John Adam

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 (1993–94) and Senior Detective Atticus Decker (2016). 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. In the early 1990s, Adam played Bassanio in The Merchant of Venice, Laertes in Hamlet and the Earl of Richmond in Richard III for Bell Shakespeare. 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. 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.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes 1975 The Olive Tree TV movie 1988 A Waltz Through the Hills Old Man TV movie 1990 Home and Away Dave Porter Guest 1991 A Country Practice Rick Morrison 2 episodes 1991; 1992 E Street Rick Madden 2 episodes 1992 G.P. Mr Sean Jones 1 episode 1993–1994 Home and Away Luke Cunningham Series regular 1997 Flipper Nicholas 'Nick' Santoro 1 episode 1997 Water Rats Michael Jeffries Season 2, 7 episodes 1998 Cherish First Man Short film 1998 Chameleon 'Maddy' Madison TV movie 1998 13 Gantry Row Peter Carter TV movie 1999–2000 All Saints Dr. Tom Snowden 5 episodes 1999–2001 Farscape Bekhesh 3 episodes 2000 Above the Law Det. Sgt. John Morgan 5 episodes 2001 Beastmaster Rolan 1 episode 2002 The Lost World Cha-Zu 1 episode 2002 Farscape Raa'Keel Episode: "Lava's a Many Splendored Thing" 2002 Stingers Gene Rubin Episode: "A Girl's Best Friend" 2002 Bad Cop, Bad Cop Tony Mahler 1 episode 2003 Farscape Pennoch Episode: "Bad Timing" 2003 Always Greener Bryce Richards Episode: "What a Difference a Year Makes" 2009 Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities Defence Lawyer 1 episode 2009–2011 City Homicide Nick Buchanan Main cast 2013 Neighbours Don Cotter Recurring 2014 Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of INXS Kel Hutchence Miniseries, 2 episodes 2016 Home and Away Atticus Decker Recurring 2017 Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story Miniseries, 1 episode 2017 House Husbands Dr. Rayn Zanguard Episode: #5.6 2017 Janet King Simon Nixon Season 3, 1 episode

Theatre Year Title Role Notes 1974 The Servant of Two Masters Playhouse, Perth with National Theatre 1975 Blithe Spirit Hole in the Wall Theatre, Perth 1975 A Hard God The Hole in the Wall Theatre with National Theatre 1976 The Rehearsal The Hole in the Wall Theatre 1978 The Seagull The Hole in the Wall Theatre 1989 Major Barbara & Joking Apart NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney 1990 Tom Jones Bridge Theatre, Coniston with Theatre South 1991 Bloody Poetry Crossroads Theatre, Sydney 1991 Iphigenia in Tauris Woollahra Hotel, Sydney with The Lookout Theatre Club 1991 Just Bent Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC 1991–1992 The Merchant of Venice Bassanio Australian national tour with Bell Shakespeare 1991–1992 Hamlet Fortinbras / Rosencrantz / Laertes Australian national tour with Bell Shakespeare 1992 Richard III Henry Australian national tour with Bell Shakespeare 1995 Look Back in Anger Jimmy Porter Court Theatre, Christchurch 1996 Much Ado About Nothing Claudio Melbourne Athenaeum, Sydney Opera House, Canberra Theatre with Bell Shakespeare 1996 The Torrents The Son Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA 1997 Theatresports Celebrity Challenge Enmore Theatre, Sydney 1998 Fred Detective Rose Wharf Theatre with STC 1999 A Ship of Fools Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company 1999 Macbeth Sydney Opera House with STC 1999 Thunder Rock STC 2001 Julius Caesar Marcus Brutus Australian national tour with Bell Shakespeare 2002 The Virgin Mim Jeremy Swain Wharf Theatre with STC 2002 The Glass Menagerie Jim Wharf Theatre with STC 2005–2006 The Give and Take Jim Sydney Opera House, Playhouse, Melbourne with STC 2006 The Peach Season Joe Stables Theatre with Griffin Theatre Company 2006 Speedy Mustard Stables Theatre with The Hub Project 2008 Frost/Nixon David Frost Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with MTC 2010 Dead Man's Cell Phone Gordon Southbank Theatre, Melbourne with MTC 2011 'Tis Pity She's a Whore Soranzo Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne 2011 Hamlet Claudius Southbank Theatre with MTC 2011 Day One. A Hotel, Evening Tom Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Melbourne 2012 The School for Wives Arnolde Australian national tour Bell Shakespeare 2013 The Noahs Voiceover Artist Irene Mitchell Studio, Melbourne with Rollercoaster Theatre Company 2014 The King and I Edward Ramsey / Captain Orton Lyric Theatre, Brisbane, Princess Theatre, Melbourne, Sydney Opera House 2024 The Inheritance Henry Wilcox Seymour Centre, Sydney

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Awards and nominations Year Work Award Category Result 2009 Frost/Nixon Green Room Award 2012 The School for Wives Sydney Theatre Award Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production