Adam Hicks
Encyclopedia
Adam Paul Neilson Hicks is an American actor. His first leading role was in How to Eat Fried Worms
. He is most notable for playing Luther in the Disney XD series Zeke and Luther
and starring in the Disney Channel Original Movie Lemonade Mouth
as Wendell "Wen" Gifford. He had a recurring role in the second season of Jonas L.A. as DZ.
, Nevada
and is the son of Lucy and Ron Hicks.
and had roles in various movies and television series before playing the lead in How to Eat Fried Worms
. He then appeared in Mostly Ghostly: Who Let the Ghosts Out? alongside many other Disney Channel
stars. In 2009, he grabbed the co-lead role of Luther on Zeke & Luther. In 2011, he starred in Lemonade Mouth
as Wendell "Wen" Gifford.
song "U Can't Touch This
" with fellow Zeke and Luther
co-star Daniel Curtis Lee
. The music video for the song was shown June 29, 2009 on Disney XD. He made a remix of the song "In the Summertime" by Mungo Jerry
. In late 2010 he wrote and recorded the song "Happy Universal Holidays" with Ryan Newman
. In early 2011 he released a song called "Dance For Life" with Drew Seeley for the Disney Channel Original Series Shake It Up
, which was featured on Shake It Up: Break It Down. Hicks co-wrote the tracks "Determinate", "Breakthrough" and "High Wire" for Lemonade Mouth (film)
. Hicks recorded a song called "We Burnin' Up" with Chris Brochu
, which was released in 2011. On September 15, 2011, he released "Las Vegas (My City)", a hometown anthem about his struggles and dreams to succeed in the entertainment business. He is not currently signed to any music label.
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2000
| Titus
| 5-Year-Old Dave
| TV series; 18 episodes; 2000–2002
|-
| 2002
| The Funkhousers
| Robbie Funkhouser
|
|-
|2002
| That Was Then
| Joshua Harrison
| TV series; 1 episode
|-
| 2005
| Down and Derby
| Brady Davis
|
|-
| 2005
| The 12 Dogs of Christmas
| Mike Stevens
|
|-
| 2006
| The Shaggy Dog
| Quarterback
|
|-
| 2006
| How to Eat Fried Worms
| Joe Guire
|
|-
| 2008
| Mostly Ghostly: Who Let the Ghosts Out?
| Colin Doyle
|
|-
| 2009
| Zeke & Luther
| Luther Waffles
| Lead role; Disney XD Original Series; 2009–present
|-
| 2010
| Jonas L.A.
| DZ (Dennis Zimmer)
| Recurring role; 4 episodes
|-
| 2010
| Zapping Zone
| Himself
| Guest Star, Disney Channel Latin America
show
|-
| 2010
| Peter Punk
| Luther Waffles
| Disney XD Latin America; 1 episode, with Hutch Dano
|-
| 2011
| Lemonade Mouth
| Wendell "Wen" Gifford
| Lead role; Disney Channel Original Movie
|-
| 2011
| Disney's Friends for Change Games
| Himself
| Green team
|-
| 2011
| PrankStars
| Himself
| Guest
|-
| 2011
| So Random
| Himself
| Musical guest performing with Lemonade Mouth
|-
How to Eat Fried Worms (film)
How to Eat Fried Worms is a 2006 American film based on the 1973 children's book of the same name by Thomas Rockwell. It was produced by New Line Cinema with Walden Media. Development began in 1998 and theatrical release for the U.S. and Canada was August 25, 2006. The DVD for the film was released...
. He is most notable for playing Luther in the Disney XD series Zeke and Luther
Zeke and Luther
Zeke and Luther is an American Disney XD sitcom about two best friends setting their sights on becoming the world's greatest skateboarders. The show stars Hutch Dano, Adam Hicks, Daniel Curtis Lee and Ryan Newman ....
and starring in the Disney Channel Original Movie Lemonade Mouth
Lemonade Mouth (film)
Lemonade Mouth is a 2011 musical drama film based on the book of the same name by Mark Peter Hughes. The film was directed by Patricia Riggen and written by April Blair, and stars Bridgit Mendler, Adam Hicks, Hayley Kiyoko, Naomi Scott, and Blake Michael...
as Wendell "Wen" Gifford. He had a recurring role in the second season of Jonas L.A. as DZ.
