Adam Bond
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Adam Richardson Bond is a British-American actor and stage director. He began his career as a teenager as a film extra
in Stanley Kubrick's
final film, Eyes Wide Shut
. He has had minor roles in films such as Green Zone
, Legally Blonde
, National Treasure: Book of Secrets and Inkheart
.
Bond was born in Wimbledon
, London, England. His father is a retired American aviation management consultant and his mother, Elizabeth, is an American operatic Mezzo-Soprano
. His father is of Irish and Polish-Jewish ancestry and his mother is of French, Irish, Scottish, and Sioux
heritage. He has an older sister, Emily. Bond grew up all over London
, living in Notting Hill
, Chiswick
and Paddington
, attending Westminster Cathedral Choir School
, The American School in London
, University of California, San Diego
and University of St Andrews
from where he graduated with an M.A. (with Honours) International Relations with a concentration in Terrorist Studies.
Following his graduation from University, Bond was interviewed to various levels for a career in intelligence with both the Secret Intelligence Service
and the Central Intelligence Agency
. However, in both cases his dual citizenship was identified as a disqualifying factor for work with both agencies. Following a year of working and living as an intelligence analyst for a private sector security consulting firm in Houston, Bond returned to his passion and began training at Central School of Speech and Drama
in London.
Today, Bond is a 50% stakeholder, producer and director along with Daniel Benoit - an adventure documentary filmmaker - in an original documentary film project entitled, "The Rising Tide: Warriors for Earth Surviving in Isolation". To be produced over the course of three months from October 2011 to January 2012 in the South Pacific, this documentary film will focus on the immediate observations of rising sea levels on the Republic of Kiribati in the South Pacific and on the survival of the common man in isolation.
, The IT Crowd
and Psychoville
. The majority of Bond's feature film work has been in smaller roles, most notably Inkheart
as Prince Charming
. His commercial work, however, has seen him as a transformation model for Hydroxycut
, for which he was featured in magazines and television advertising throughout the United States in 2011.
. Today, a great deal of his time has been spent performing in Crested Butte
.
, on two separate vessels, the MV Caribbean Mercy and the MS Africa Mercy - both at sea/on outreach and in port during renovation/vessel conversion work. In addition, he is a proud supporter of the efforts of the Red Lady Coalition, an organization committed to the opposition to a proposed molybdenum mine on Mt. Emmons ("Red Lady"), just above Crested Butte
.
Feature Films
Extra (actor)
A background actor or extra is a performer in a film, television show, stage, musical, opera or ballet production, who appears in a nonspeaking, nonsinging or nondancing capacity, usually in the background...
in Stanley Kubrick's
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick was an American film director, writer, producer, and photographer who lived in England during most of the last four decades of his career...
final film, Eyes Wide Shut
Eyes Wide Shut
Eyes Wide Shut is a 1999 drama film based upon Arthur Schnitzler's 1926 novella Traumnovelle . The film was directed, produced and co-written by Stanley Kubrick, and was his last film. The story, set in and around New York City, follows the sexually-charged adventures of Dr...
. He has had minor roles in films such as Green Zone
Green Zone
The Green Zone is the most common name for the International Zone of Baghdad. It is a area of central Baghdad, Iraq, that was the governmental center of the Coalition Provisional Authority and remains the center of the international presence in the city...
, Legally Blonde
Legally Blonde
Legally Blonde is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Robert Luketic, written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, and produced by Marc E. Platt...
, National Treasure: Book of Secrets and Inkheart
Inkheart (film)
Inkheart is a 2008 fantasy film directed by Iain Softley and starring Brendan Fraser, Eliza Bennett, Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren, Andy Serkis and Jim Broadbent. It is based on the novel with the same name by Cornelia Funke...
.
Early life
]Bond was born in Wimbledon
Wimbledon, London
Wimbledon is a district in the south west area of London, England, located south of Wandsworth, and east of Kingston upon Thames. It is situated within Greater London. It is home to the Wimbledon Tennis Championships and New Wimbledon Theatre, and contains Wimbledon Common, one of the largest areas...
