Adam Busch is an American actor best known for starring as

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on the television series ''

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''.

Career

Busch was born in

East Meadow, New York East Meadow is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Hempstead, New York, Town of Hempstead in central Nassau County, New York, Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York (state), New York, United States. The popula ...

. He had his first film role in the movie '' Léon: The Professional''. Early roles include Noah Allen from

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's '' the Mystery Files of Shelby Woo'', and an episode of ''

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''. He also had a small part as a nerdy AV geek in the bank-robbing cheerleader movie '' Sugar & Spice''. Busch appeared on

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's brief series '' The Jury'' in Summer 2004, which ran for ten episodes, and has been seen in a character role on ''

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''. In 2006 he portrayed the Orthodox Jewish rap artist, Sholom Glickstein, in the Paul Weitz film, " American Dreamz". He had a recurring role in the

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, '' Back to You''. He made a guest appearance on '' Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles''. He had a guest spot on '' Are You Scared 2''. He is the singer in indie rock band

Common Rotation Common Rotation is an American indie folk rock band consisting of Eric Kufs (vocals, guitar), Adam Busch (vocals, saxophone, harmonica, glockenspiel), and Jordan Katz (vocals, trumpet, banjo). The three are childhood friends from New York City ...

. His dream role would be to portray former pop star

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in a biopic. He played Neal in the TBS show ''

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''. Busch is currently a cohost on th
"Who Are These Podcasts?"
podcast, appearing on the Wednesday shows.

Personal life

In March 2009, Busch was dating ''Buffy'' co-star

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, who played Tara Maclay. The two have since broken up but have remained close friends. Busch was raised

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Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Busch, Adam Living people American male film actors American male television actors 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors Film directors from New York (state) American rock singers 21st-century American singers Year of birth missing (living people) People from East Meadow, New York East Meadow High School alumni