Early life
Hicks was born in Las VegasLas Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...
, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
and is the son of Lucy and Ron Hicks.
Acting
Hicks had a recurring role on TitusTitus (TV series)
Titus is an American dark comedy sitcom that debuted on Fox in 2000. The series was created by its star, Christopher Titus, Jack Kenny, and Brian Hargrove...
and had roles in various movies and television series before playing the lead in How to Eat Fried Worms
How to Eat Fried Worms (film)
How to Eat Fried Worms is a 2006 American film based on the 1973 children's book of the same name by Thomas Rockwell. It was produced by New Line Cinema with Walden Media. Development began in 1998 and theatrical release for the U.S. and Canada was August 25, 2006. The DVD for the film was released...
. He then appeared in Mostly Ghostly: Who Let the Ghosts Out? alongside many other Disney Channel
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
stars. In 2009, he grabbed the co-lead role of Luther on Zeke & Luther. In 2011, he starred in Lemonade Mouth
Lemonade Mouth (film)
Lemonade Mouth is a 2011 musical drama film based on the book of the same name by Mark Peter Hughes. The film was directed by Patricia Riggen and written by April Blair, and stars Bridgit Mendler, Adam Hicks, Hayley Kiyoko, Naomi Scott, and Blake Michael...
as Wendell "Wen" Gifford.
Music
Hicks recorded a remake of the MC HammerMC Hammer
Stanley Kirk Burrell , better known by his stage name MC Hammer , is an American rapper, entertainer, business entrepreneur, dancer and actor. He had his greatest commercial success and popularity from the late 1980s until the mid-1990s...
song "U Can't Touch This
U Can't Touch This
"U Can't Touch This" is MC Hammer's 1990 super hit signature song, from his album Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em. The album sold more than 10 million copies, due primarily to this single, and gaining multi-platinum certifications from the RIAA, and other Recording Industries.Rick James sued Hammer...
" with fellow Zeke and Luther
Zeke and Luther
Zeke and Luther is an American Disney XD sitcom about two best friends setting their sights on becoming the world's greatest skateboarders. The show stars Hutch Dano, Adam Hicks, Daniel Curtis Lee and Ryan Newman ....
co-star Daniel Curtis Lee
Daniel Curtis Lee
Daniel Curtis Lee is an American actor and rapper. He is best known in Nickelodeon's Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, in which he played the nerdy Simon Nelson-Cook, known as "Cookie" or "P Cookie". Lee has also appeared in other television shows such as First Monday and The Shield, and...
. The music video for the song was shown June 29, 2009 on Disney XD. He made a remix of the song "In the Summertime" by Mungo Jerry
Mungo Jerry
Mungo Jerry is an English rock group whose greatest success was in the early 1970s, though they have continued throughout the years with an ever-changing line-up, always fronted by Ray Dorset. They are remembered above all for their hit "In the Summertime". It remains their most successful and most...
. In late 2010 he wrote and recorded the song "Happy Universal Holidays" with Ryan Newman
Ryan Newman (actress)
Ryan Whitney Newman is a 2010 Young Artist Award winning young actress, model, and singer. Newman is most famous for her roles as Ginger Falcone in Zeke and Luther and Cindy Collins in Zoom. Newman, as a child model has participated in many photo shoots such as Inspire Magazine, Kaiya Eve...
. In early 2011 he released a song called "Dance For Life" with Drew Seeley for the Disney Channel Original Series Shake It Up
Shake It Up (TV series)
Shake It Up is an American television sitcom airing on Disney Channel in the United States. The series premiered on November 7, 2010. Created by Chris Thompson and starring Bella Thorne and Zendaya, the show follows the adventures of Cece Jones and Rocky Blue as they star as background dancers on...
, which was featured on Shake It Up: Break It Down. Hicks co-wrote the tracks "Determinate", "Breakthrough" and "High Wire" for Lemonade Mouth (film)
Lemonade Mouth (film)
Lemonade Mouth is a 2011 musical drama film based on the book of the same name by Mark Peter Hughes. The film was directed by Patricia Riggen and written by April Blair, and stars Bridgit Mendler, Adam Hicks, Hayley Kiyoko, Naomi Scott, and Blake Michael...