, London, England. His father is a retired American aviation management consultant and his mother, Elizabeth, is an American operatic Mezzo-Soprano
Mezzo-soprano
A mezzo-soprano is a type of classical female singing voice whose range lies between the soprano and the contralto singing voices, usually extending from the A below middle C to the A two octaves above...
. His father is of Irish and Polish-Jewish ancestry and his mother is of French, Irish, Scottish, and Sioux
Sioux
The Sioux are Native American and First Nations people in North America. The term can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or any of the nation's many language dialects...
heritage. He has an older sister, Emily. Bond grew up all over London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, living in Notting Hill
Notting Hill
Notting Hill is an area in London, England, close to the north-western corner of Kensington Gardens, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea...
, Chiswick
Chiswick
Chiswick is a large suburb of west London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It is located on a meander of the River Thames, west of Charing Cross and is one of 35 major centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, with...
and Paddington
Paddington
Paddington is a district within the City of Westminster, in central London, England. Formerly a metropolitan borough, it was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965...
, attending Westminster Cathedral Choir School
Westminster Cathedral Choir School
Westminster Cathedral Choir School is a Catholic choir / prep school for boys, located in the area of Victoria in the City of Westminster . The school has direct passageways to the Cathedral on Victoria Street and is therefore considered a part of it...
, The American School in London
The American School in London
The American School in London is an international, independent K-12 school in St John's Wood, London, England for students aged between 4 and 18 years. Established in 1951 by Princeton graduate Stephen Eckard, it is the oldest American school in the city and the only non-profit American school in...
, University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
and University of St Andrews
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews, informally referred to as "St Andrews", is the oldest university in Scotland and the third oldest in the English-speaking world after Oxford and Cambridge. The university is situated in the town of St Andrews, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It was founded between...
from where he graduated with an M.A. (with Honours) International Relations with a concentration in Terrorist Studies.
Following his graduation from University, Bond was interviewed to various levels for a career in intelligence with both the Secret Intelligence Service
Secret Intelligence Service
The Secret Intelligence Service is responsible for supplying the British Government with foreign intelligence. Alongside the internal Security Service , the Government Communications Headquarters and the Defence Intelligence , it operates under the formal direction of the Joint Intelligence...
and the Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...
. However, in both cases his dual citizenship was identified as a disqualifying factor for work with both agencies. Following a year of working and living as an intelligence analyst for a private sector security consulting firm in Houston, Bond returned to his passion and began training at Central School of Speech and Drama
Central School of Speech and Drama
The Central School of Speech and Drama was founded in London in 1906 by Elsie Fogerty to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students...
in London.
Today, Bond is a 50% stakeholder, producer and director along with Daniel Benoit - an adventure documentary filmmaker - in an original documentary film project entitled, "The Rising Tide: Warriors for Earth Surviving in Isolation". To be produced over the course of three months from October 2011 to January 2012 in the South Pacific, this documentary film will focus on the immediate observations of rising sea levels on the Republic of Kiribati in the South Pacific and on the survival of the common man in isolation.
Film and Television
Bond appeared in several television productions in the United Kingdom including Love SoupLove Soup
Love Soup is a British television comedy-drama produced by the BBC and first screened on BBC One in the autumn of 2005. It stars Tamsin Greig as Alice Chenery and Michael Landes as Gil Raymond . The series is written by David Renwick of One Foot in the Grave fame, and was produced by Verity Lambert...
, The IT Crowd
The IT Crowd
The IT Crowd is a British sitcom by Channel 4, written by Graham Linehan, produced by Ash Atalla and starring Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson and Matt Berry...
and Psychoville
Psychoville
Psychoville is an award-winning British dark comedy television serial written by and starring The League of Gentlemen members Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton. It debuted on BBC Two on 18 June 2009. Pemberton and Shearsmith each play numerous characters, with Dawn French and Jason Tompkins in...
. The majority of Bond's feature film work has been in smaller roles, most notably Inkheart
Inkheart
Inkheart is a young adult-child fantasy novel by Cornelia Funke, and the first book of the Inkworld trilogy....
as Prince Charming
Prince Charming
Prince Charming is a stock character who appears in a number of fairy tales. He is the prince who comes to rescue of the damsel in distress, and stereotypically, must engage in a quest to liberate her from an evil spell...
