Evan Adams

Evan Adams
Born
Evan Tlesla Adams

(1966-11-15) November 15, 1966
NationalityCanadian
Alma materUniversity of Calgary
Occupation(s)Actor, playwright, Doctor
Years active1986–present
Websitewww.drevanadams.ca

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.