Adam Kaufman (actor)
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Adam Kaufman | |
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Born | May 11, 1974 |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1997–present |
Partner | Poppy Montgomery (2005–2011) |
Children | 1 |
Adam Kaufman (born May 11, 1974) is an American actor, known for his role in 2002 in the Steven Spielberg science fiction mini-series Taken as Charlie Keys, Ethan Brody in the third season of Dawson's Creek, and as Parker Abrams in the fourth season of The WB supernatural/horror drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Biography
[edit]Kaufman's father is Jewish, and his mother is Catholic.[1] He studied drama at Lynchburg College, the Circle in the Square Theatre School, and at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Theater Institute.
Kaufman met Australian-American actress Poppy Montgomery in 2005 in Mexico while working on the independent psychological thriller film Between. In 2010, they worked together again in the TV movie Lying to Be Perfect. At the time, Montgomery starred as FBI agent Samantha Spade in the CBS mystery drama Without a Trace. From 2007 to 2009, Kaufman had a recurring role in the fifth, sixth and seventh seasons as Brian Donovan, Samantha's love interest. In June 2007, Montgomery announced her pregnancy with Kaufman, which was written into the sixth season. On December 23, 2007, Montgomery gave birth to their son Jackson Phillip Deveraux Montgomery Kaufman in Los Angeles.[2] It was reported on October 10, 2011 in Life & Style that Kaufman and Montgomery broke up due to the distance between them when working.
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2005 | Between | James Roberts | |
2005 | Come Away with Me | Michael | |
2006 | Altered | Wyatt | |
2011 | Final Sale | Ben Martin |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | Law & Order | Douglas Burke | Episode: "Past Imperfect" |
1999 | Chicken Soup for the Soul | Matt | Episode: "Starlight, Star Bright" |
1999 | Brookfield | Jamie Harper | Unsold TV pilot |
1999 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Parker Abrams | Recurring role, 5 episodes |
1999–2000 | Dawson's Creek | Ethan | Recurring role, 5 episodes |
2000 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Michael Goren | Episode: "Wrong Is Right" |
2000 | The Only Living Boy in New York | Gideon | TV movie |
2000 | Metropolis | Mathew | TV movie |
2001 | Dead Last | Dom | Episode: "To Serve, with Love" |
2002 | Taken | Charlie Keys | TV miniseries, 5 episodes |
2003 | CSI: Miami | Ted | Episode: "Spring Break" |
2004 | Veronica Mars | André | Episode: "The Girl Next Door" |
2004 | Beck and Call | Gray | TV short |
2005 | E-Ring | Jared Vogel | Episode: "Delta Does Detroit" |
2006 | Law & Order | Attorney Swain | Episode: "Release" |
2006 | Hello Sister, Goodbye Life | Joe | TV movie |
2007 | Mad Men | Bob Shaw | Episode: "Indian Summer" |
2007 | CSI: NY | Elliot Gano | Episode: "You Only Die Once" |
2007–2009 | Without a Trace | Brian Donovan | Recurring role, 13 episodes |
2008 | Monk | Brother Ted | Episode:"Mr. Monk Joins a Cult" |
2009 | Loving Leah | Jake Lever | TV movie |
2009 | Cupid | Tommy Brown | Episode: "The Tommy Brown Affair" |
2009 | Melrose Place | Toby | 2 episodes |
2010 | Lying to Be Perfect | Alex Stanson Jr. | TV movie |
2010 | NCIS | Det. Philip McCadden | 2 episodes |
2011 | Perfectly Prudence | Michael Merchant | TV movie |
2012 | Hawaii Five-0 | Karl Strathern | Episode: "Kanalua" |
2013 | 90210 | Brock Paige | Episode: "Life's a Beach" |
2013 | The Client List | Lewis Clark | Episode: "Unanswered Prayers" |
2013 | The Thanksgiving House | Rick Allen | TV movie |
2014 | Corporate | Tucker McIntyre | TV movie |
2014–2015 | State of Affairs | Lucas Newsome | Series regular, 13 episodes |
2015 | Stalker | Will | 2 episodes |
2015 | A Mother's Betrayal | Kevin | TV movie |
2016 | Secrets and Lies | R.B. Warner | Episode: "The Brother" |
2017 | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | Robert Donnelly | Episode: "Can Josh Take a Leap of Faith?" |
2017 | Lethal Weapon | Brad | Episode: "The Murtaugh File" |
2017–2018 | iZombie | Harry Thorne | 2 episodes |
References
[edit]- ^ Bloom, Nate (January 20, 2009). "Interfaith Celebrities: Loving Leah and Liev, Too". InterfaithFamily.
- ^ "Poppy Montgomery Welcomes a Boy". People. January 4, 2008.
External links
[edit]- Adam Kaufman at IMDb
- 1974 births
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors
- American male television actors
- Circle in the Square Theatre School alumni
- Jewish American male actors
- Living people
- University of Lynchburg alumni
- Male actors from Connecticut
- Male actors from Virginia
- People from New Canaan, Connecticut
- 21st-century American Jews