Adam Beach checks out of Law & Order: SVU

April 19th, 2008 | Category: TV News

Filed under: Law and Order, Reality-Free

There’s been another transfer out of the squad at NBC. Detective Chester Lake has turned in his badge. Actor Adam Beach is leaving Law and Order: SVU. He’ll be on the show till the end of that season — his one and only with Law and Order: SVU.

Adam Beach, who was plus excellent in the Clint Eastwood feature Flags of Our Fathers as the troubled serviceman Ira Hayes, uncomfortable with the acclaim he received as one of the men who rose the flag at Iwo Jima, received a number

of award nominations for his role on the HBO mini-series Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee. It was on that project that he worked with producer Dick Wolf.

“From the first day I met him on the set of Bury My Heart, I was knocked out by his commitment, dedication and total immersion in the film’s most crucial role,” said Wolf.

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