Jay Tavare
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| Jay Tavare | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 23, 1975 Navajo Nation, Arizona, USA |
| Occupation | Film actor |
| Website | |
| http://www.jaytavare.com | |
Jay Tavare is a Native American actor. Tavare is perhaps best known as Vega in 1994 film Street Fighter. Tavare has played a number of roles 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 and Latin American. Tavare was adopted as an infant and spent most of his teenage years in Europe.[1]
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Street Fighter | Vega |
| 1996 | Executive Decision | Nabill |
| 1999 | Unbowed | Waka Mani (won "Best Actor" at the American Indian Film Festival)[2] |
| 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 | Chief Prairie Fire |
| 2006 | Pathfinder | Black Wing |
| 2008 | Turok: Son of Stone | (Voiced) Koba |
| 2008 | CSI: Miami "Going Ballistic" | Manny Ortega |
| 2011 | Vatos Locos | Jimmy Cavera |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Jay Tavare at the Internet Movie Database
- Official site USA
- Official fansite
- Official site NL
- Official site FR
- Official site DE
- Vega – Jay Tavare as Vega in Street Fighter The Movie
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