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Adam Deacon

British actor (born 1983)

Summary

British actor (born 1983)

Field	Value
name	Adam Deacon
image	Adam Deacon, 2012.jpg
caption	Deacon in 2012
birth_name	Adam Steven Deacon
birth_date
birth_place	Hackney, London, England
occupation	Actor
awards	BAFTA Rising Star Award
years_active	1995–present

Adam Steven Deacon (born 4 March 1983) is an English actor. He is known for his lead role in the films Kidulthood, sequel Adulthood, and for his directorial debut, Anuvahood.

Early life

Deacon was brought up by his English mother in Stoke Newington, Hackney. His father is Moroccan. His father walked out on the family when Deacon was two years old, and the pair have had no contact.

Career

Although his acting career began with guest appearances in Bill's New Frock, Shooters, Ali G Indahouse and The Bill, he also starred in the ITV drama Wall of Silence in 2004. Deacon's breakthrough came when he landed a starring role in the urban drama film Kidulthood. He then worked with the film's writer and director Noel Clarke on a number of other projects until 2011, including the sequel Adulthood, 4.3.2.1. and the one-off television pilot West 10 LDN.

Deacon co-wrote, co-directed and played the lead role in urban comedy Anuvahood. Following this, Time Out magazine labeled Deacon "The New Face of Youth Cinema". In February 2012, he won the BAFTA Rising Star Award.

Deacon has since appeared in many lead and supporting roles in feature films, including Bonded by Blood, Jack Falls, Shank, Everywhere and Nowhere and Payback Season. He had a guest role in Victim. In November 2012, he co-hosted the Music of Black Origin Awards telecast with Miquita Oliver where Deacon played a comical part in the awards. In May 2021, he appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as TK Nelson.

Legal issues

In July 2015, he was found guilty of harassment without violence at West London Magistrates' Court, having had a highly publicised feud with Noel Clarke with accusations of Clarke bullying him and sabotaging Deacon's career, which Clarke stated was not true. On 20 July, Deacon was found guilty. The court, which heard that Deacon had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and had been self-medicating using cannabis, banned Deacon from contacting Clarke again.

On 7 April 2016, he was arrested after police were called to reports of a man reportedly armed with a machete style knife and threatening members of the public in London. He was unable to attend a hearing in March due to being "in hospital for treatment for underlying mental health issues". On 7 April, a jury delivered two not-guilty verdicts for affray and possessing an offensive weapon accepting Deacon was mentally ill and not criminally responsible for his actions.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Shooters	Runners kid
2002	Ali G Indahouse	Member of the East Staines Massiv
2004	Strange Little Girls	Boy	Short film
2006	Kidulthood	Jay
2006	Wilderness	Blue
2007	Alan & Samir	Samir	Short film
2007	Sugarhouse	Ray
2008	Adulthood	Jay
2008	One of Those Days	Angel Steward 1	Short film
2010	Shank	Kickz
2010	4.3.2.1.	Dillon
2010	Bonded by Blood	Darren Nicholls
2010	Diary of a Badman	Charles The Boss	Short film
2010	Conviction	Andrew Ibrahim	Short film
2011	Anuvahood	Kenneth	Also writer and director
2011	Jack Falls	Hogan
2011	Everywhere and Nowhere	Zaf
2012	Victim	Zhartash
2012	Payback Season	Jerome Davies
2012	Outside Bet	Sam The Soleman
2012	Comedown	Jason
2014	Montana	Pitt
2016	To Dream	Easy
2018	The Bromley Boys	Herbie Lane
2018	The Intent 2: The Come Up	Mustafa
2019	Red Rage	Steve Dreamer
2019	Built to Be	Mr. Lynch	Short film
2020	Break	Weasel
2020	Rogue	Zalaam
2020	Righteous Villains	Satan
2020	Original Gangster	Remo
2021	We're Too Good for This		Short film
2023	Boyz in the Wood	Rayan
2023	Love Without Walls	Daniel The Cab Driver
2023	Hitmen	Bob Black
2023	Sumotherhood	Richard "Riko" Oshlam Byaseff Bulouck	Also writer and director

