Adam Hicks

Adam Hicks
Hicks in 2011
Born	Adam Paul Nielson Hicks (1992-11-28) November 28, 1992 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor, rapper, singer, songwriter, dancer
Years active	2000–present
Website	http://www.adam-hicks.com/adamweb/

Adam Paul Nielson Hicks (born November 28, 1992) is an American actor, rapper, singer and songwriter. His first leading role was in How to Eat Fried Worms. He is most notable for playing Luther in the Disney XD series Zeke and Luther and starring in the Disney Channel Original Movie Lemonade Mouth as Wendell "Wen" Gifford. He had a recurring role in the second season of Jonas L.A. as DZ, and had a co-leading role as the third king, Boz in the Disney XD original series Pair of Kings. However, Disney XD decided not to continue the show after the third season.

Early life

Hicks was born in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acting career

Hicks had a recurring role on Titus and had roles in various movies and television series before playing the lead in How to Eat Fried Worms. He then appeared in Mostly Ghostly: Who Let the Ghosts Out? alongside many other Disney Channel stars. In 2009, he grabbed the co-lead role of Luther on Zeke & Luther. In 2011, he starred in Lemonade Mouth as Wendell "Wen" Gifford. He will also be co-starring in Pair of Kings in the third season, replacing Mitchel Musso.

Music career

Hicks recorded a remake of the MC Hammer song "U Can't Touch This" with fellow Zeke and Luther co-star Daniel Curtis Lee. The music video for the song was shown June 29, 2009 on Disney XD. He made a remix of the song "In the Summertime" by Mungo Jerry. In late 2010 he wrote and recorded the song "Happy Universal Holidays" with Ryan Newman. In early 2011 he released a song called "Dance For Life" with Drew Seeley for the Disney Channel Original Series Shake It Up, which was featured on Shake It Up: Break It Down. Hicks co-wrote the tracks "Determinate," "Breakthrough" and "Livin' On a High Wire" for Lemonade Mouth. He also has a music video featuring Chris Brochu for his single "We Burnin' Up." In most of his songs, Hicks introduces himself as A-Plus. He is currently signed to Walt Disney Records. In October 2012 he recorded a song for the new book Lemonade Mouth Puckers Up entitled "Don't Stop The Revolution".

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	The Funkhousers	Robbie Funkhouser
2005	Down and Derby	Brady Davis
2005	The 12 Dogs of Christmas	Mike Stevens
2006	The Shaggy Dog	Quarterback
2006	How to Eat Fried Worms	Joe Guire
2008	Mostly Ghostly: Who Let the Ghosts Out?	Colin Doyle	TV movie
2011	Lemonade Mouth	Wendell "Wen" Gifford	TV movie; Lead role

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000–2002	Titus	Young Dave	Recurring role
2002	That Was Then	Joshua Harrison	"Pilot" (season 1: episode 1)
2009–2012	Zeke & Luther	Luther Waffles	Lead Role; Disney XD Original Series
2010	Jonas L.A.	DZ (Dennis Zimmer)	Recurring role; Disney Channel Original Series "House Party" (season 2: episode 1) "Back to the Beach" (season 2: episode 2) "Date Expectations" (season 2: episode 3) "And... Action" (season 2: episode 4)
2011	Peter Punk	Luther Waffles	"El Duelo" (season 1: episode 8)
2011	Disney's Friends for Change Games	Himself	Green team
2011	PrankStars	Himself	"Game Showed Up" (season 1: episode 2)
2011	So Random	Himself	"Bridgit Mendler, Adam Hicks and Hayley Kiyoko" (season 1: episode 16)
2012–2013	Pair of Kings	King Boz	Co-Lead Role; Disney XD Original Series; Season 3–present
2012	Southland	Mike	"Legacy" (season 4: episode 5)

Discography

Main article: Adam Hicks discography

External links

• Adam Hicks at IMDb