Adam Garcia | |
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.jpg) Garcia in 2015 | |
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| Years active | 1991–present |
| Known for | Saturday Night Fever |
| Notable work | Saturday Night Fever Wicked Coyote Ugly |
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| Children | 2 |
Adam Garcia is an Australian actor who is best known for lead roles in musicals such asSaturday Night Fever andKiss Me, Kate.[1][2] He is also a trained tap dancer and singer.[3] Garcia has been nominated twice at theLaurence Olivier Awards in 1999[4] and 2013.[5]
Garcia is the son of Jean Balharry andFabio Garcia. His mother is Australian, and his father is from Colombia. Garcia's mother is a retiredphysiotherapist.[6] Garcia attendedKnox Grammar School where he completed hishigh school education.[6] He also received formal tap dance training at Capital Dance Studio inSydney, Australia.[7] Garcia attendedSydney University, but did not complete his education as he left the university to take the role of Slide in the production of the musicalHot Shoe Shuffle, which toured Australia for two years before transferring toLondon, England.[8]
Garcia began his film career in 1997, playing the role of Jones inBrian Gilbert'sWilde. Garcia played Tony Manero in the stage version ofSaturday Night Fever, which premiered on 5 May 1998 at theLondon Palladium, and closed on 26 February 2000.[9] He was nominated for his work in the play at theLaurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical category in 1999, but lost to the cast ofKat and the Kings.[10] Garcia also reached number 15 in theUK Singles Chart in 1998, with hiscover version of theBee Gees song "Night Fever", taken from the film version ofSaturday Night Fever (1977).[11] In 2000, he played a major role in his second feature-film,Coyote Ugly.[12] Later that year, Garcia also appeared inDein Perry'sBootmen, playing the lead role.[13]
In 2003, he voiced the title character in the filmKangaroo Jack but was not credited for that role.
In 2004, he also played alongsideLindsay Lohan andMegan Fox inConfessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, as the character Stu Wolff, a drunk rock star, who is part of the band Sidarthur and is, in Lola's words, "a greater poet than Shakespeare".[14] Between 2006 and 2007, Garcia played the character of Fiyero in the originalWest End production ofWicked alongsideIdina Menzel,Kerry Ellis andHelen Dallimore.[15] He previously played the same role during the show's earlyBroadway theatre workshops in 2000. Garcia appeared in twoITV dramas,Britannia High andMr Eleven, in 2008.[16]
In January 2010, Garcia appeared withAshley Banjo andKimberly Wyatt as a judge on the British reality showGot to Dance. He was a judge in the four seasons of the competition, from 2010 to 2012 and then again in 2014.[17]
In 2011, Garcia co-starred withMischa Barton inThe Hen Do, but the film never left the cutting room floor.[18]
In 2012, he appeared inCole Porter's musicalKiss Me, Kate at theChichester Festival Theatre, directed byTrevor Nunn and choreographed by Stephen Mear. Garcia was nominated for his role at the2013 Laurence Olivier Awards in the categoryBest Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical.[19][20]
Garcia appeared inThreesome, a 2011 British televisionsitcom which began airing on 17 October 2011 onComedy Central.[21] Garcia became the fourth judge during the thirteenth season of the Australian version ofDancing with the Stars.
In 2016, Garcia began an Australian national tour production ofSingin' in the Rain as Don Lockwood, but was injured onstage in Melbourne, ending his run. Later that year he played Father Damian Karras in the UK premiere ofThe Exorcist opening at theBirmingham Repertory Theatre in October 2016 and transferring to thePhoenix Theatre in theWest End in October 2017. He also filmed on location forMurder on the Orient Express.
In 2018, Garcia was cast inDance Boss, an Australian reality television dance competition on theSeven Network presented byDannii Minogue. He judged the competition alongside singer and dancerTimomatic and actress and performerSharni Vinson.[22] Later that year he played the Artilleryman in the 40th-anniversary tour of Jeff Wayne’sWar of the Worlds, to critical acclaim.
In 2019, he filmedDeath on the Nile, and in December starred in a pantomime inIpswich, England, as Prince Charming.[23]
In 2021, Garcia played the father of a dead girl (Victoria Justice) who comes back to make things right in the teen movieAfterlife of the Party directed byStephen Herek.[24]
In 2022, Garcia appeared in the second UK series ofThe Masked Dancer. He finished in second place for the series as the character "Onomatopoeia".[25]
In 2024, Garcia will be playing Caractacus Potts in a new UK and Ireland tour ofChitty Chitty Bang Bang.
In January 2015, it was reported that Garcia was engaged to British brand manager Nathalia Chubin. He proposed to her inSydney, Australia while visiting his family.[26] Chubin previously worked as a senior marketing executive forPlayStation.[27] They got married in London later that year.[28] The couple have a daughter and a son together[28] and split their time between Australia, England and the United States.[26]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1997 | Wilde | Jones | |
| 2000 | Coyote Ugly | Kevin O'Donnell | |
| Bootmen | Sean | ||
| 2001 | Riding in Cars with Boys | Jason D'Onofrio | |
| 2002 | The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest | Andy | |
| 2003 | Kangaroo Jack | Kangaroo Jack | Voice-over Uncredited |
| 2004 | Love's Brother | Gino Donnini | |
| Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen | Stu Wolff | ||
| Fascination | Scott Doherty | ||
| 2005 | Riot at the Rite | Vaslav Nijinsky | |
| Standing Still | Michael | ||
| 2010 | Every Emotion Costs | Wade | |
| 2014 | Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey? | Bradley Finch | Leading role |
| 2017 | Murder on the Orient Express | Italian Fan (photographer) | |
| 2021 | Afterlife of the Party | Howie | |
| Death Link | Dr. Yates | ||
| 2022 | Death on the Nile | Syd (photographer) |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Raymond Starr | Episode: "The Body in the Library" |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Alex | Episode: "The Christmas Invasion" |
| 2008 | Britannia High | Stefan | 5 episodes |
| 2009 | Hawthorne | Nick Mancini | 4 episodes |
| The Flight of the Conchords | Obnoxious Australian | Episode: "The Tough Brets" | |
| Mister Eleven | Alex | 2 episodes | |
| 2009-2012 | Got to Dance | Adam García | 38 episodes |
| 2010 | Bookaboo | Adam García | Episode: "Wolf's Magnificent Master Plan" |
| Heston's Titanic Feast | Adam García | Television special | |
| House | Theodore Phillip Taylor | Episode: "The Choice" | |
| 2011 | Threesome | Dave | 3 episodes |
| 2013 | Camp | Todd | 10 episodes |
| 2013-2014 | Dancing with the Stars | Adam García | 15 episodes |
| 2014 | Perception | Dr. Asper | Episode: "Eternity" |
| The Code | Perry Benson | 6 episodes | |
| 2016 | Bruce's Hall of Fame with Alexander Armstrong | Adam García | Television film Performer (withKimberly Wyatt) |
| 2017 | Genius | Moe Berg | Episode: "Einstein: Chapter Nine" |
| 2018 | Dance Boss | Adam García | 6 episodes |
| 2019 | Agatha Raisin | George Felliet | Episode: "The Deadly Dance" |
| 2022 | The Serpent Queen | Sebastio | 3 episodes |
| The Masked Dancer | Adam García /Onomatopoeia | 6 episodes |
| Year | Awards | Category | Recipient | Outcome |
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| 1999 | Laurence Olivier Awards | Best Actor in a Musical | Saturday Night Fever | Nominated |
| 2013 | Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical | Kiss Me, Kate | Nominated |
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