Occupation Actor Role Actor Name Adam Thomas Children Teddy James Thomas | Siblings Ryan Thomas Years active 2002–present Height 1.80 m | |
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Full Name Adam Gordon Thomas Born 11 August 1988 (age 35) ( 1988-08-11 ) Manchester, England, UK Nieces Scarlett Jacqueline Thomas Similar People Ryan Thomas, Luke Tittensor, Bill Ward, Anthony Quinlan, Matthew Wolfenden Profiles | ||
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Adam Gordon Thomas (born 11 August 1987) is an English actor. He is known for playing the roles of Donte Charles in the BBC drama Waterloo Road (2006–2009) and Adam Barton in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale (2009–2018)
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- Carol Reunites with Im a Celeb Co Star Adam Thomas Lorraine
- Emmerdales Adam Thomas Adam and Vanessa regret it straight away
- Early life
- Early career
- Later career
- Personal life
- Filmography
- References
Early life
Adam Gordon Thomas was born on 11 August 1987 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England to Gail Waring and Dougie James Thomas. He is the twin brother of Scott Thomas, who starred in Love Island in 2016, and the younger brother of Coronation Street actor, Ryan Thomas.
Early career
Thomas began his television career in 2002 with a guest appearance on the BBC daytime soap opera Doctors. It was another four years before Adam launched to fame in his breakthrough role as Donte Charles in the BBC drama series Waterloo Road of which he was an original cast member upon its inception in 2006 until 2009.
The role of Donte led Thomas to enjoy guest appearances in popular hospital drama Casualty in 2008 in which he played a boxer, as well as a second appearance in Doctors in 2007. He also appeared as himself on ITV gameshow All Star Family Fortunes alongside his older brother and fellow actor Ryan, who played Jason Grimshaw in the soap opera, Coronation Street.
In early 2009, it was confirmed that Thomas was to leave Waterloo Road at the end of the fourth series due to his character having finished his education at the fictional school. Thomas' final episode was broadcast 20 May 2009.
Following his departure from his most famous role, Thomas signed on for his third appearance on daytime soap Doctors, this time playing a character called Ben Hamilton. The episode aired on 26 May 2009.
Later career
It was announced on 21 May 2009 that Thomas had landed the role of Adam Barton in the long-running ITV soap opera, Emmerdale and would appear on screens from July 2009.
Thomas confirmed he will leave Emmerdale in early 2018 after months of reports.
In November and December 2016, Thomas was a contestant on the sixteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and achieved third place.
Personal life
On 8 September 2014, Thomas and his long-term girlfriend, Caroline Daly, welcomed their first child, a son, whom they named Teddy James. The couple took part in All Star Mr & Mrs in August 2016. Thomas and Daly announced their engagement at the end of April 2017. The couple married on the 27th August 2017.