Adam Pearson

Adam Pearson is one of those rare talents who makes you instantly reconsider what screen presence actually means. He broke out in Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin opposite Scarlett Johansson, and rather than being a gimmick or a token, he was just — there, fully inhabiting the scene with a quiet confidence that most trained actors spend years chasing. He has neurofibromatosis, and he's been refreshingly blunt about how Hollywood treats visible difference, doing genuine advocacy work against bullying rather than just lending his name to a cause. Then in 2024 he pulled off something genuinely bold in A Different Man, a film that turns the whole idea of appearance and identity inside out in darkly funny ways — and Pearson is the reason it works. I'd watch him in anything.

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Name (English)

Adam Pearson

Name (Japanese)

アダム・ピアソン

Reading

あだむ・ぴあそん

Born

January 6, 1985 (age 41)

Origin

London, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / film actor / television presenter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Ox

University

University of Brighton

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/adam_pearson_tv/
• Xhttps://x.com/Adam_Pearson
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%20Pearson%20(actor)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%80%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%82%A2%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%20(%E4%BF%B3%E5%84%AA)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20974100

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• television presenter

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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