. His commercial work, however, has seen him as a transformation model for Hydroxycut
Hydroxycut
Hydroxycut is the brand name of a series of dietary supplements marketed as an aid to weight loss. According to a 2009 paper in the World Journal of Gastroenterology, Hydroxycut is the most popular brand of weight-loss supplement, selling approximately 1 million units per year. On May 1, 2009, the...
, for which he was featured in magazines and television advertising throughout the United States in 2011.
Theatre
Bond began to perform at a very early age in productions on stage, citing his mother's operatic career as a primary influence. Some of his earliest performances were with Opera Holland ParkOpera Holland Park
Opera Holland Park is a summer opera company which produces an annual season of opera performances staged under a temporary canopy in Holland Park, a public park in a wealthy district of west central London of the same name. The venue is fully covered but is open at the sides.The canopy was...
. Today, a great deal of his time has been spent performing in Crested Butte
Crested Butte, Colorado
Crested Butte is a Home Rule Municipality in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. A former coal mining town now called "the last great Colorado ski town," Crested Butte is a destination for skiing, mountain biking, and a variety of other outdoor activities...
.
Charity work
Bond has worked on several occasions with Mercy ShipsMercy Ships
Mercy Ships is an international charity that was founded in 1978 by Don and Deyon Stephens. Mercy Ships currently operates the largest non-governmental hospital ship in the world, providing free health care, community development projects, community health education, mental health programs,...
, on two separate vessels, the MV Caribbean Mercy and the MS Africa Mercy - both at sea/on outreach and in port during renovation/vessel conversion work. In addition, he is a proud supporter of the efforts of the Red Lady Coalition, an organization committed to the opposition to a proposed molybdenum mine on Mt. Emmons ("Red Lady"), just above Crested Butte
Crested Butte, Colorado
Crested Butte is a Home Rule Municipality in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. A former coal mining town now called "the last great Colorado ski town," Crested Butte is a destination for skiing, mountain biking, and a variety of other outdoor activities...
.
Filmography
Television appearances| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Be Like That Be Like That "Be Like That" is the title of a song recorded by the American alternative rock band 3 Doors Down. It was released in June 2001 as the fourth single from the album, The Better Life. It peaked at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S. for the week ending November 10, 2001. An alternate... 3 Doors Down 3 Doors Down 3 Doors Down is an American rock band from Escatawpa formed in 1996. The band consists of Brad Arnold , Matt Roberts , Todd Harrell , Chris Henderson , and Greg Upchurch .... Music Video |
Band Camp Student | |
| 2007 | Love Soup Love Soup Love Soup is a British television comedy-drama produced by the BBC and first screened on BBC One in the autumn of 2005. It stars Tamsin Greig as Alice Chenery and Michael Landes as Gil Raymond . The series is written by David Renwick of One Foot in the Grave fame, and was produced by Verity Lambert... |
Guy at Cafe | |
| 2008 | Surviving Disaster (TV series) Surviving Disaster (TV Series) Surviving Disaster was a simulation of real life disaster situations produced by Spike. Hosted by former Navy SEAL Cade Courtley, each episode retells situations in a worst-case scenario and what viewers can do to survive them. There have been ten episodes aired to date. The series was not picked... |
Workout Man | |
| 2009 | Psychoville Psychoville Psychoville is an award-winning British dark comedy television serial written by and starring The League of Gentlemen members Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton. It debuted on BBC Two on 18 June 2009. Pemberton and Shearsmith each play numerous characters, with Dawn French and Jason Tompkins in... |
Mr. Punch / Ted Bundy | |
Feature Films
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Eyes Wide Shut Eyes Wide Shut Eyes Wide Shut is a 1999 drama film based upon Arthur Schnitzler's 1926 novella Traumnovelle . The film was directed, produced and co-written by Stanley Kubrick, and was his last film. The story, set in and around New York City, follows the sexually-charged adventures of Dr... |
Extra |
| 1999 | The Mummy The Mummy (1999 film) The Mummy is a 1999 American adventure film written and directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah and Kevin J. O'Connor, with Arnold Vosloo in the title role as the reanimated mummy. The film features substantial dialogue in ancient Egyptian language, spoken... |
Extra |
