Steve Adams


Biography

Steve Adams has built an incredible presence on the big screen throughout his acting career. Adams's early acting career mostly consisted of roles in various films, such as the crime feature "Killpoint" (1984) with Leo Fong, the action flick "Run" (1991) with Patrick Dempsey and "Devotion" (1995) with Jan Derbyshire. He also appeared in the Nick Nolte dramatic adaptation "Affliction" ...

Biography

Steve Adams has built an incredible presence on the big screen throughout his acting career. Adams's early acting career mostly consisted of roles in various films, such as the crime feature "Killpoint" (1984) with Leo Fong, the action flick "Run" (1991) with Patrick Dempsey and "Devotion" (1995) with Jan Derbyshire. He also appeared in the Nick Nolte dramatic adaptation "Affliction" (1998). He also appeared in the TV movie "Blackmail" (USA, 1991-92). Adams worked in television around the start of his acting career with a role on "The Hat Squad" (CBS, 1992-93). He continued to work steadily in film throughout the nineties and the early 2000s, appearing in the comedy "Bedrooms & Hallways" (1999) with Kevin McKidd, the Denzel Washington dramatic adaptation "The Bone Collector" (1999) and the Tilda Swinton mystery adaptation "Possible Worlds" (2000). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in the Will Rothhaar crime flick "Kart Racer" (2003), "Hollywoodland" (2006) and the thriller "Dead Silence" (2007) with Amber Valletta. He also appeared in "The Rocker" (2008). He also worked in television during these years, including a part on "Supernatural" (2005-). Adams most recently acted on "Hellcats" (2010-11).

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Cherry 2000 (1988) -- (Movie Clip) Toast Is Just The Beginning Still listening to the voice of the broken sex-robot wife he's on a mission to replace, executive Sam (David Andrews) joins his hired
Marat/Sade (1967) -- (Movie Clip) We Ask Your Kindly Indulgence The necessarily unorthodox opening from the adaptation of the experimental play, Clifford Rose as Coulmier begins to explain the goings-on at the French asylum at Charenton, from the original play in German by Peter Weiss, adapted by Adrian Mitchell, directed by Peter Brook, from Marat/Sade, 1967.
Marat/Sade (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Corday Waltz The Herald (Michael Williams) resumes narration, Glenda Jackson as the inmate playing the character Charlotte Corday, with a song from the play about the so-far mute revolutionary writer Marat (Ian Richardson), from director Peter Brook’s adaptation of the original play by Peter Weiss, Marat/Sade, 1967.
Marat/Sade (1967) -- (Movie Clip) France Of Fifteen Years Ago Michael Wiliams as “The Herald” begins the actual performance by the inmates, including the introduction of Ian Richardson as Jean-Paul Marat and Glenda Jackson as Charlotte Corday, in director Peter Brook’s celebrated adaptation of his stage production, in Marat/Sade, 1967.
Miss Julie (1951) -- (Movie Clip) He Doesn't Want To The opening scene, which is only described in the August Strindberg play, Anita Bjork as the Swedish country aristocrat title character observes a Maypole ceremony then asserts herself with the worried groom Jean (Ulf Palme), in director Alf Sjoberg’s acclaimed adaptation, Miss Julie, 1951.
Miss Julie (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Diana Betrayed Her Mistress Anita Bjork (title character) drives furiously around the estate as employee Jean (Ulf Palme), with whom she has pursued romance, describes her earlier behavior to his fellow-servant fianceè, in which she tangled with her own fiancè and her dog, in Miss Julie, 1951, from the Strindberg play.
Wives Under Suspicion (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Counting Scalps Director James Whale opening with an absorbing, if gaudy, depiction of an execution, followed by prosecutor Jim (Warren William) and secretary "Sharpie" (Cecil Cunningham) in a fairly casual discussion of capital punishment, from Wives Under Suspicion, 1932.
Wives Under Suspicion (1938) -- (Movie Clip) In Case Of Ghosts On the evening of her birthday, Lucy (Gail Patrick) causes her crusading prosecutor husband Jim (Warren William) to admit his secretary "Sharpie" made all the arrangements, lightly directed by James Whale, in Wives Under Suspicion, 1938.
Wives Under Suspicion (1938) -- (Movie Clip) It Must Be Sensational Oft-forgotten spouse Lucy (Gail Patrick) with friends Phil (William Lundigan) and Elizabeth (Constance Moore) plotting the vacation, while prosecutor husband Jim (Warren William) conspires with secretary "Sharpie" (Cecil Cunningham) to get away, in James Whale's Wives Under Suspicion, 1932.
No Orchids For Miss Blandish -- (Movie Clip) Take The Rap And Like It After 30-minutes of talk about him, Slim (Jack LaRue) appears, taking custody of Miss Blandish (Linden Travers), eliminating lesser thug Bailey (Leslie Bradley), in the British faux-American gangster hit No Orchids For Miss Blandish, 1948.
No Orchids For Miss Blandish -- (Movie Clip) You Croaked Him! Brits playing American thugs, high-strung Riley (Richard Nelson) launches the kidnap of Foster (John McLaren) and Miss Blandish (Linden Travers), but Bailey (Leslie Bradley) has to shoot almost everyone, in No Orchids For Miss Blandish, 1948.
No Orchids For Miss Blandish -- (Movie Clip) Open, Don't Do It Fascinating and meticulous opening, demonstrating the British take on making an American crime film, this controversial hit actually set in New York, No Orchids For Miss Blandish, 1948.

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