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Bill's New Frock	Rohan	Television film
2000	The Coral Island	Peterkin	Mini series
1991–2001	London's Burning	Boy 2	2 episodes
2003	Spooks	Billy	Episode: "Clean Skin"
2003	A Touch of Frost	Darryl Stephens	Episode: "Another Life"
2003	Is Harry on the Boat?	Tyler	Episode: "Bad Karma"
2004	Wall of Silence	Aaron Cole	Television film
2004	Passer By	Youth 2	Television film
2005	Sugar Rush	Darren	Episode: #1.1
2005	The Ghost Squad	Rakesh Homaine	Episode: "One of Us"
2006	Brief Encounters	Prakesh Nair	Episode: "Hot or Not"
2003–2006	The Bill	Billy Aldridge	7 episodes
2007	Dubplate Drama	Bones	8 episodes
2007	Katy Brand's Big Ass Show	Himself	2 episodes
2008	Love Soup	Hooded Thief	Episode: "Smoke and Shadows"
2008	West 10 LDN	Nathan	Television film
2008	Dead Set	Space	5 episodes
2009	Gunrush	Jello	Television film
2009	Grownups		Episode: "Me, Me, Me"
2009	Being Human		Episode: "Bad Moon Rising"
2009	Criminal Justice		3 episodes
2010	Phone Shop	Paul Mohammed	Episode: "Doctor Who"
2011	The Boarding School Bomber	Andrew Ibrahim	Television film
2012	Celebrity Juice	Himself	2 episodes
2012	Britain Unzipped	Himself	Episode: "Emily Atack & Adam Deacon"
2012	Can We Trust the Police?	Himself	Narrator
2012	The Royal Bodyguard	Hart	Episode: "The Siege of Blenheim Square"
2012	Gates	Calvin	Episode: #1.4
2014	Inside No. 9	Si	Episode: "Last Gasp"
2014	BBC Comedy Feeds	Harry Swan	Episode: "In Deep"
2014	Babylon	PC Robbie Vas	7 episodes
2016	Suspects	Ajam Kamar	Episode: "The Enemy Within (Part 1)"
2016	Dropperz	Flashman	Episode: "Bunny's Bitten It"
2006–2016	Casualty	Various	5 episodes
2021	Doctors	TK Nelson	Episode: "This is Not a Pipe"
2022	The Stand Up Sketch Show		2 episodes

Music videos

Year	Artist	Song	Role
2006	Plan B	"Bizness Woman"	Beatboxer
2009	Professor Green	"Before I Die"	Ambulance driver
"Hard Night Out"	Drummer
2009	Bashy	"Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"	Himself
2010	Chipmunk	"Chip Diddy Chip"
2012	Bashy	"London Town"
2012	Angel featuring Misha B	"Ride or Die" from Time After Time (Remixes) - EP	Group Therapy Attendee

Discography

Singles

"Keep Moving" (with Bashy, featuring Paloma Faith) (2010)
"Hype Hype Ting" (with Boy Better Know and JME) (2011)
"Do It" (featuring Professor Green) (2011)
"People's Champion" (2012)
"Flying High" (2012)
'"Soldier" (2013)

References

(10 November 2016). "BAFTA award winning actor Adam Deacon joins UMA celebrity list - Urban Music Awards". UMA Team.
Hattenstone, Simon. (19 November 2017). "The strange, sad story of Adam Deacon: 'I started thinking, will I ever act again?'". The Guardian.
[http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/crunchtime_for_hackney_actor_and_bafta_hopeful_adam_deacon_1_1202875 "Crunchtime for Hackney actor and BAFTA hopeful Adam Deacon"] {{Webarchive. link. (8 March 2012 , ''Hackney Gazette'', 8 February 2012.)
(10 November 2016). "BAFTA award winning actor Adam Deacon joins UMA celebrity list - Urban Music Awards". UMA Team.
"Adam Deacon: the new face of youth cinema". Time Out.
[http://mobo.com/news-blogs/miquita-oliver-and-adam-deacon-presenting-mobo-awards-2012 Miquita Oliver and Adam Deacon present MOBO awards] {{Webarchive. link. (5 March 2014 , Mobo.com; accessed 2 March 2015.)
"Doctors spoilers: Is there romance in store for Al Haskey?". [[Future plc]].
(20 July 2015). "Adam Deacon guilty of sending 'death threats' to Doctor Who star Noel Clarke". BBC News.
(20 August 2015). "Adam Deacon banned from contacting Noel Clarke after 'trolling'". BBC News.
(20 March 2015). "Kidulthood star Adam Deacon sectioned under mental health act". [[Evening Standard]].
Gizauskas, Rosie. (7 April 2016). "Actor Adam Deacon thanks jury for taking mental health issues seriously in court".
[https://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/films/p004s4x4 One of Those Days] {{Webarchive. link. (12 October 2014 BBC Film Network)
[http://www.itv.com/presscentre/presspacks/gunrush/default.html Gunrush] {{webarchive. link. (27 January 2010 ITV Press Centre)
[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b017nghc The Boarding School Bomber] {{Webarchive. link. (23 October 2017 BBC Programmes)
(8 January 2013). "Soldier - Single by Adam Deacon on Apple Music".

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