| 2001 | Legally Blonde Legally Blonde Legally Blonde is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Robert Luketic, written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, and produced by Marc E. Platt... |
Harvard Law School Graduate |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Civilian Ferry Passenger |
| 2007 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | CO19 Police Officer |
| 2008 | Inkheart (film) Inkheart (film) Inkheart is a 2008 fantasy film directed by Iain Softley and starring Brendan Fraser, Eliza Bennett, Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren, Andy Serkis and Jim Broadbent. It is based on the novel with the same name by Cornelia Funke... |
Prince Charming |
| 2010 | Green Zone Green Zone The Green Zone is the most common name for the International Zone of Baghdad. It is a area of central Baghdad, Iraq, that was the governmental center of the Coalition Provisional Authority and remains the center of the international presence in the city... |
CIA Specialized Skills Officer |
Theatre appearances
| Year | Production | Theatre | Role | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The Merchant of Venice The Merchant of Venice The Merchant of Venice is a tragic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is perhaps most remembered for its dramatic... |
Byre Theatre Byre Theatre The Byre Theatre is a theatre in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. The original Byre Theatre was founded in 1933 by Alexander B Paterson, a local journalist and playwright, with help from a theatre group made up from members of Hope Park Church, St Andrews.... , St Andrews |
Bassanio | |
| 2002 | Adriana Lecouvreur Adriana Lecouvreur Adriana Lecouvreur is an opera in four acts by Francesco Cilea to an Italian libretto by Arturo Colautti, based on the play by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé... |
Opera Holland Park Opera Holland Park Opera Holland Park is a summer opera company which produces an annual season of opera performances staged under a temporary canopy in Holland Park, a public park in a wealthy district of west central London of the same name. The venue is fully covered but is open at the sides.The canopy was... , London |
Paige Boy | |
| 2002 | Iris (opera) Iris (opera) Iris is an opera in three acts by Pietro Mascagni to an original Italian libretto by Luigi Illica. Its first performance was at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 22 November 1898.The opera is through-composed and set in Japan during legendary times... |
Opera Holland Park Opera Holland Park Opera Holland Park is a summer opera company which produces an annual season of opera performances staged under a temporary canopy in Holland Park, a public park in a wealthy district of west central London of the same name. The venue is fully covered but is open at the sides.The canopy was... , London |
Fisherman | |
| 2002 | La Rondine La rondine La rondine is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Adami, based on a libretto by Alfred Maria Willner and Heinz Reichert... |
Opera Holland Park Opera Holland Park Opera Holland Park is a summer opera company which produces an annual season of opera performances staged under a temporary canopy in Holland Park, a public park in a wealthy district of west central London of the same name. The venue is fully covered but is open at the sides.The canopy was... , London |
Suitor | |
| 2003 | The Cherry Orchard The Cherry Orchard The Cherry Orchard is Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's last play. It premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre 17 January 1904 in a production directed by Constantin Stanislavski. Chekhov intended this play as a comedy and it does contain some elements of farce; however, Stanislavski insisted on... |
Crested Butte CFArts, Crested Butte | Yasha | |
| 2004 | Rigoletto Rigoletto Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. It was first performed at La Fenice in Venice on March 11, 1851... |
Crested Butte Music Festival, Crested Butte | Marullo | |
| 2008 | Into The Woods Into the Woods Into the Woods is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. It debuted in San Diego at the Old Globe Theatre in 1986, and premiered on Broadway in 1987. Bernadette Peters' performance as the Witch and Joanna Gleason's portrayal of the Baker's Wife brought acclaim... |
Crested Butte CFArts, Crested Butte | Cinderella's Prince | |
| 2009 | As You Like It As You Like It As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the folio of 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility... |
Crested Butte Mountain Theatre, Crested Butte | Orlando de Boys | |
| 2011 | Oklahoma! Oklahoma! Oklahoma! is the first musical written by composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in Oklahoma Territory outside the town of Claremore in 1906, it tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance... |
Crested Butte CFArts, Crested Butte | Curly |