Adam Thomas

Adam Gordon Thomas (born 11 August 1988) is an English actor, known for his roles as Donte Charles in Waterloo Road (2006–2009, 2023–present) and Adam Barton in Emmerdale (2009–2018). He was a contestant on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2016 and Strictly Come Dancing in 2023.

Adam Gordon Thomas was born on 11 August 1988 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England.

Thomas began his television career in 2002 with a guest appearance on the BBC daytime soap opera Doctors. From 2006 to 2009, Thomas played Donte Charles in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road from series 1 until series 4. The role of Donte led Thomas to enjoy guest appearances in popular hospital drama Casualty in 2008 in which he played a boxer, as well as a second appearance in Doctors in 2007. He also appeared as himself on ITV gameshow All Star Family Fortunes alongside his older brother and fellow actor Ryan, who played Jason Grimshaw in the soap opera, Coronation Street.

Following his departure from Waterloo Road in 2009, Thomas signed on for his third appearance on daytime soap Doctors, this time playing a character called Ben Hamilton. The episode aired on 26 May 2009. It was announced on 21 May 2009 that Thomas had landed the role of Adam Barton in the long-running ITV soap opera, Emmerdale, and would appear on screens from July 2009. Thomas left Emmerdale in early 2018. In November and December 2016, Thomas was a contestant on the sixteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and finished in third place. He became a property executive for the Kamani Property Group in 2018 alongside former Emmerdale co-star Marc Silcock. Adam also made his stage debut in 2018 when he appeared as The Hollywood Producer from 31 October to 4 November when Nativity! The Musical toured to Liverpool. In February 2019, he portrayed the role of Rob in an episode of the BBC drama Moving On. On 19 October 2019, it was announced that Thomas would be co-hosting I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp. In September 2019, Thomas opened a bar/restaurant with his school friend, Scott Graham. The restaurant, named The Spinn, was situated in Gatley, Stockport, but it later closed. Thomas's historic and publicly documented alcoholism led to him resigning as director of the limited company as early as mid-2022.

In late 2021, it was announced that Thomas was returning to the role of Donte Charles in recommissioned return of Waterloo Road for the first time since 2015, and marks his first appearance on Waterloo Road in nearly 14 years. In August 2023, Thomas was announced as one of the contestants on the twenty-first series of Strictly Come Dancing. He exited the competition in week 7, (4 November) with his professional dance partner, Luba Mushtuk. This followed their dance off against Angela Rippon and her professional dance partner Kai Widdrington.

In 2025, he and his older brother Ryan hosted ITV1 game show 99 to Beat.

In April 2026, he joined the cast of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! South Africa series on ITV1.

Thomas is the younger brother of Coronation Street star Ryan Thomas, and older brother of non-identical twin Love Island star Scott Thomas.

He is of English, Indian and Caribbean ancestry. His paternal grandfather is from Mumbai, India, and emigrated to Manchester, England, in 1947. His paternal great-grandmother was a West Indian who had Caribbean ancestry.

In September 2014, Thomas and his long-term girlfriend, Caroline Daly, welcomed their first child, a son named Teddy James Thomas.

Thomas and Daly took part in All Star Mr & Mrs in August 2016.

In August 2020, Thomas admitted that he and his twin have a drinking problem; he vowed to get sober like his brother who celebrated six months of sobriety at the time.

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