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Adam Butterfield is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his role in the 2017 American television biopic The Wizard of Lies.[1]

Early life and education

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Butterfield was born in Berkeley, California. He grew up in Oakland. Butterfield has been acting since childhood. He attended Bishop O'Dowd High School where he participated in a variety of theater programs.[2] During high school he studied at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. He went on to study Acting at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City while attending New York University's Tisch School of the Arts on an acting scholarship. [3] [4]

Career

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Butterfield made his film acting debut opposite Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer in HBO's "The Wizard of Lies" (2017)[5]. He appeared alongside Jim Parsons and Claire Danes in the Sundance film "A Kid Like Jake" (2018)[6][7]. His television acting debut was opposite Paul Rudd in "Living With Yourself" (2019) on Netflix[8].

Butterfield is a founding producer of the annual Global Citizen Festival in New York City[9][10]. He was listed in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2020[11].

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title
2017 The Wizard Of Lies[12]
2018 A Kid Like Jake [13]

Television

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Year Title
2010 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno[14]
2019 Living With Yourself[15]

References

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  1. ^ Levinson, Barry (2017-05-20), The Wizard of Lies (Biography, Crime, Drama), Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Alessandro Nivola, Nathan Darrow, Home Box Office (HBO), Tribeca Productions, retrieved 2021-05-31
  2. ^ "Bishop O'Dowd High School Alumni News" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Tisch Alumni List".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Adam Butterfield". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  5. ^ Levinson, Barry (2017-05-20), The Wizard of Lies (Biography, Crime, Drama), Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Alessandro Nivola, Nathan Darrow, Home Box Office (HBO), Tribeca Productions, retrieved 2021-05-31
  6. ^ Howard, Silas (2018-06-01), A Kid Like Jake (Drama), Claire Danes, Jim Parsons, Octavia Spencer, Priyanka Chopra, XS Media, Bankside Films, Burn Later Productions, retrieved 2021-05-31
  7. ^ "a-kid-like-jake". www.sundance.org. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  8. ^ "Living with Yourself (TV Series 2019– ) - IMDb". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  9. ^ "Adam Butterfield: Movies, TV, and Bio". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  10. ^ "Adam Butterfield". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  11. ^ "Adam Butterfield". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  12. ^ Levinson, Barry (2017-05-20), The Wizard of Lies (Biography, Crime, Drama), Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Alessandro Nivola, Nathan Darrow, Home Box Office (HBO), Tribeca Productions, retrieved 2021-05-31
  13. ^ "A Kid Like Jake (2018) - IMDb". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  14. ^ Caleca, Anthony (2010-03-31), Episode #18.23 (Comedy, Music, Talk-Show), Jay Leno, Kevin Eubanks, Bill Maher, Wayne Vandenlangenberg, retrieved 2021-05-31
  15. ^ "Living with Yourself (TV Series 2019– ) - IMDb". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 2021-05-31.