Adam J. Bernard (born 18 November 1988) is a British actor and singer, known for his work on stage.
In 2016 he originated the role of Jimmy Early in the
West End theatre
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production of ''
Dreamgirls
''Dreamgirls'' is a Broadway musical, with music by Henry Krieger and lyrics and book by Tom Eyen. Based on the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts such as The Supremes, The Shirelles, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and others,G ...
''. In his review for
The Daily Telegraph
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It was fo ...
, critic Dominic Cavendish stated "No one seems to break into a sweat. Adam J Bernard – a Brit – as the disreputable womanising Jimmy Early, a pelvic-thrusting charmer in the James Brown mould, sends his legs into entertainingly electrified spasms and somehow manages to hold a note and attempt the splits at the same time". Lyndsey Winship of
The Guardian
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states he has a "fantastic voice and comic chops".
He won the 2017
for his performance in ''Dreamgirls''.
His debut in a feature film in a leading role was in ''Six Rounds'', a film about the
2011 London Riots
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, which was released in April 2017.
His most recent feature film in a leading role is Landa Pictures ''Precognition''
which was an official selection at Sci Fi London Film Festival 2018
Sci-Fi-London
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and Other Worlds Austin 2018.
Precognition was released on
Amazon Prime
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in February 2019. In March 2020, he appeared in an episode of the
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