Evan Adams
Evan Adams is an Aboriginal Canadian actor, playwright, and physician. A Coast Salish from the Sliammon First Nation near Powell River, British Columbia, he is best known internationally for his roles in the films of Sherman Alexie, as Thomas Builds-the-Fire in the 1998 film Smoke Signals and Seymour Polatkin in the 2002 film The Business of Fancydancing.
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ActingBirthday
November 15, 1966Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
10Also known as
Evan Tiesla Adams![](/assets/default-profile-icon.jpg)
Cast credits
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Smoke Signals
Thomas Builds-the-Fire![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4cbxwYbqOEY7f80jVwrV5WLQrgA.jpg)
Lost in the Barrens
Awasis![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/9QjlmxgwN9kVsEjbNNm2NkzLvuz.jpg)
The Business of Fancydancing
Seymour Polatkin![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/2cVQuazcTFjx3EvH7oG9oKG8LOV.jpg)
Lost in the Barrens II: The Curse of the Viking Grave
Awasis![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/6rnJH78Yun3Wg0kftvaaikofCmJ.jpg)
Kayak to Klemtu
Dave![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/ovj6aI7neQD9zUnaVc9dowrwCzI.jpg)
Toby McTeague
Jacob![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/ggxi18MGqi0lucWvfsdYkzSdGUJ.jpg)
Black Christmas
Doctor![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/alkFnWgXHV1lvTwntBVe5MjsD6K.jpg)
Indian Road Trip
Casper Manywords![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/y9LTQ13sYQ7xYk08ENy8Ts78jvu.jpg)
Lakota Moon
Throws it Down![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/c0yiQi0XOybBiZF2tVKEo3snJQ9.jpg)
Ohiyesa: The Soul of an Indian
Ohiyesa (voice)