Jonathan Adams (American actor)

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Jonathan Adams
Born (1967-07-16) July 16, 1967 (age 57)
Education Carnegie Mellon University
OccupationActor
Years active1990–present
Known for Last Man Standing
Spouse
Monica Farrell
(m. 1994)
Children2

Jonathan Adams (born July 16, 1967) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Henry Walker on American Dreams , Daniel Goodman on Bones and Chuck Larabee on Last Man Standing . He is also known as a voice actor with roles such as Galactus, Dormammu and Kang the Conqueror from Marvel Comics and Darkseid and Atrocitus from DC Comics.

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Early life

Adams was born on July 16, 1967, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, [1] and grew up in Wilkinsburg. He graduated from Wilkinsburg High School in 1985 and studied acting at Carnegie Mellon University for a year and a half before having to drop out because he could no longer afford tuition. [2]

Career

He has appeared in several roles on American television, including American Dreams on NBC, where he played series regular Henry Walker (2002–05). He portrayed Dr. Daniel Goodman in the first season of the Fox television series Bones . At the start of season 2, his character appointed Dr. Camille Saroyan (Tamara Taylor) to be the Jeffersonian's first head of forensics (the immediate boss of Temperance Brennan). Although he was supposed to have left on a short sabbatical, his character did not return. The show's creator, Hart Hanson, stated that Taylor's role was a better fit with the rest of the characters in the series. [3] He later appeared in the short-lived ABC crime drama Women's Murder Club .

