Adam Pearson

Actor

January 6, 1985 (41 years)

London, England, UK

Biography

Adam Pearson (born 6 January 1985) is a British actor, presenter and campaigner. He is known for his roles in “Under the Skin” (2013) and “A Different Man” (2024). He has neurofibromatosis and has been involved in outreach programmes to prevent bullying associated with deformities.

Filmography

7.4

Horizon

Presenter

Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.

5.9

Question Time

Self - Panellist

This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience.

6.0

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Self - Participant

Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction

6.0

The Weakest Link

Self - Participant

Romesh Ranganathan takes charge of the back-stabbing big money game show. Can the contestants create a chain of answers and avoid the boot?

6.1

Under the Skin

A seductive stranger prowls the streets of Glasgow in search of prey: unsuspecting men who fall under her spell.

6.9

A Different Man

Oswald

Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare.

9.0

QuizzleMania

Self

Adam Blampied from partsFUNknown hosts a weekly wrestling quiz show featuring people who should know more about wrestling than they do. Weekly guests, weekly challenges, and weekly fun!

6.5

DRIB

Self

The true story of how director Kristoffer Borgli's friend Amir, a stand-up comedian and performance artist, almost ended up as the international face of a well-known energy drink, represented here under the pseudonym DRIB.

6.3

Chained for Life

Rosenthal

A beautiful actress struggles to connect with her disfigured co-star on the set of a European auteur's English-language debut.

N/A

Dragon Slayers United

Luke

Holding a painful secret, Nic joins a dungeons and dragons group for people with disabilities. Through it, she enters a fantasy world that will forever change her self-view.

N/A

The Ugly Face of Disability Hate Crime

Self

Adam Pearson - who has neurofibromatosis type 1 - is on a mission to explore disability hate crime: to find out why it goes under-reported, under-recorded and under people's radar.

N/A

Adam Pearson: Freak Show

Presenter

Documentary in which actor and presenter Adam Pearson explores the world of freak shows and meets people who use their medical conditions to educate, entertain and make money. To find out if his concerns regarding exploitation are true, Adam travels to America and spends time with travelling freak show 999 Eyes, meeting its most famous 'born freaks', Black Scorpion and Vlad Vendetta. He travels to Mexico to meet world-famous performer Jesus 'Chuy' Aceves, who is known onstage as Wolf Boy due to a condition that causes excess hair to grow on his face. Adam also meets people from modern-day freak shows such as actor Mat Fraser, who starred in the cult TV series American Horror Story: Freak Show. Will spending time with the performers change Adam's viewpoint, and could he be closer to the Elephant Man than he ever thought? Will he be inspired to take to the stage and put on his first one-man freak show?

N/A

The Elephant Man

Joseph Merrick

Based on Bernard Pomerance’s Tony Award-winning play. Plot TBA.

N/A

Ruby Splinter

Adam

Pulled by devotion, two florists probe beyond the boundary of the body.

N/A

Rodentia

Hermes

Orion Baskerville experiences his inevitable metamorphosis in a dark world of mirrors, solipsism and perception.

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