Adam Donshik was born in New York City but raised in the suburbs of Connecticut. From an early age he found himself surrounded by the arts; from playing the piano, violin and saxophone to performing in school plays. It wasn’t until high school, and the avoidance of mandatory sports, that Adam found his great love of acting.
When high school ended Adam was discouraged by his theatre director from actually studying acting at the collegiate level and, instead, ended up majoring in the ever-fascinating study of Cognitive Neuro-psychology at Carnegie Mellon University. Thankfully, the study of the human brain in order to make artificial intelligence more intelligent did not stick. Two years into the degree Adam wised up and auditioned for Carnegie’s prestigious College of Fine Arts. Four years later (six in total) Adam graduated with a BFA in Acting and a minor in Psychology. In addition to the degree, Adam also squeezed in two summers training with Shakespeare & Co. in Lennox, MA and one summer in Oxford, England at the British American Drama Academy working with actors like Fiona Shaw, Derek Jacobi and Alan Rickman.
After graduating Adam moved to Los Angeles and, very quickly, began continued study at the Beverly Hills Playhouse with Milton Katselas. For eleven years Adam worked, studied and helped run the school. In that time he had the rare fortune to work closely with Katselas and be directed in a one-man show by him.
Adam has worked in all medias: Television (Jericho, CSI, Lie To Me), Film (First Daughter, We Were One – which he won best actor at the Elevate Film Festival), Theatre (The Tenth Man, the world premiere of Charlotte Sophia, Henry V) and many national commercials. Please check out his resume for a more complete list of his work.
In addition to his acting accomplishments, Adam has recorded an album of original songs, designed numerous websites, edited 3 short films, directed plays and written the plays Pink Dot and (serial). In 2006 Pink Dot was adapted into the short film Game Day directed by Stephen Furst. Adam is currently working on the feature version of Game Day.
Adam continues to reside in Los Angeles and pursue his acting career.
In 2006 Backstage West wrote "Particularly of note is Donshik who plays love, rage, doubt, depression with a terrific agility" for his playing of Arthur in Paddy Chayefsky's The Tenth Man at the Skylight Theatre.