. Hicks recorded a song called "We Burnin' Up" with Chris Brochu
Chris Brochu
Chris Brochu is an American actor and singer. He is currently known for his acting in Lemonade Mouth and was formerly the lead singer/songwriter for the band, "Fall Into Faith." Brochu was in the movies Soul Surfer, where he played "Timmy", and in Lemonade Mouth, where he played a rude, yet hot...
, which was released in 2011. On September 15, 2011, he released "Las Vegas (My City)", a hometown anthem about his struggles and dreams to succeed in the entertainment business. He is not currently signed to any music label.
Filmography
{| class="wikitable sortable"! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2000
| Titus
Titus (TV series)
Titus is an American dark comedy sitcom that debuted on Fox in 2000. The series was created by its star, Christopher Titus, Jack Kenny, and Brian Hargrove...
| 5-Year-Old Dave
| TV series; 18 episodes; 2000–2002
|-
| 2002
| The Funkhousers
| Robbie Funkhouser
|
|-
|2002
| That Was Then
That Was Then
That Was Then is an American drama series that was broadcast on ABC in 2002.-Synopsis:The series starred James Bulliard as Travis Glass, a 30-year-old who finds his life in a rut. Still living at home with his mother he works as a door-to-door salesman. The girl of his dreams, played by Kiele...
| Joshua Harrison
| TV series; 1 episode
|-
| 2005
| Down and Derby
Down and Derby
Down and Derby is a 2005 comedy film about a Cub Scouts' pinewood derby race. The cars in the race are meant to be built from kits by Cub Scouts with appropriate adult supervision, but in Down and Derby the fathers of four Scouts take over the project from their kids, and get carried away by their...
| Brady Davis
|
|-
| 2005
| The 12 Dogs of Christmas
| Mike Stevens
|
|-
| 2006
| The Shaggy Dog
The Shaggy Dog (2006 film)
The Shaggy Dog is a 2006 film by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the second remake of the 1959 film of the same name, which was first remade as a television film in 1994....
| Quarterback
|
|-
| 2006
| How to Eat Fried Worms
How to Eat Fried Worms (film)
How to Eat Fried Worms is a 2006 American film based on the 1973 children's book of the same name by Thomas Rockwell. It was produced by New Line Cinema with Walden Media. Development began in 1998 and theatrical release for the U.S. and Canada was August 25, 2006. The DVD for the film was released...
| Joe Guire
|
|-
| 2008
| Mostly Ghostly: Who Let the Ghosts Out?
| Colin Doyle
|
|-
| 2009
| Zeke & Luther
| Luther Waffles
| Lead role; Disney XD Original Series; 2009–present
|-
| 2010
| Jonas L.A.
| DZ (Dennis Zimmer)
| Recurring role; 4 episodes
|-
| 2010
| Zapping Zone
| Himself
| Guest Star, Disney Channel Latin America
Disney Channel Latin America
Disney Channel Latin America is an cable television channel and is an edition of The Walt Disney Company-owned Disney Channel, broadcasting to Latin America and the Caribbean. It is broadcast in five feeds, North Zone, Center Zone, South Zone,and the Pacific Zone...
show
|-
| 2010
| Peter Punk
| Luther Waffles
| Disney XD Latin America; 1 episode, with Hutch Dano
|-
| 2011
| Lemonade Mouth
Lemonade Mouth (film)
Lemonade Mouth is a 2011 musical drama film based on the book of the same name by Mark Peter Hughes. The film was directed by Patricia Riggen and written by April Blair, and stars Bridgit Mendler, Adam Hicks, Hayley Kiyoko, Naomi Scott, and Blake Michael...
| Wendell "Wen" Gifford
| Lead role; Disney Channel Original Movie
|-
| 2011
| Disney's Friends for Change Games
Disney's Friends for Change Games
The Disney's Friends for Change Games are Olympic-based televised games aired on the Disney Channel and part of the station's Friends for Change initiative. It replaces the Disney Channel Games and premiered on June 24, 2011 on Disney Channel.-Teams:...
| Himself
| Green team
|-
| 2011
| PrankStars
PrankStars
PrankStars is a hidden camera/reality series that premiered on Disney Channel on July 15, 2011. It is hosted by Pair of Kings and Hannah Montana star Mitchel Musso. The series involves children and teenagers set up by their friends and family to meet their favorite stars in "unpredictable and...
| Himself
| Guest
|-
| 2011
| So Random
| Himself
| Musical guest performing with Lemonade Mouth
|-