Between 1996 and 2000, Adams spent four years at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival playing, among other roles, Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew , Buckingham in The Three Musketeers and Guy Jacobs in Blues for an Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage. He was also a voice actor in Army of Two: The 40th Day as Tyson Rios.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 Air Bud: Golden Receiver New York Giants Player
2001 Osmosis Jones Tom the police officer of Frank Police DepartmentVoice
2007 Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme Dormammu [4] Voice, direct-to-video
2009 Superman/Batman: Public Enemies General
2010 Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths Martian Manhunter [4]
2012 Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 2 Judge Davis [4]
2013 Planes Additional voices
2018 Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman – Rage of Atlantis Atrocitus Voice, direct-to-video [4]
The Death of Superman Mayor Booker
2023 Elemental FlarryVoice [4]
2024 Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths The Monitor Voice, direct-to-video [4] [5]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 Equal Justice KeaneEpisode: "Pilot"
2001 Frasier Fire MarshallEpisode: "The Show Must Go Off"
Walker, Texas Ranger Lyle NugentEpisode: "Justice for All"
Felicity ParamedicEpisode: "Girlfight"
2002 The American Embassy Elque "Q" Polk6 episodes
2002–05 American Dreams Henry Walker61 episodes
2004 Crossing Jordan JurorEpisode: "Slam Dunk"
2005 Bones Daniel Goodman22 episodes
2006 The Unit BukoEpisode: "Old Home Week"
2007 One Tree Hill Charles TaylorEpisode: "The Birth and Death of the Day"
The Closer Randall WilliamsEpisode: "Ruby"
NCIS Thomas ZuriEpisode: "Designated Target"
Cane FoskoEpisode: "The Exile"
2007–08 Women's Murder Club Ed Washburn5 episodes
2007, 2009 24 Peter Hock2 episodes
2008 Medium Curtis LambertEpisode: "Being Joey Carmichael"
Boston Legal Officer Preston HoltEpisode: "Kill, Baby, Kill!"
2009 Numbers Clifford HansenEpisode: "Greatest Hits"
The Cleaner Harold MillerEpisode: "An Ordinary Man"
NCIS: Los Angeles Peter CaldwellEpisode: "Search and Destroy"
2010 The Deep End Robert CraftEpisode: "Pilot"
Black Panther T'Chaka, M'Butu's Security Officer, Citizen #1Voice, 2 episodes [4]
Desperate Housewives Luke RayfieldEpisode: "Chromolume No. 7"
Miami Medical ColinEpisode: "Down to the Bone"
No Ordinary Family Coach BaskinEpisode: "No Ordinary Vigilante"
2010–11 Hellcats Lewis's Dad2 episodes
2010–12 The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Kang the Conqueror Voice, 5 episodes [4]
2011 Memphis Beat Detective MoranEpisode: "Troubled Water"
The Glades Dan RansonEpisode: "Breakout"
Fanboy & Chum Chum Mr. Trick, NarratorVoice, episode: "There Will Be Shrieks"
Cars Toons Judge DavisVoice, episode: "Air Mater"
Burn Notice Joseph KambaEpisode: "Necessary Evil"
Harry's Law PhysicianEpisode: "Head Games"
Prophets of Science Fiction Narrator6 episodes
2011–13 Green Lantern: The Animated Series Atrocitus Voice, 6 episodes [4]
2011–14 Castle Vulcan Simmons3 episodes
2012 Up All Night RayEpisode: "Couple Friends"
2012–13 Revenge Matt Duncan3 episodes
2012–21 Last Man Standing Chuck Larabee112 episodes
2013 Pair of Kings Mr. Dawson / Paka TuiEpisode: "Meet the Parent"
Nikita President of ChadEpisode: "Inevitability"
Uncle Grandpa Additional voices3 episodes
2013–14 The Legend of Korra Vaatu, Varrick's Security GuardVoice, 9 episodes [4]
2013–15 Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. Absorbing Man, Korg, Thunderball, Piledriver Voice, 4 episodes [4]
2014 Crisis Clark FroyEpisode: "What Was Done to You"; uncredited
Drop Dead Diva Zack ReillyEpisode: "Hero"
Dallas Calvin Hannah2 episodes
2015 Once Upon a Time MerlinEpisode: "Lily"
Avengers Assemble Absorbing ManVoice, 2 episodes [4]
Sofia the First MantacornVoice, episode: "Cool Hand Fluke" [4]
Ultimate Spider-Man Absorbing ManVoice, 2 episodes [4]
2015–19 Guardians of the Galaxy Ronan the Accuser, additional voicesVoice, 9 episodes [4]
The Stinky & Dirty Show Big BenVoice, 5 episodes
2016 Transformers: Robots in Disguise RazorpawVoice, episode: "Cover Me" [4]
Sheriff Callie's Wild West BuckVoice, episode: "How the Water Was Won/Double Trouble"
Masters of Sex Judge O. VargaEpisode: "Outliers"
2017 Justice League Action Darkseid Voice, 4 episodes [4]
Man with a Plan Pastor CarlEpisode: "Andi's Boyfriend"
2017, 2022 The Orville Moclan Arbitrator2 episodes
2018 Designated Survivor Taurasi GovernorEpisode: "Run"
Detroiters Royal's Steakhouse BartenderEpisode: "Royals"
2020 Teen Titans Go! UltralakVoice, 2 episodes [4]
2022 Dark Winds Lester5 episodes
All Rise Chief Sam MiltonEpisode: "Through the Fire"
Bob Hearts Abishola Pastor Falade2 episodes
2023 Grey's Anatomy Dewayne GriffithEpisode: "Wedding Bell Blues"
2025 Dexter: Original Sin Assistant Chief Carl BorleeEpisode: "The Joy of Killing"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Army of Two: The 40th Day Tyson Rios
2011 Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds Galactus Also Ultimate
Kinect Disneyland Adventures Pirate
2012 Diablo III Tyrael [4]
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Xuen the White Tiger, Tsulong
Hitman: Absolution Cosmo Faulkner [4]
2014 Hearthstone Xuen the White Tiger
The Elder Scrolls Online Additional voicesAlso Morrowind DLC
2014–15 Skylanders series [6]
2015 Heroes of the Storm Tyrael
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void Additional voices
2016 World of Warcraft: Legion Xuen the White Tiger
2017 For Honor Okuma [4]

References

  1. "Jonathan Adams". Behind the Voice Actors. United States. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  2. Owen, Rob (May 17, 2021). "TV Talk: Wilkinsburg native says goodbye to 'Last Man Standing'". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review . Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  3. "TV Squad: Hart Hanson Talks About Bones" . Retrieved April 28, 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Jonathan Adams (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved September 3, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  5. Harvey, James (December 5, 2023). "Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths, Part One Release Date". The World's Finest. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  6. Vicarious Visions. Skylanders: SuperChargers . Activision. Scene: Closing credits, 7:13 in, Voice Actors.