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Jay Tavare (is an American film actor and screenplay writer whose career spans more than 18 years. His screen roles include:


 * Pathfinder (Marcus Nispel, 2007) as Black Wing, with Karl Urban and Clancy Brown
 * The Missing (Ron Howard, 2003) as Kayitah, with Cate Blanchett and Tommy Lee Jones
 * Cold Mountain (Anthony Minghella, 2003) as Swimmer, Jude Law's Cherokee half-brother and fellow Confederate army warrior
 * Adaptation (Spike Jonze, 2002) as Matthew Osceola, the enigmatic Seminole orchid thief opposite Meryl Streep
 * Into the West (Steven Spielberg, 2005 mini-series) as Chief Prairie Fire opposite Keri Russell
 * Street Fighter (1994) as Vega, the devilishly handsome and lethal Spanish Ninja
 * Unbowed (Nanci Rossov, 2000) as the defiant warrior, Waka Mani *Winner* Best Actor at the American Indian Film Festival
 * CSI Miami season 6 finale, Going Ballistic Part I (2009) as Manny Ortega.

As guest star on the CSI Miami season finale, he performed all his own stunts, including a 23-story free fall which earned an Emmy nomination. He often prepares and performs his own stunts when the role calls for it. His repertoire of physical skills, includes martial arts, dancing, acrobatics, bare back riding, archery and swordsmanship.

He has a wealth of knowledge on American Indian history and culture due to decades of study and his ongoing relationship and charitable work with several Indian nations. He writes a popular blog for The Huffington Post and has been a speaker at Brown University. He honors his Apache/Navajo elders by traveling regularly to visit the youth and participate in their suicide prevention program called Honor Your Life at the Mescalero Apache reservation in New Mexico. He also the celebrity spokesperson for Warming Hearts and Adopt-a-Native-Elder, a non-profit organization benefiting the Navajo elders in Utah and Arizona.