Adam Garcia

Infobox actor


name = Adam Garcia
birthdate = birth date and age|1973|6|1|df=y
location = Wahroonga, N.S.W.,
Australia
birthname = Adam Gabriel Garcia
notable role = Kevin O'Donnell in "Coyote Ugly"

Adam Garcia (born 1 June 1973 in Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia), born Adam Gabriel Garcia, is an Australian actor of partial Colombian descent (his father is from there).

Career

Adam left university to take the role of Slide in the production of the musical 'Hot Shoe Shuffle', which toured Australia for two years before transferring to London, England. Adam stayed on in London to act in West End musicals.

Garcia played Doody in the West End's version of "Grease" in London. He also played another Travolta character, Tony Manero, in the stage version of "Saturday Night Fever", which ran from 1998 to 1999 in London. Garcia reached number 15 in the UK singles chart in 1998, with his cover version of The Bee Gees song "Night Fever", taken from Saturday Night Fever. In 2000 Adam Garcia played 'Sean' in "Bootmen", a movie based on the Tapdogs story.

He appeared as government official Alex Klein in the 2005 Christmas special of the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". According to the audio commentary podcast for the episode offered for free on the bbc.co.uk website following its transmission, Garcia accepted the relatively minor role as he is a science fiction fan.

Garcia has been nominated for multiple awards during his acting career. His transition into a film actor began in 1997, when he played Jones in "Wilde", a movie about the life of writer Oscar Wilde. Despite the fact that he has starred in such movies as "Coyote Ugly" and others, it was not until 2004, when he participated as rock star Stu Wolf in "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen" that he gained mainstream fame as an actor. Fact|date=August 2008 Garcia worked with Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth to help create the role of Fiyero in the 2002 Wicked workshops, prior to Original Broadway Cast member Norbert Leo Butz working on the role.Adam Garcia to play Fiyero in London's Wicked [http://london.broadway.com/story/id/3002038] ] In September 2006, Garcia began playing Fiyero in the London production of the Stephen Schwartz musical "Wicked" alongside Idina Menzel, Helen Dallimore and later, Kerry Ellis. He gave his final performance as Fiyero on July 14th 2007.

He is currently working on an indie film titled 'A Woman Called Job'.

Details

* Garcia's father is from Colombia.
* Garcia reached number 15 in the UK singles chart in 1998, with his cover version of The Bee Gees song "Night Fever", taken from the stage musical "Saturday Night Fever".

elected filmography

*"Wilde" (1997, movie, as Jones)
*"Coyote Ugly" (2000, movie, as Kevin O'Donnell)
*"Bootmen" (2000, movie, as Sean)
*"Riding in Cars with Boys" (2001, movie, as Jason D'Onofrio)
*"The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest" (2002, movie, as Andy)
*"Kangaroo Jack" (2003, movie, voice-over, Kangaroo Jack)
*"" (2004, TV series, as Raymond Starr)
*"Love's Brother" (2004, movie, as Gino Donnini)
*"Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen" (2004, movie, as Stu Wolff)
*"Fascination" (2004, movie, as Scott Doherty)
*"Riot at the Rite" (2005, move, as Vaslav Nijinsky)
*"Standing Still" (2005, movie, as Michael)
*"Doctor Who" - "The Christmas Invasion" (2005, TV series, as Alex)

References

External links

*imdb name | id=0305081 | name=Adam Garcia
* [http://www.adamgarcia.net/ The original Adam Garcia website.]
* [http://www.quotes-museum.com/author/Adam%20Garcia/2306 Adam Garcia Quotes]