Biography
Adam was raised in New York City and graduated from The Fieldston School before earning his degree from Harvard University. Early in his career, he gained recognition as an actor on shows like Living Single, Will & Grace, The Parkers, and portrayed "Flynn" in the Emmy-winning miniseries The Temptations. He received an NAACP Image Award nomination for his role as Nathan Hastings on The Young & Restless. Adam adapted and produced Just Passin' Through and What Angles Fear for the Dreambuilder Foundation and Procter & Gamble, both of which won regional Emmy Awards. He also earned consecutive regional Emmys as Lead Actor. Recent notable projects include the upcoming film Flinch by director and writer Cameron Van Hoy (Suicide Girls), the 2018 hit Uncle Drew, Joel Edgerton’s directorial debut The Gift, as well as appearances on Lethal Weapon, Rosewood, Glow (Netflix/Jenji Kohan), Scandal as a B613 assassin, and recurring roles on Heroes, Criminal Minds, Love’s Routine (with Willem Dafoe), and Ocean’s 13 (with Al Pacino). Adam co-wrote, produced, and starred in Forgiveness, which won the HBO Prize at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival and swept the San Diego Black Film Festival, taking home Best Feature Film and Best Supporting Actor honors. He was a staff writer on Vin Diesel’s groundbreaking web series The Ropes, which streamed on Netflix and Crackle.
With a strong theater background, Adam has taken on challenging roles including Mercutio in Michael Arabian’s Romeo & Juliet, Bobby Seale in Ron Sossi’s Chicago Conspiracy Trial, and Cody in Neil LaBute’s This is How It Goes. He was also an executive member of the renowned Circle Rep West Company. In high school, Adam excelled in music, playing guitar and saxophone, and was an All-County athlete with honors in football and baseball. At Harvard, he started as quarterback for the Crimson, earning Ivy League Player of the Week, ECAC Player of the Week, and New England Sports Writers’ Player of the Week.
Adam’s father is a New York City and State Commissioner, while his mother is an author and former professor at The New School for Social Research. His brother, Khary Lazarre-White, is the founder of The Brotherhood/Sister Sol, an award-winning Harlem-based youth organization, and published his first novel, Passage, in 2017.
As a director, Adam’s short film 200 Years, produced by Rob Fried (Collateral, Rudy, Boondock Saints) for Feeln Originals, advanced to the third round of Oscar voting. He lives with his wife, actress Dendrie Taylor, and their beloved daughter, Aiyana.
