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johnsiegirl — 17 years ago(May 12, 2008 10:56 AM)
I agree as far as the CSI will give him added exposure that looks like will help his career. The other NA actors that I have seen have been in shows such as Law and Order; Special Victims Unit; NYPD Blues stuff like that. The roles were victims/criminals in the show not identified by race. Not break out roles but bit parts - guest apperances.
I must have missed the post about him doing other roles. I searched but there are alot of posts over there.
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IndigoCloud — 17 years ago(May 12, 2008 07:25 PM)
As far as I know, from the information available on IMDb, the only tv production that Jay has been involved with (previous to CSI) was the mini-series "Into the West". The series did win a few Emmys, but they were for music and sound mixing. Other actors who starred in the series were nominated for other awards, but Jay Tavare was not among them. You say that Jay wants to branch out from Native roles, but his only other tv work is playing a Native, so I don't understand your reasoning there. I also found it interesting that he's playing a Latino in CSI, yet I remember that whenever someone used to question his background and suggest that he was Latino himself, that all the Jay supporter7ecs used to freak out and deny it. Why would he want to portray an ethnicity that he himself isn't at all comfortable being mistaken as?
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Soccer_lady — 17 years ago(May 12, 2008 10:08 PM)
Why would he want to portray an ethnicity that he himself isn't at all comfortable being mistaken as?
I have never read or heard that, actually no one has.
He has done several Latino roles, like Vega.
Where did you get your info??
@Johnsiegirl
Adam beach plays a native detective in Law and order SUV -
IndigoCloud — 17 years ago(May 12, 2008 11:19 PM)
"Actually no one has."? No one? Not one single person? And you know this how? As knowledgeable as you often say you are, you can't make a sweeping statement like that and pretend to speak for everyone. You certainly don't speak for me. I remember some time ago that there was confusion over Jay's ethnicity on this board. In wikipedia, as well as on IMDb and in earlier versions of his bio from his website, it listed "Latin" as part of his background. On his current bio his ethnicity isn't even mentioned. From what I was told the mods used to raise a big stink whenever it was mentioned that Jay was anything but 100% Native American Indian.
Vega was not Latino. Vega was a Spaniard, from Spain. Latino means American Spanish/Mexican. They are not the same thing. -
Soccer_lady — 17 years ago(May 12, 2008 11:48 PM)
As if I want to speak for you.
You say you don't like the guy, but you are on his website reading everything
He didn't even write that bio and a bio doesn't always have to be about ethnicity,
so what's your problem.
As knowledgeable as you often say you are
I have never said that!
have a look at this, it's what he wrote as an opening for my website.
http://jaytavare.nl/
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Soccer_lady — 17 years ago(May 13, 2008 11:46 AM)
Vega was described as Latin with movie star idol looks when the casting call went out, that was mentioned on the forum long ago.
How about the movie El Padrino?
He was Latin in that movie..
You know what?
He can get away from the Indian roles because he's one of the only natives who can look more than just native he has been a middle eastern a Spaniard, a Latino
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johnsiegirl — 17 years ago(May 29, 2008 07:54 AM)
I saw the show CSI with him in it and he did an accent yet the man who played his brother didn't. I thought that was kind of messed up. If they were brothers as they portrayed, they should have had the same accent. Wierd.
Was he raised on the reservation? If he did, he did a good job of covering up that accent. -
geminita — 17 years ago(May 30, 2008 05:45 PM)
he was mostly raised in Europe.. check out www.jaytavare.com for more info
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johnsiegirl — 17 years ago(May 13, 2008 06:43 AM)
I would think that when you say that Jay doesn't want to do "Native" roles you would mean "Old" native roles such in westerns - older type movie settings. Adam's role is that of an urban indian in todays times.
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atlantababe — 17 years ago(May 13, 2008 08:09 AM)
I don't think he can get away from Native roles. He's native.
I think it's great that natives are playing more main stream type roles that are set during current timelines. Helps defeat alot of sterotypes.
Waiting patiently for Monday the 19th..
