Adam Best (actor)

Early life and education

Adam Best was born in Donaghadee, County Down on 16 November 1983. He attended Donaghadee Primary School and Bangor Grammar School and gained experience with the Ulster Youth Theatre and Drama School.

He trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama for three years and graduated in 2004.

Career

Best played Matt Parker on the BBC One drama Holby City from 2005 to 2007. He has also appeared in episodes of Silent Witness, The Bill, and Waking the Dead, as well as The Catherine Tate Show Christmas Special in 2007.

In 2011 Best took part in an advertisement for Meteor.

He played the role of Joe Lynskey in the 2024 TV drama about The Troubles in Northern Ireland, Say Nothing. In the same year, he played Doyle in the BAFTA-winning feature film Kneecap.

In 2025, he played series regular DCI Derek Hooper in the TV adaption of Parnell Hall’s Puzzle Lady books, Murder Most Puzzling.

Filmography

Film

• Cup Cake (2010) as PJ Johnson
• Blooded (2011) as Ben Fitzpatrick
• Kneecap (2024) as Doyle

Television

Theatre

Other stage roles include:

• The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1998) as Old Man
• The Wizard of Oz (2000) as Wizard
• Blackout (2003) as Danny
• The Woman in Black (2012) as The Actor
• Public Enemy (2013) as Horster
• The Beauty Queen of Leenane as Pato; Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith), London (2021)

References

References

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