Rahart Adams

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Rahart Adams
Born
Rahart Sadiqzai [1]

1996 (age 27–28) [1]
Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationActor
Years active2013–present

Rahart Adams is an Australian actor. After first appearing in commercials and a guest role in Neighbours , he played a lead in Nowhere Boys and then joined the cast of Every Witch Way (2014-2015). [1] Other major roles include Nickelodeon's comedy film Liar, Liar, Vampire (2015), [2] Emo the Musical , [3] Star Light in 2020 [4] and the YouTube Original series Foursome from season 2. [5] Adams has a regular role in The CW TV series Gotham Knights (2023). [6]

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Early life

He is the second oldest of four children of Adam and Victoria Adams. His parents are of Maltese and Pakistani heritage. Adams attended Haileybury College and studied Media and Business Studies. [7]

Career

Adams has appeared on television shows such as Neighbours , [8] Talia in the Kitchen , House Husbands [9] and Discover Indie Film. In 2013, Adams is known for his roles such as Sam Conte in the action teen drama series Nowhere Boys opposite Dougie Baldwin, Joel Lok and Matt Testro. [10] [11] In 2014, Adams was selected to play Jax Novoa in the Nickelodeon teen sitcom Every Witch Way stars Paola Andino. [12] He starred in the comedy family film Liar, Liar, Vampire alongside Brec Bassinger and Tiera Skovbye which was released on 12 October 2015 through Nickelodeon. [13] [14] [15]

In 2016, Adams co-starred Dougie Baldwin, Joel Lok, Matt Testro, Sean Rees-Wemyss and Angourie Rice in the dark fantasy teen drama film Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows , based on the teen-oriented television series Nowhere Boys created by Tony Ayres.. [16] [17] [18] He played the role of Kent Saydak in the romantic comedy series Foursome . [19] [20] Adams portrayed Bradley, leader of the Emo clique, in the feature film Emo the Musical which was directed by Neil Triffett, opposite Benson Jack Anthony and Jordan Hare. [21] [22]

In 2018, Adams appeared in several roles in the science fiction monster film Pacific Rim Uprising as Cadete Tahima Shaheen. In the 2019 short film, Nancy, he played the character of Ryan. [23] In the 2020 horror film Star Light stars Cameron Johnson, Scout Taylor-Compton, Bret Roberts, Garrett Westton and Liana Ramirez, directed by Mitchell Altieri, which he played the character of Nick, which was first shown at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival in February 2020. [24] [25]

In the Michael Matteo Rossi's film Shadows starring Krista Allen, Francis Capra and Vernon Wells, he played the role of Cody. In 2023, Adams was cast to play the main role in the action superhero series Gotham Knights along with Oscar Morgan and Olivia Rose Keegan, where he played the main role of Brody March, the son of Lincoln March (Damon Dayoub) and a fellow student at Gotham Academy. [26] [27] [28]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows Sam Conte
Emo the Musical Bradley
2018 Pacific Rim Uprising Cadete Tahima
2019NancyRyanShort film
2020 Star Light Nick
2022ShadowsCody

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Neighbours Alistair O'Laughlin4 episodes
2013–2015 Nowhere Boys Sam ConteMain role (seasons 1–2)
2014–2015 Every Witch Way Jax NovoaMain role (seasons 2–4)
2015 Talia in the Kitchen Episode: "Every Witch Lola's"
Liar, Liar Vampire Davis PellTelevision film
2016–2018 Foursome Kent SaydakMain role
2017 House Husbands Rafiq5 episodes
2021Discover Indie FilmRyan (Nancy)Episode: "Nancy & The Bus to Birra Birra"
2023 Gotham Knights Brody MarchMain role

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