Jay Tavare
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| Jay Tavare | |
|---|---|
| Born | Navajo Reservation |
| Occupation | Film actor |
| Official website | |
Jay Tavare is an American actor. He has played a number of Native Americans in movies, including a Seminole in Adaptation, an Apache in The Missing, a Cherokee in Cold Mountain, and a Cheyenne in Into the West.
His mother was White Mountain Apache and his father was Navajo.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Street Fighter | Vega |
| 1996 | Executive Decision | Nabill |
| 1999 | Unbowed | Waka Mani |
| 2000 | Escape to Grizzly Mountain | Tukayoo |
| 2002 | Adaptation | Matthew Osceola |
| 2003 | The Missing | Kayitah |
| Cold Mountain | Swimmer | |
| 2004 | El Padrino | Special Agent Sanchez |
| 2005 | Into the West (TV miniseries) | Chief Prairie Fire |
| 2006 | Pathfinder | Black Wing |
| 2008 | Turok: Son of Stone | (Voiced) Koba |
| 2008 | CSI: Miami (Tv): Going Ballistic | Manny Ortega |
[edit] External links
- Jay Tavare at the Internet Movie Database
- Official site USA
- Official site NL
- Official site FR
- Official site DE
- Vega – Jay Tavare as Vega in Street Fighter The Movie

