Adam Garcia is an Australian actor and tap dancer of Colombian
descent (his father is from Colombia).
Garcia left university to take the role of Slide in the production of
the musical Hot Shoe Shuffle, which toured Australia
before transferring to London, England. Garcia stayed on in London to
act in West End musicals.
Garcia played Doody in the West End's version of Grease in London. He
also played a Travolta character, Tony Manero, in the stage version of
Saturday Night Fever, which ran from 1998 to 1999 in London. Garcia was nominated for an Olivier Award for his performance. Garcia
reached #15 in the UK singles chart in 1998, with his cover version of
the Bee Gees song "Night Fever", taken from Saturday Night Fever.
In 2000, Garcia performed a solo Tap dance in the Sydney Olympic Opening Ceremony
Garcia has been nominated for multiple awards during his stage acting career.
His transition into a film actor began in 1997, when he played Jones in
Wilde, a movie about the life of writer Oscar Wilde. Garcia then went on to act in such movies as Coyote Ugly, Bootmen & Riding In Cars With Boys and, in 2004, the role of rock star
Stu Wolf in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
He appeared as government official Alex Klein in the 2005 Christmas
special of the long-running British science fiction television series
Doctor Who. According to the audio commentary for the episode, Garcia
accepted the relatively minor role as he is a science fiction fan.
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Garcia worked with Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth in
the role of Fiyero in the 2002 workshop edition of an in-production
musical called Wicked. After Wicked's success, the show soon spawned a
London production, in which Garcia got to play the role of Fiyero. The
show opened 27 September 2006, after previews began 7 September. He
played his final performance 14 July 2007.
In the latter part of 2008, Garcia appeared in two ITV dramas,
Britannia High in which he plays the dance teacher, and Mr Eleven, a
two-part comedy/drama alongside Michelle Ryan and Sean Maguire.
In January 2010 Garcia appeared alongside Ashley Banjo and Kimberly Wyatt as a judge on the reality show Got To Dance for 4 seasons. He also was a judge on Australias' Dancing With The Stars for 2 seasons
He made a guest appearance alongside Franki "Searing" Sears in Episode
19 (The Choice) on 6 of House.
In 2010 Garcia starred in the London West End production of Tap Dogs in
the Novello Theatre from 15 June to 5 September. In 2012 Garcia received another Olivier nomination for his performance of Bill Calhoun/Lucentio in Trevor Nunn's revival of Kiss Me Kate at the Old Vic.
In 2016, Garcia created Father Damien Karras for Birmingham Repertory Theatre's production of The Exorcist.
My Eyes(2024)as Sam
The Performance(2023)as Benny
The Serpent Queen(2022)as Sebastio
Death on the Nile(2022)as Syd (Photographer)
Death Link(2021)as Dr. Yates
Murder on the Orient Express(2017)
Shirtless: Hollywood's Sexiest Men(2002)
Show Tunes at the BBC: Volume 3(2026)
Afterlife of the Party(2021)
Flight of the Conchords(2007)
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen(2004)
Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh(2020)as Self
Lorraine(2001)as Self - Guest
Loose Women(1999)as Self
Brydon &(2020)as Self
Katie Piper's Breakfast Show(2022)as Self - Guest
The List: YouTube Channel(2016)as Self
Nicki Swift(2016)as Self
Doctor Who Greatest Moments(2009)as Alex
Coyote Ugly: Additional Scenes(2001)as Kevin O'Donnell
