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Evan Tlesla Adams (born November 15, 1966) is an Indigenous 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.
In Canada, Adams has acted primarily in television, including roles in The Beachcombers, "Lost in the Barrens" Da Vinci's Inquest, Neon Rider, These Arms of Mine, Da Vinci's City Hall, The L Word, and Wolf Canyon, and stage roles in Lear and Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing. He appeared in the 1990 made-for-TV movie "Lost in the Barrens". He also appeared in the documentary film , speaking about his own experience as a young gay, First Nations man growing up in Canada during the Pierre Trudeau era.
His plays, including Dreams of Sheep, Snapshots, Dirty Dog River and Janice's Christmas, have been produced across Canada and internationally.
He appears in the 2017 films Indian Horse and Kayak to Klemtu, and the 2020 film Indian Road Trip.
In 2023 he made a guest appearance as Larry, the Indian Health Service psychologist, on the series Reservation Dogs. He also played adult Tim Wallach in the TV miniseries Bones of Crows.
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