Marie Lameman
Actor in a Supporting Role, Nathaniel Arcand