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John Adam
Born
OccupationActor
Years active1975–present

John Adam is an Australian television and theatre actor.

Career

In April 2009, it was announced that Adam had joined the cast of the crime drama City Homicide as Detective Senior Constable Nick Buchanan.[2] Adam relocated to Melbourne with his family for filming.[3] He spoke with a homicide detective during his research for the role and described Nick as being "Driven. Independent. Curious."[3]

In 2010, while working on City Homicide, Adam was also appearing in Dead Man's Cell Phone at the Melbourne Theatre Company.[4]

Adam played Arnolde in the 2012 Bell Shakespeare production of The School for Wives, alongside Harriet Dyer and Meyne Wyatt.[5]

From April 2014, Adam appeared in a production of The King and I, which marked his first musical theatre role.[4]

Filmography

Year Titel Role Notes
1990 Home and Away Dave Porter
1991 A Country Practice Rick Morrison 2 episodes
1993–94 Home and Away Luke Cunningham
1997 Water Rats Michael Jeffries
1999–2001 Farscape Bekhesh 3 episodes
1999–2000 All Saints Dr. Tom Snowden
2000 Above the Law Det. Sgt. John Morgan
2002 Farscape Raa'Keel Episode: "Lava's a Many Splendored Thing"
2002 Stingers Gebe Rubin Episode: "A Girl's Best Friend"
2003 Farscape Alien Episode: "Bad Timing"
2003 Always Greener Bryce Richards Episode: "What a Difference a Year Makes"
2009–11 City Homicide Nick Buchanan
2013 Neighbours Don Cotter
2016 Home and Away Decker


References

  1. ^ Shearer, Geoff (5 August 2009). "Simon Townsend's daughter Nadia Townsend enjoys drama". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  2. ^ Knox, David (27 April 2009). "John Adam joins City Homicide". TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b Tuohy, Wendy (19 October 2010). "Watching the detective". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  4. ^ a b Neutze, Ben (30 September 2014). "Stage to screen and back again: Lisa McCune and John Adam". Daily Review. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  5. ^ Blake, Elissa (21 October 2012). "A hit with the missus". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 September 2016.