James Adomian

James Adomian
Born	January 31, 1980 (1980-01-31) Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Occupation	Actor/Comedian
Years active	2005–present
Website
http://www.jamesadomian.com

James Adomian (born January 31, 1980) is an Armenian-American actor and stand-up comedian. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska and currently lives in New York City. He is best known for his work on Comedy Bang Bang, Last Comic Standing and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

Early life

James Adomian graduated from Whittier College with a self-designed major in Economics and Theatre Arts.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Television and film

Adomian began appearing as President George W. Bush frequently on The Late Late Show after Craig Ferguson took over hosting the show in January 2005 until 2009. Adomian's has released several YouTube videos as Bush for a number of liberal organizations, including Working Assets, Laughing Liberally, Free Press and OpenLeft. He has appeared on several other comedy programs, including MADtv, Mind of Mencia, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Short Circuitz, Atom TV, Cavemen, Recount and Players.

In summer 2010, he appeared on NBC's Last Comic Standing as a top-ten finalist.

He has been cast as a co-lead in the untitled Kari Lizer pilot project for NBC alongside Sarah Paulson and Tim Meadows.

As a voiceover artist, Adomian has performed on The Onion Radio News, on Comedy Bang Bang on Indie 103.1 as Huell Howser, Jesse Ventura, Christopher Hitchens, Gary Busey, and Merrill Shindler, as several recurring characters on the PBS cartoon series WordGirl, as President Bush on a few episodes of MADtv and as Jimmy Kimmel on Celebrity Deathmatch.

Adomian has appeared in the films Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay and Miss March.

In addition to several Bush Blog episodes and two State of the Union videos as George W. Bush, Adomian has released other viral internet videos, including "Hillary's Downfall" where the subtitles to the film Downfall were changed to reflect Hillary Clinton's anger at her loss of the Democratic nomination. Other videos on YouTube and Funny or Die include performances as Sam Elliott, Jesse Ventura, Alan Moore, Brett Favre, Vincent Price, Orson Welles, Gary Busey, Lewis Black, wrestler Hacksaw Jim Duggan, George Zimmer from The Men's Wearhouse, the voice of a commercial parody for Omnibus Globes and a spokesman for a California tribal gaming ballot initiative. He also appeared as "The Gunslinger" in Chad, Matt & Rob's Interactive Adventure, "The Treasure Hunt."^{[citation needed]}

Live appearances

Adomian frequently performs live at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in sketch and stand-up shows such as Comedy Bang Bang and many others. He is also an alumnus of the Sunday Company at The Groundlings Theatre, where he still frequently performs. He also regularly performs at "The Tomorrow Show" and other stand-up shows in Hollywood. Adomian is known for doing many impressions, including Vincent Price, Lewis Black, Orson Welles, Jesse Ventura, Paul Giamatti, Michael Caine, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Elliott, Al Franken, Huell Howser, Christopher Hitchens, Gary Busey, John McCain, Joe Lieberman, Jimmy Kimmel, Andy Kindler, and George W. Bush. He has performed several impressions as recurring characters on the Comedy Bang Bang podcast.^{[citation needed]}

Adomian often makes live appearances around the country doing standup or characters, particularly at left-wing and progressive political events like YearlyKos, Laughing Liberally, the National Conference for Media Reform and campaign events for Congressman Alan Grayson. In 2010, he made several live standup appearances across North America in the Breaking Even tour.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, he appeared with comedian Greg Giraldo at venues around the country as part of the Indecision '08 Tour produced by Comedy Central. He has performed at comedy festivals across North America, including Just for Laughs in Montreal.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Adomian is openly gay.

Filmography

Television

• Last Comic Standing (2010), himself (standup)
• WordGirl (2007––present), Captin Huggyface Additional voices (voice)
• Players (2010), Barfly
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005–2009), George W. Bush
• MADtv (2006–2009), George W. Bush (voice)
• Popzilla (2009), Various Characters (voice)
• The Jay Leno Show (2009), Mad Doctor
• Atom TV (2008), George W. Bush
• Recount (2008), George W. Bush (voice)
• The Right Now! Show (2007), Ensemble Sketch Cast Member/Various
• Cavemen (2007), Overzealous Waiter
• Short Circuitz (2007), George W. Bush
• Celebrity Deathmatch (2007), Jimmy Kimmel (voice)
• Mind of Mencia (2006–2007), George W. Bush
• Yacht Rock (2005), Vincent Price

Film

• The Treasure Hunt: A Chad, Matt & Rob Interactive Adventure (2011), The Gunslinger
• Miss March (2009), Deadbeat Dad (voice)
• Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008), George W. Bush

See also

• Fictionalized portrayals of George W. Bush
• Yacht Rock
• The Doomed Planet
• Living Liberally

External links

• James Adomian on Twitter
• High Noon in the Garden of Good & Evil (Tumblr blog) Official website
• James Adomian on Comedy Death-Ray Radio
• James Adomian on Funny or Die
• James Adomian on YouTube
• James Adomian at the Internet Movie Database
• "AV Club Podmass: The Best" (Week of February 17 - 23) The Onion
• "Going Hollywood: Meet James Adomian" The Comic's Comic
• "Culture Surfing" interview Creative Loafing Atlanta
• Super DPS interview
• Montreal Just for Laughs "Best Impressions" Time Out New York
• "Comedy Crushes of 2009" Metromix Los Angeles
• "Best Talk Show Bush" Los Angeles Times