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Adam Hicks
Background information
Born (1992-11-28) November 28, 1992 (age 31)[1]
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.[1]
Occupation(s)Actor, rapper, singer, songwriter
Years active2000–present
Websitehttp://www.adam-hicks.com/adamweb/

Adam Paul Neilson 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 now has a co-leading role as the third king, Boz in the Disney XD original series Pair of Kings.

Early life

Hicks was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and is the son of Lucy and Ron Hicks.[1][2]

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.

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.[3] 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.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
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
2012 Mr. Young Staff
2012 Lemonade Mouth 2 Wendell "Wen" Gifford TV movie; Lead role
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2000-2002 Titus Young Dave Recurring role
2002 The Funkhousers Robbie Funkhouser Main role
2002 That Was Then Joshua Harrison Episode: "The Thirty-Year Itch"
2009–2012 Zeke & Luther Luther Waffles Co-lead role
2010 Jonas L.A. DZ (Dennis Zimmer) Recurring role
Episode: "House Party"
Episode: "Back to the Beach"
Episode: "Date Expectations"
Episode: "And... Action"
2010 Peter Punk Luther Waffles Episode: "El Duelo (The Duel)"; Disney XD Latin America
2011 Disney's Friends for Change Games Himself Green team
2011 PrankStars Himself Episode: "Game Showed Up"
2011 So Random Himself Episode: "Bridgit Mendler, Adam Hicks and Hayley Kiyoko"
2012–present Pair of Kings Boz Co-lead role
2012 CHRISJayify Jackle Soder Episode: "Bad Choices"

Discography

Albums

Soundtrack albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[4] 		US OST
[4] 		US Kids
[4] 		AUS
[5] 		POL
[6]
Lemonade Mouth 4 1 1 71 26
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US CAN
"Las Vegas (My City)"[8] 2011 — — non-album single
"We Burnin' Up" (featuring Chris Brochu)[9] — — non-album single
List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
[10][11] 		US
Heat
[10] 		US Digital
[10] 		CAN
[10] 		GER
[11]
"Determinate"
(Bridgit Mendler featuring Adam Hicks) 		2011 51 1 28 82 92 Lemonade Mouth
"Breakthrough"
(among Lemonade Mouth Cast) 		88 11 — — —
"—" denotes a title that was not released or did not chart in that territory.

Promotional singles

Song Year Album
"U Can't Touch This" (with Daniel Curtis Lee) 2009 Zeke & Luther
"In the Summertime" (with Daniel Curtis Lee)
"Happy Universal Holidays"
(featuring Ryan Newman)[12] 		2010 non-album song

Other appearances

Song Year Album
"Dance for Life" (featuring Drew Seeley) 2011 Shake It Up: Break It Down
"Whodunit" (with Coco Jones) 2012 Shake It Up: Live 2 Dance

Music videos

Song Year Director
"U Can't Touch This" (with Daniel Curtis Lee) 2009 Unknown
"In the Summertime" (with Daniel Curtis Lee) 2010 Unknown
"Happy Universal Holidays" (featuring Ryan Newman) Unknown
"Determinate" (Bridgit Mendler featuring Adam Hicks)[A] 2011 Patricia Riggen[13]
"We Burnin' Up" (featuring Chris Brochu) Unknown
Notes

References

  1. ^ a b c |height : 6 ft 2 Disney XD Bio
  2. ^ http://www.lvrj.com/living/las-vegas-native-adding-to-resume-with-movie-117005128.html
  3. ^ "DisneyXD Media Net". Retrieved 2009-07-09.
  4. ^ a b c "Billboard Chart History: Lemonade Mouth: Soundtrack". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  5. ^ "Chartifacts - Week Commencing: 30th May 2011". Australian Recording Industry Association. 2011-05-30. Archived from the original on June 2, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  6. ^ "Polish charts, 30 maja 2011". OLiS. 2011-05-30. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  7. ^ "iTunes: Lemonade Mouth - Soundtrack". iTunes. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  8. ^ "Las Vegas (My City) - Single by Adam Hicks". iTunes. 2010-05-13. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  9. ^ "We Burnin' Up (feat. Chris Brochu) - Single by Adam Hicks". iTunes. 2010-05-13. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  10. ^ a b c d "Billboard Chart History: Bridgit Medler". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  11. ^ a b "Bridgit Mendler Chart History". acharts. 2010-05-13. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  12. ^ "Happy Universal Holidays (feat. Ryan Newman) - Single by Adam Hicks". iTunes. 2010-05-13. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  13. ^ "Patricia Riggen - diretor do filme Lemonade Mouth e videoclipes retirados". TV Guide. 2010-05-13. Retrieved 2010-05-13.

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