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LIFE OF ADAM

Who is Adam Thomas and is the Waterloo Road actor married?

ADAM Thomas has become a familiar face on the box, since his rise to fame as a teenager.

The sought-after actor has now returned to his roots, to star in the 2023 reboot of Waterloo Road.

 Adam Thomas is a popular actor and TV star
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Adam Thomas is a popular actor and TV starCredit: REX

Who is Adam Thomas?

Adam Thomas is an actor who was born on August 11, 1988 .

His older brother is former Coronation Street star Ryan Thomas, known for playing Jason Grimshaw in the ITV soap.

Meanwhile, his twin brother is Love Island 2016's Scott Thomas.

The actor shot to fame in 2006 playing Donte Charles in BBC drama Waterloo Road.

What shows has Adam Thomas starred in?

After Adam left the original series of Waterloo Road, he joined the cast of Emmerdale in 2009 playing Adam Barton.

In 2016 the actor swapped the Dales for the jungle and appeared on the 16th series of I'm a Celebrity... Get me Out Of Here, where he placed third.

After proving popular on the show, Adam landed the gig of hosting the 2019 series of I'm A Celebrity: Extra Camp,

He also appeared alongside his famous brothers also appeared in an ITV six-part series, Mancs in Mumbai.

Why did Adam Thomas quit Emmerdale?

The Sun revealed Adm quit Emmerdale in 2017 because he wanted to star in panto — but the soap’s bosses said no.

Adam was offered £100,000 for one panto role and was understandably keen to accept.

But chiefs at ITV told him he could not juggle his day job as soap bad boy Adam with the gig, having already had a lengthy stint off work for his appearance on I'm a Celeb.

At the time, Adam was the fourth star to exit the series in the space of a year after Kelvin Fletcher, Gemma Atkinson and Bill Ward.

His exit storyline saw him go down for the murder of Emma Barton.

Is Adam Thomas married with children?

Adam is married to dance school owner Caroline Daly

The happy couple married in August 2017, but had been together nine years before they wed.

They have two children together, son Teddy and daughter Elsie-Rose.

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