Evan Adams is from Tla'amin Nation, near the town of Powell River, BC, Canada. He stars in the Emmy-winning TV-movie "Lost in the Barrens" (1990) and its nominated sequel "Curse of the Viking Grave" (1993). Besides numerous episodics like "The Beachcombers" and "Black Stallion", he also appears in the feature film "Toby McTeague" (1986) and his on-stage highlights include the role of Edmund in Women in View's "Lear", Creature Nataways in the Arts Club Theatre's "Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing", and Jamie in Headlines Theatre's "Mamu." Evan stars as Thomas Builds-The-Fire in "Smoke Signals" (1998), written by Sherman Alexie and directed by Chris Eyre. "Smoke Signals" won the coveted Audience Award for best film and the Filmmakers Trophy at the Sundance Film Festival in 1998. He also won Best Actor awards from the American Indian Film Festival, and from First Americans in the Arts, and a 1999 Independent Spirit Award for 'Best Debut Performance'. He continues to work on intermittent, high-profile projects, but is also a medical doctor in Vancouver, Canada.
Yo ShowBiz!(2021)
Bones of Crows: The Series(2023)as Dr. Tim Watts
Reservation Dogs(2021)as Larry
Tribal(2020)as Fisher
Indian Road Trip(2019)as Casper Manywords
Colonization Road(2016)
Bones of Crows(2022)
The Good Canadian(2025)as Self - Interviewee
Actors and Ancestors(2023)as Self - Guest
1491: The Untold Story of the Americas Before Columbus(2017)as Self - Narrator
