Adam Deacon Movies and Career Information

Adam Deacon (born 4 March 1983) is an award winning actor from Hackney, East London who rose to fame after starring in the 2006 film Kidulthood. He is known for playing urban, streetwise characters on stage and screen. He has recently just married his childhood sweetheart Sahra Abdulle. Deacon has been acting since the age of 12 and trained at the Anna Scher Theatre. His early career included work with Y Touring Theatre Company, with whom he appeared in a number of tours including; 'Cracked' by Nicola Baldwin. Adam gave a brief synopsis about the 2009 show gunrush on Pyro radio saying, "That it’s about a White middle-class family whose daughter gets shot and it’s about people keeping quiet in the ends. I think more and more writers are starting to realise that there is a market and more people will watch this stuff, so slowly but surely, more doors are opening." Deacon co-starred in West 10 LDN, a Kidulthood-like TV programme made by Noel Clarke. He has also starred as "Bones" in an MTV show called Dubplate Drama. His next role was in 4.3.2.1, a heist movie, released in June 2010 which also starred Tamsin Egerton, Emma Roberts and Noel Clarke, who directed the film. Adam is now in