Evan Adams

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.

Known For

The L Word Not in library

The L Word

2004

Black Christmas Not in library

Black Christmas

2006

The Thaw Not in library

The Thaw

2009

Smoke Signals Not in library

Smoke Signals

1998

Da Vinci's Inquest Not in library

Da Vinci's Inquest

1998

The Business of Fancydancing Not in library

The Business of Fancydancing

2002

Lost in the Barrens Not in library

Lost in the Barrens

1990

Lenny The Wonder Dog Not in library

Lenny The Wonder Dog

2005

Bones of Crows Not in library

Bones of Crows

2023

Kayak to Klemtu Not in library

Kayak to Klemtu

2018

Acting

2025 The Good Canadian as Self - Interviewee
2023 Bones of Crows as Older Tim Whallach (1 episode)
2019 Indian Road Trip as Casper Manywords
2018 Ohiyesa: The Soul of an Indian as Ohiyesa (voice)
2018 Kayak to Klemtu as Dave
2014 Rez Carz as (voice)
2009 The Thaw as Professor Anderson
2006 Black Christmas as Doctor
2005 Lenny The Wonder Dog as Razel
2005 Da Vinci's City Hall
2004 The L Word as Dr. Bell (1 episode)
2002 The Business of Fancydancing as Seymour Polatkin
2001 MythQuest as Xahil (1 episode)
1999 Lakota Moon as Throws it Down
1998 Smoke Signals as Thomas Builds-the-Fire
1998 Da Vinci's Inquest
1992 Lost in the Barrens II: The Curse of the Viking Grave as Awasis
1990 Lost in the Barrens as Awasis
1986 Toby McTeague as Jacob

Directing

2026 təm kʷaθ nan Namesake Director In Library