Adam Beach
Beach in 2010, Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com
Place of Birth: Ashern, Manitoba, Canada
Date of Birth: November 11, 1972
Ethnicity: Ojibwe [Saulteaux]
Adam Beach is a Canadian First Nations actor of Ojibwe (Saulteaux) heritage. He is known for his work, as diverse projects as Joe Dirt, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, and Suicide Squad.
He is the son of Sally and Dennis Beach. He is married to Summer Tiger. He has two children with his former wife Meredith Porter; and a daughter with Summer.
Adam’s paternal grandfather was named Christopher Beach (the son of Anne).
Adam’s paternal grandmother was Anne Jean Loyer (the daughter of Isidore/Isadore Loyer and Margaret Laurent). Isidore was the son of Jean/John Loyer and Josephte Chartrand.
Adam’s paternal grandfather was said to be the son of a white father, with English and Icelandic ancestry, and of an Ojibwe First Nations mother. It is not clear if this is accurate.
Source: Information about Adam’s father’s family – http://www.redriverancestry.ca
Sorry….don’t usually bother with leaving messages on these things, but I wanted to say that he’s CANADIAN….which there means he is FIRST NATIONS. “Native American” means he’s from the States. It clearly states in his info by his picture that he is Canadian, and the proper term is First Nations.
I heard someone saying he is only 60% Native American,it’s funny, he looks to be more than 80% Amerindian to me.
If someone had a full Native American/Canadian parent and a European descent parent they would look very Native American. So a person could look very indigenous American with 50% Native descent. At least with Adam he displays the phenotype of NAs unlike the many celebrities with minimal to no NA ancestry like Megan Fox. Don’t you agree me?
Canada is in North America! he belongs to a tribe of NATIVE AMERICAN people. it does not say that he is half Canadian. it says that his tribe is from Canada so i’m so sure that he is part white. not to be difficult but i am just trying to clarify.
I thought he was Native American, but he is Native Canadian Saulteaux which is pretty close…
oook “America” is a continent NOT A COUNTRY the U.S. is the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PEOPLE NEED TO LEARN GEOGRAPHY (SCARY):(
LMFAO this comment is so stupid and ignorant. This is why kids need to stay in school.
P.S. I was talking about Amanda’s comment, not jttaino’s.
wow … an actor who is actually half native American and looks it. I am shocked
oh. Sorry. Just realized he is half Native Canadian, not Native Anerican. Pardon my ignorance
Point taken.
The media likes the look of people of color that are part white or less “ethnic”.
It would seem that psychologically that a ethnic person that is part white is less threatening on some level.
I bet you’re American. Most, if not all Native Americans in the U.S. are Not 100% full blooded. So when someone says they are “half native american” (example: Colton Haynes) in actuality they are far less, like 1/4 or 1/8 therefore that offspring looking less native or not native looking at all.
Nonsense. He is a full-blooded native(Saulteaux) He was born on a reservation, and is tribally enrolled. You are measured by your blood quantum in Canada to be able to get status. If he had a white parent it would be known. He never mentioned being anything other than native. His family maternally and paternally consists of other natives. The only European he probably has is indirect. His mother and father were both native, and so are his grandparents. He is the closet thing to a authentic Native North American you can get.