Evan Adams

Actor

Born: November 15, 1966 (age 59)

Evan Adams (born November 15, 1966) is a Coast Salish actor & physician from the Tla’amin First Nation near Powell River, BC, Canada. He is best known for his role as Thomas Builds-The-Fire in Smoke Signals (1999). Aside from his career in the arts, Evan has completed a Medical Doctorate from the University of Calgary in 2002.

Filmography (15)

təm kʷaθ nan Namesake (2026)
Director
The Good Canadian (2025)
Self - Interviewee
Indian Road Trip (2019)
Casper Manywords
Ohiyesa: The Soul of an Indian (2018)
Ohiyesa (voice)
Kayak to Klemtu (2018)
Dave
Rez Carz (2014)
(voice)
The Thaw (2009)
Professor Anderson
Black Christmas (2006)
Doctor
Lenny The Wonder Dog (2005)
Razel
The Business of Fancydancing (2002)
Seymour Polatkin
Lakota Moon (1999)
Throws it Down
Smoke Signals (1998)
Thomas Builds-the-Fire
Lost in the Barrens II: The Curse of the Viking Grave (1992)
Awasis
Lost in the Barrens (1990)
Awasis
Toby McTeague (1986)
Jacob