NEWS ARCHIVE

November 11, 2006

Jay attended the American Indian Motion Picture Award Show at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, CA where he was invited to be a presenter for the Best Actor and Best Actress category.
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November 9-10,2006

Jay was the Guest of Honor at the Fund Raising Event for Adopt-A-Native-Elder Program in Park City, UT. This Program supports the traditional Elders who live in the cultural and spiritual traditions of The Dine' People. Most live in remote portions of the Dine's (Navajo) reservation. Many live in traditional hogans, and some raise sheep as a means of maintaining themselves. The Program provides food, simple medicines, clothing, fabric and yarns to help these Elders live on the Land in their traditional lifestyle. The A-A-N-E Program invited Jay as Guest of Honor to their fund raising event because Jay is a major supporter of the program. Jay also did TV and Radio appearances including KTMP Radio Station in Herber City, Utah, to promote this wonderful event. The event auctioned a basket of Jay goodies including t-shirts; coffee mugs; tote bag; signed headshots; and a copy of the Unbowed DVD; which raised approximately $2,300. This entire event was a record breaking success and raised over $500,000 which was double the norm. Lisa Wishnick, April Wilsey, along with fellow staff members, & volunteers; as well as the native elders from the program were very excited and happy with Jay's participation and the buzz that was created during Jay's visit carried throughout the entire weekend long after he left. ________________________________________________

August 17, 2006

Jay was the guest speaker at the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). This district provides a mandatory course to credentialed teachers which emphasizes on multi-cultural education and issues of diversity for their students. The district invited Jay to speak about his knowledge and experiences not only as an outstanding actor and story teller, but as a man of American Indian and Latin descent. This act of community service by Jay has made an impact on the teachers who are so influential in the lives of our children and the aim is to affect how the teachers approach their diverse student population and how the students themselves will benefit from what their teachers pass on to them. Jay spoke of his experiences as a multi-ethnic person and as a man who uses each character he portrays (Waka Mani, Kayitah, Swimmer, and Matthew Osceola to name a few) as opportunities to learn and grow. Numerous questions were asked and Jay skillfully shared an abundance of cultural and historical information to the class of teachers. It was an overall success and the instructor and teachers were very impressed by his presentation and hope this will not be the last time LAUSD benefits from the graciousness of Jay Tavare. ________________________________________________

August 12, 2006

Jay was spotted on the red carpet at the annual Golden Boots Award Show. Among the guests at this year’s special star-studded event was Clint Eastwood, ________________________________________________

July 11, 2006

Jay attended the charity event “An All Star Night At The Mansion” held at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles , California .

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Jay has just completed filming a lead role in the upcoming Twentieth Century Fox film “PATHFINDER; An Untold History” due out in Spring 2007. He plays “BlackWing,” a fierce rebel warrior who stands against the invaders. This is an epic tale of Indians clashing with the Vikings 500 years before Columbus arrived on the shores of America. Pathfinder also stars Karl Urban and Russell Means and was directed by Visionary director, Marcus Nispel and Produced by Mike Medavoy of Phoenix Pictures.

You may see a picture of “BlackWing” under the Filmography section of this website under “Pathfinder”.

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Jay was featured in "Into The West" Steven Spielberg's 12 hour mini series. He starred in the second film tilted "Manifest Destiny" directed by Simon Wincer. He played Chief Prairie Fire, a Powerful Cheyenne Chief in the 1830s who meets Keri Russell's character Naomi, a feisty frontiers woman and an unusual romance was sparked between the two. This film aired for six weeks starting

June 17 of 2005 on TNT.

You may see a picture of “Prairie Fire” under the Filmography section of this website under “Into the West.” The complete “Into the West” mini series is available for purchase or rent. The Multi Award Winning Mini Series…

"Manifest Destiny" won the top prize at the Golden Boot Awards the Best of the West.

“Manifest Destiny” won the Golden Reel Award at the 2006 Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA. for Best Sound Editing in Television Long Form Sound Effects & Foley.

“Manifest Destiny” along with episodes 1 and III won at the 2006 Visual Effects Society Awards for VES Awards for Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video.

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Updated: August 26, 2005

Jay has just landed a lead role in the upcoming Twentieth Century Fox film PATHFINDER; An Untold History' due out in 2007. He will play 'BlackWing,' a fierce rebel warrior who stands against the invaders. This is an epic tale of Indians clashing with the Vikings 500 years before Columbus arrived on the shores of America. Pathfinder also stars Karl Urban and Russell Means and will be directed by Visionary director, Marcus Nispel and Produced by Mike Medavoy of Phoenix Pictures.

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Updated: December 7, 2004

Jay has just finished working on "Into The West" Steven Spielberg's 12 hour mini series in Calgary. He stars in the second film tilted "Migration" directed by Simon Wincer. He plays Chief Prairie Fire, a Powerful Cheyenne Chief in the 1830s who meets Keri Russell's character Naomi, a feisty frontiers woman and an unusual romance is sparked between the two. This film will air June 17 of 2005 on TNT.

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Updated: June 18, 2004

Jay was invited to be part of the opening night ceremony at the Berlin Film Festival in Germany where “Cold Mountain” was chosen as the opening night film. He was received very well and was called on stage by Anthony Minghella to join several other stars that were there. Jay returned 2 days later to “walk the red carpet” once again with Ron Howard and Cate Blanchett for The film “The Missing” which was in competition and had many fans calling his name as he arrived. Jay has a large following in several of the European Countries, specifically Berlin where “Adaptation” was a multiple winner in last years festival.

Tavare was a guest on the Mike Bullard Show in Toronto where he was the opening guest for the night. It was a funny interaction between the two and both had a great time.

Jay has been asked to be a member and spokesperson for the Preservation of Endangered Indigenous Languages Board. This panel is being put together by one of the producers of “The Missing” (Daniel Ostroff). This project will be working to preserve the endangered Indigenous Languages of the American Indian. The panel also includes the Governor of New Mexico and several PHD's from New Mexico University and the Ex-Governor of Pueblo, New Mexico. Jay’s involvement is due to the fact that he has learned and spoken Cherokee, Apache, Lakota and Navajo in his films and has done so flawlessly.

Tavare was asked to participate in Hollywood for Habitat for Humanity, the project that builds 6 homes in 6 weeks for underprivileged families. He worked on these homes in honor of our fallen Heroes, our Firefighters, Soldiers and Police officers.

Jay is currently getting ready for 2 upcoming films and is developing a screenplay of his own based on a historic event.

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Updated: November 26, 2003

Jay can be seen in the new Ron Howard film THE MISSING which has just opened in theatres across the country. Jay portrays Kayitah, the friend of Tommy Lee Jones. They meet up at a crucial part of the film when both men are searching for the witch Pesh Chidin played by Eric Schweig. Jay was part of the Sony publicity junket for both International and Domestic in New York for THE MISSING, along with Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett. Much publicity is centering on the 2 Native leads played by both Jay Tavare and Eric Schweig. Click here to see some of the reviews which have focused on both Jay and Eric.

You can watch Jay on CNN Friday, November 28 at 9:30 am.

Jay, along with the producers of the film will be flying to the Mescalero reservation to screen THE MISSING and to take part in a Q&A among the tribal Elders.