Jay Tavare
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Occupation | Film actor |
Website | www |
Jay Tavare /ˈtævɑːˈreɪ/ is an American Film Actor (American Indian) and a blogger for The Huffington Post. [1] He attended the University of Southern California, in which he dropped out in 1984 and pursue acting. In 1999, Tavare won the Best Actor award at the American Indian Film Festival for his role in "Unbowed." Tavare is known for roles in various films like Adaptation, Cold Mountain, The Missing, Into the West and Pathfinder.
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Filmography
Film
- Street Fighter (1994, as Vega)[2]
- Executive Decision (1996, as Nabill)
- Unbowed (1999, as Waka Mani)
- Escape to Grizzly Mountain (2000, as Tukayoo)
- Adaptation (2002, as Matthew Osceola)[3]
- Cold Mountain (2003, as Swimmer)
- El Padrino (2003, as Special Agent Sanchez)
- The Missing (2003, as Kayitah)[4]
- Pathfinder (2007, as Black Wing)[5]
- Turok: Son of Stone (2008, as Voice of Koba)
- Vatos Locos (2011, as Jimmy Cavera)
- Bone Tomahawk (2015, as Sharp Teeth)
- The Fifth Sum (2015, as Moctezuma)
- The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence) (2015, as Inmate 346)
Short film
- Off Track (2014, as Pul)
Television
- Into the West (2005, 1 episode, as Chief Prairie Fire)
- CSI: Miami (2008, 1 episode, as Manny Ortega)
- Longmire (2012, 1 episode, as Reuben Lamebull)
Video games
- Gun (2005, as Voice of Stone Hand / Native American 2)
- Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (2009, as Voice of Running River)
- Red Dead Redemption (2010, as Voice of Pedestrian/Background Character)
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015, as Voice of Code Talker)
References
- ^ Tavare, Jay. "Adopt a Native Elder: When the Spirit Moves You...". Huffington Post. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ Harrington, Richard (December 24, 1994). "Movies; `Fighter': Stay Home With The Joystick". The Washington Post (subscription required). Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (September 19, 2008). "Magnificent Obsession". Chicago Sun-Times (subscription required). Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ Pillay, Suzanna (March 6, 2004). "A family lost, and found". New Straits Times (subscription required). Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ Wilmington, Michael (April 13, 2007). "9th Century path strewn with a lot of blood, guts.(Movie review)(Video recording review)". Chicago Tribune (subscription required). Retrieved 9 December 2014.