Adam Hicks

Adam Paul Nielson Hicks (born November 28, 1993) is an American actor, musician and rapper. His first leading role was in How to Eat Fried Worms. He was also known for playing Luther in the Disney XD series Zeke and Luther and Wendell "Wen" Gifford in the film Lemonade Mouth. He had a recurring role in the second season of Jonas as DZ, and a co-lead role as Boz in Season 3 of Pair of Kings.

Career Acting Hicks was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. He had a recurring role in Titus, and had roles in various movies and television series, before playing the lead in How to Eat Fried Worms. He then appeared in Mostly Ghostly alongside many other Disney Channel stars. In 2009, he grabbed the co lead role of Luther on Zeke and Luther. In April 2011, he starred in Lemonade Mouth as Wendell "Wen" Gifford.

He co starred on Pair of Kings as King Boz, replacing Mitchel Musso's character King Brady. Hicks portrayed Jason Zimmer, in the erotic thriller The Boy Next Door. Hicks returned to acting in 2025, playing Adam Stone in Stone Creek Killer.

Music Hicks recorded a remake of the MC Hammer song "U Can't Touch This" with fellow Zeke and Luther costar Daniel Curtis Lee. The music video for the song was shown June 29, 2009, on Disney XD. He made a remix of the song "In the Summertime" by Mungo Jerry. In the end of 2010, he wrote and recorded the song "Happy Universal Holidays" with Ryan Newman.

At the beginning of 2011, he released a song called "Dance For Life", with Drew Seeley for the Disney Channel Original Series Shake It Up, which was featured on Shake It Up: Break It Down.

Hicks co-wrote the tracks "Determinate", "Breakthrough" and "Livin' On a High Wire" for Lemonade Mouth. He also has a music video featuring Chris Brochu for his single "We Burnin' Up". In most of his songs, Hicks introduces himself as A Plus. In October 2012, he recorded a song for the new book Lemonade Mouth Puckers Up entitled "Don't Stop The Revolution". Hicks sang the theme song for the Disney XD show Mighty Med, titled "You Never Know". On October 28, 2022, Hicks released the song "Chosen One", and he has continued to release music since. Other singles include "Famous", "Nothing To Prove", "I Don't Need'Em", and "Feelin' Like This".

Legal issues On January 25, 2018, Hicks was arrested in Burbank, California, along with his reported girlfriend, actress Danni Tamburro, on suspicion of armed robbery. He went through a mental health evaluation to determine whether he was competent enough to stand trial for the charges. Hicks's arraignment was originally scheduled for March 23, 2019, when his attorney notified the judge his client was "not currently in a state where he can assist in his defense". The arraignment and subsequent trial were put off and Hicks was sent for further medical examination. On July 10, 2019, he pleaded not guilty to one count of second-degree robbery and one count attempted second-degree robbery. However, on another count of robbery he pleaded no contest. The first two charges were dismissed.

In July 2021, Hicks was found guilty of robbery and was sentenced to serve five years in state prison, while Tamburro was given three years of probation. However, Hicks was released in March 2022 on parole after the judge credited his 1,460 days he served while awaiting sentencing.

, Hicks had become an advocate for men's mental health and substance abuse recovery. He has also apologized for the mistakes he made in the past.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2005 Down and Derby Brady Davis 2005 The 12 Dogs of Christmas Mike Stevens 2006 The Shaggy Dog QuarterbackVoice 2006 How to Eat Fried Worms Joseph "Joe" Guire 2008 Mostly Ghostly Colin Doyle 2011 Lemonade Mouth Wen 2015 Up on the Wooftop Toby Voice 2015 The Boy Next Door Jason Zimmer 2016 Little Savages Billy 2017 Windsor Clint 2018 Shifting Gears Jeremy Williamson

Television Year Title Role Notes 2000–2002 Titus Young Dave Titus Recurring role2002 The Funkhousers Robbie Funkhouser Television film That Was Then Joshua Harrison Episode: "Pilot" 2009–2012 Zeke and Luther Luther Waffles Lead role 2010 Jonas Dennis "DZ" Zimmer Recurring role (Season 2)2011 Peter Punk Luthisour "Luther" Waffles Episode: "El Duelo" PrankStarsHimself Episode: "Game Showed Up" So Random Episode: "Bridgit Mendler" 2011–2012 The Hive Buzzbee Voice, English dub 2012–2013 Pair of Kings King Boz Lead role (Season 3) 2012 Southland Mike Episode: "Legacy" 2013 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Tyler Episode: "Helpless" 2015 Texas Rising Truett Fincham Main role 2016–2017 Freakish Diesel Turner Main role

Discography Singles As main artist + List of singles Title Year Album "We Burnin' Up" (featuring Chris Brochu) 2011 "Feelin' That Way" 2012 "One Life" (featuring Cara) 2013 "Durango Knights" (featuring James Paxton) 2015 "Chosen One" 2022 "Famous" "I Don't Need'em" 2023 "Feelin' Like This" "I Need You"

As featured artist + List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Album US USHeat CAN GER UK "Determinate"(Bridgit Mendler featuring Adam Hicks) 2011 51 1 91 82 92 111 Lemonade Mouth "Breakthrough"(among the Cast of Lemonade Mouth) 88 11 — — — 200 "Non-Stop Summer" (Cole Plante featuring Adam Hicks) 2012 — — — — — — "You in My Life" (Nathalie Hernandez featuring Adam Hicks) 2013 — — — — — — "Nobody Better Than You" (Nic Neufeld featuring Adam Hicks) 2014 — — — — — —"—" denotes a title that was not released or did not chart in that territory.

Other appearances Title Year Other artist(s) Album "Happy Universal Holidays" 2010 Ryan Newman Disney Channel Holiday Playlist "Dance for Life" 2011 Drew Seeley Shake It Up: Break It Down "Whodunit" 2012 Coco Jones Shake It Up: Live 2 Dance

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