Adam Beach is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his roles as Victor Joseph in Smoke Signals; Frank Fencepost in Dance Me Outside; Tommy on 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; NYPD Detective 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. He also performed as Squanto in Disney's historical drama film Squanto: A Warrior's Tale. Most recently he has starred in Hostiles (2017) as Black Hawk and the Netflix original film Juanita (2019) as Jess Gardiner and Edward Nappo in Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog.
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Government Cheese (2025)
Guest starring as Rudy
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: A Long Road Home (Apr 16, 2025)
- Episode 1x02: Trial and Error (Apr 16, 2025)
- Episode 1x01: The Gospel of Kenny Sharp (Apr 16, 2025)
A Cut Above (2022)
Starring as Host
(12 episodes)
- Episode 1x12: The Final Carve (Oct 24, 2022)
- Episode 1x11: Subaquatic Sawing (Oct 17, 2022)
- Episode 1x10: Flipping and Ripping (Oct 10, 2022)
- Episode 1x09: Wearable Wood (Oct 3, 2022)
- Episode 1x08: Opposite Day (Sep 26, 2022)
- Episode 1x07: Wet and Wild (Sep 19, 2022)
- Episode 1x06: Carnival of Carving (Sep 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: Chainsaw Soapbox Derby (Sep 5, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: Wooden Quackers (Aug 29, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: Bird Abodes and Big Bugs (Aug 22, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Bowling Over the Competition (Aug 15, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: Cutting Down the Competition (Aug 8, 2022)
Nancy Drew (2019)
Guest starring as Chief McGinnis
(7 episodes)
- Episode 1x16: The Haunting of Nancy Drew (Mar 11, 2020)
- Episode 1x09: The Hidden Staircase (Dec 11, 2019)
- Episode 1x08: The Path of Shadows (Dec 4, 2019)
- Episode 1x07: The Tale of the Fallen Sea Queen (Nov 20, 2019)
- Episode 1x04: The Haunted Ring (Oct 30, 2019)
- Episode 1x02: The Secret of the Old Morgue (Oct 16, 2019)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Oct 9, 2019)
Polly Pocket (2018)
Guest starring as Logan
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x15: Computer Bug (Jan 9, 2022) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 3x02: Outfoxed (Sep 29, 2021) [Special Guest Star]
Backstrom (2015)
Guest starring as Captain Jesse Rocha
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x13: Rock Bottom (Apr 30, 2015)
- Episode 1x12: Corkscrewed (Apr 23, 2015)
- Episode 1x07: Enemy of My Enemies (Mar 5, 2015)
Revolution (2012)
Guest starring as Sheriff Mason
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x02: There Will Be Blood (Oct 2, 2013)
- Episode 2x01: Born in the U.S.A. (Sep 25, 2013)
Arctic Air (2012)
Starring as Bobby Martin
(35 episodes)
- Episode 3x12: The Fall - Part 2 (Apr 8, 2014)
- Episode 3x11: The Fall - Part 1 (Apr 1, 2014)
- Episode 3x10: Last Drop (Mar 25, 2014)
- Episode 3x09: Rites of Passage (Mar 18, 2014)
- Episode 3x08: The Fugitive (Mar 11, 2014)
- Episode 3x07: Flying Solo (Mar 4, 2014)
- Episode 3x06: On the Edge (Feb 25, 2014)
- Episode 3x05: The Devils You Know (Feb 4, 2014)
- Episode 3x04: The Finish Line (Jan 28, 2014)
- Episode 3x03: The Fling (Jan 21, 2014)
- Episode 3x02: High Water (Jan 14, 2014)
- Episode 3x01: The River (Jan 7, 2014)
- Episode 2x13: Ts'inada (Apr 17, 2013)
- Episode 2x12: Fool Me Once (Apr 10, 2013)
- Episode 2x11: Blood is Thicker Than Water (Apr 3, 2013)
- Episode 2x10: Skeletons in the Closet (Mar 27, 2013)
- Episode 2x09: Hell Hath No Fury (Mar 20, 2013)
- Episode 2x08: Secrets & Lies (Mar 6, 2013)
- Episode 2x07: There's Gold in Them Thar Hills (Feb 27, 2013)
- Episode 2x06: Dangerous Cargo (Feb 13, 2013)
- Episode 2x05: Old Wounds (Feb 6, 2013)
- Episode 2x04: Stormy Weather (Jan 30, 2013)
- Episode 2x03: Open Season (Jan 23, 2013)
- Episode 2x02: Bombs Away (Jan 16, 2013)
- Episode 2x01: Wildfire (Jan 9, 2013)
- Episode 1x10: Drop in for Lunch (Mar 13, 2012)
- Episode 1x09: New North (Mar 6, 2012)
- Episode 1x08: The Professional (Feb 28, 2012)
- Episode 1x07: Vancouver is Such a Screwed-Up City (Feb 21, 2012)
- Episode 1x06: C-TVAK (Feb 14, 2012)
- Episode 1x05: Northern Lights (Feb 7, 2012)
- Episode 1x04: All the Vital Things (Jan 31, 2012)
- Episode 1x03: Hijacked (Jan 24, 2012)
- Episode 1x02: All In (Jan 17, 2012)
- Episode 1x01: Out of a Clear Blue Sky (Jan 10, 2012)
Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
Guest starring as Graham Wilson, Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class
- Episode 1x07: Ho'apono (Nov 1, 2010)
Supernatural (2005)
Guest starring as Sheriff Mason
- Episode 14x16: Don't Go in the Woods (Mar 21, 2019)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Guest starring as Adam Beach
- Episode 2006-12-14: Dakota Fanning, Adam Beach, Natalie Cole (Dec 14, 2006)
Skinwalkers: The Navajo Mysteries (2002)
Starring as Officer Jim Chee
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x03: A Thief of Time (Jul 11, 2004)
- Episode 1x02: Coyote Waits (Nov 16, 2003)
- Episode 1x01: Skinwalkers (Nov 24, 2002)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Starring as Detective Chester Lake
(19 episodes)
- Episode 9x19: Cold (May 13, 2008)
- Episode 9x18: Trade (May 6, 2008)
- Episode 9x17: Authority (Apr 29, 2008)
- Episode 9x16: Closet (Apr 22, 2008)
- Episode 9x15: Undercover (Apr 15, 2008)
- Episode 9x14: Inconceivable (Jan 22, 2008)
- Episode 9x13: Unorthodox (Jan 15, 2008)
- Episode 9x12: Signature (Jan 8, 2008)
- Episode 9x11: Streetwise (Jan 1, 2008)
- Episode 9x10: Snitch (Dec 4, 2007)
- Episode 9x09: Paternity (Nov 27, 2007)
- Episode 9x08: Fight (Nov 20, 2007)
- Episode 9x07: Blinded (Nov 13, 2007)
- Episode 9x06: Svengali (Nov 6, 2007)
- Episode 9x05: Harm (Oct 23, 2007)
- Episode 9x04: Savant (Oct 16, 2007)
- Episode 9x03: Impulsive (Oct 9, 2007)
- Episode 9x02: Avatar (Oct 2, 2007)
- Episode 9x01: Alternate (Sep 25, 2007)
Guest starring as Detective Chester Lake
(2 episodes)
First Wave (1998)
Guest starring as Alex Sherman
- Episode 2x07: Prayer for the White Man (Nov 3, 1999)