John Adam (actor)


John Adam is an Australian television and theatre actor. He has had three roles in the soap opera Home and Away as Dave Porter, Luke Cunningham and Senior Detective Atticus Decker. From 2009 until the series' cancellation, Adam starred as Detective Senior Constable Nick Buchanan in City Homicide. He has also appeared in Water Rats, All Saints and Neighbours, as well as various theatre productions.

Early life

Adam was born in Brisbane and he spent the first year and a half of his life in Charleville. His father's job as a salesman saw the family move to Minnesota in the United States for four years. Upon their return to Australia, they moved to Sydney. Adam is a graduate of National Institute of Dramatic Art.

Career

Some of Adam's early television appearances included guest roles in A Country Practice, G. P., and E Street. In the early 1990s, Adam played Bassanio in the The Merchant of Venice, Laertes in Hamlet and the Earl of Richmond in Richard III for Bell Shakespeare. He also worked with the Sydney Theatre Company. From 1993 to 1994, Adam portrayed teacher Luke Cunningham in Home and Away. It was his second role in the show, having previously appeared as Dave Porter, a friend of Ben Lucini, in 1990. Producers asked Adam to return to the show four times, before he accepted the role of Luke.
In 1997, Adam had a recurring role as Michael Jeffries in Water Rats. The following year, he starred as Peter Carter in Tony Morphett's thriller television film 13 Gantry Row, opposite Rebecca Gibney. He appeared in All Saints in 1999 as Dr. Tom Snowden.
In 2009, he appeared in Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities, before joining the main cast of crime drama City Homicide as Detective Senior Constable Nick Buchanan. Adam relocated to Melbourne with his family for filming. In 2010, while working on City Homicide, Adam was also appearing in Dead Man's Cell Phone at the Melbourne Theatre Company.
Adam played Arnolde in the 2012 Bell Shakespeare production of The School for Wives, alongside Harriet Dyer and Meyne Wyatt. The following year, he played Don Cotter in the soap opera Neighbours.
From April 2014, Adam appeared in a production of The King and I, his first musical theatre role. In 2016, Adam re-joined Home and Away in the recurring role of Atticus Decker.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1975The Olive TreeTV movie
1988A Waltz Through the HillsOld ManTV movie
1990Home and AwayDave PorterGuest
1991A Country PracticeRick Morrison2 episodes
1991; 1992E StreetRick Madden2 episodes
1992G.P.Mr Sean Jones1 episode
1993–1994Home and AwayLuke CunninghamSeries regular
1997FlipperNicholas 'Nick' Santoro1 episode
1997Water RatsMichael JeffriesSeason 2, 7 episodes
1998CherishFirst ManShort film
1998Chameleon'Maddy' MadisonTV movie
199813 Gantry RowPeter CarterTV movie
1999–2000All SaintsDr. Tom Snowden5 episodes
1999–2001FarscapeBekhesh3 episodes
2000Above the LawDet. Sgt. John Morgan5 episodes
2001BeastmasterRolan1 episode
2002The Lost WorldCha-Zu1 episode
2002FarscapeRaa'KeelEpisode: "Lava's a Many Splendored Thing"
2002StingersGene RubinEpisode: "A Girl's Best Friend"
2002Bad Cop, Bad CopTony Mahler1 episode
2003FarscapePennochEpisode: "Bad Timing"
2003Always GreenerBryce RichardsEpisode: "What a Difference a Year Makes"
2009Underbelly: A Tale of Two CitiesDefence Lawyer1 episode
2009–2011City HomicideNick BuchananMain cast
2013NeighboursDon CotterRecurring
2014Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of INXSKel HutchenceMiniseries, 2 episodes
2016Home and AwayAtticus DeckerRecurring
2017Hoges: The Paul Hogan StoryMiniseries, 1 episode
2017House HusbandsDr. Rayn ZanguardEpisode: #5.6
2017Janet KingSimon NixonSeason 3, 1 episode

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