Adam Pearson (actor)

For other people named Adam Pearson, see Adam Pearson (disambiguation).
Adam Pearson
Born

Adam Pearson
1984 (age 31–32)


London

Nationality English
Occupation Actor

Adam Pearson (born 1984) is a British television producer and actor known for his role in the 2013 movie Under the Skin.[1] He has neurofibromatosis and has been involved in outreach programs to prevent bullying associated with deformities.[2][3][4]

Early life

Pearson was born in 1984. After a fall at the age of five, Pearson discovered a scar would not heal. He was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis (type one) which causes non-cancerous tumours to grow on nerve tissue. The condition affects 1 in 3,000. Fifty per cent of cases are hereditary, Pearson falls into the remaining 50%, which are caused by spontaneous mutations.[5]

Pearson has been a victim of bullying throughout his life.[6]

Career

Pearson graduated from Brighton University with a degree in business management. He worked various jobs in television production for the BBC and Channel 4 including the shows The Undateables and Beauty and the Beast.[5]

In 2013, he was cast alongside Scarlett Johansson in Jonathan Glazer's film Under the Skin. He has said that he hopes the role will challenge disfigurement stigma.[7]

Pearson has expressed interest in playing a James Bond villain.[2]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Under the Skin The Deformed Man
2015 Oddity[8][9] Andrew Galveston Short film. Best Film Winner 2015 at Cheltenham Film Society
2015 Rodentia Hermes Short film
2015 / 2016 Tricks of the Restaurant Trade Himself
2016 Horizon Himself "My Amazing Twin" TV episode broadcast on BBC 2, 26 August 2016.

References

  1. ↑ Emilia Papadopoulos (2014-09-08), BBC London: Adam Pearson stars with Scarlett Johansson, retrieved 2016-05-20
  2. 1 2 Adam Pearson (2014-03-29). "'Now that I've appeared nude with Scarlett, I want to be Bond villain'". Mail Online. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
  3. ↑ Mike McCahill (16 March 2014). "Under the Skin: Loving the alien". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
  4. ↑ "Changing Faces". changingfaces.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
  5. 1 2 Amie Mulderrig (15 October 2014). "Actor Adam Pearson on disfigurement, working with Jonathan Glazer and nude scenes with Scarlett Johansson". East London and West Essex Guardian Series. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
  6. ↑ Greenwood, Carl (23 July 2015). "Adam Pearson reveals the cruel treatment he faces at hands of bullies". mirror. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
  7. ↑ Day, Elizabeth (2014-04-12). "How Scarlett Johansson helped me challenge disfigurement stigma". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
  8. ↑ CFS Committee (23 September 2015). "Reactions to Wakolda". Cheltenham Film Society. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
  9. ↑ "Oddity". Worcestershire Film Festival. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-11.

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