James Adomian

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name = James Adomian
birthdate = birth date and age|1980|01|31
birthplace = Omaha, Nebraska
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occupation = Film, television, voice actor
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website = http://www.myspace.com/jamesadomian
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James Adomian (born January 31 1980) is an American actor, impressionist and comedian.

He was born in Omaha, Nebraska and lives in Los Angeles, where he frequently performs live at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, Comedy Death-Ray and the Tomorrow Show. Adomian is known for doing many impressions, including Vincent Price, John McCain, Paul Giamatti, Al Franken, Jimmy Kimmel, Gary Busey and, most notably, George W. Bush.

George W. Bush impression

Adomian's impression is notable not only for poking fun at Bush's verbal miscues, but also for its satirical anti-Bush tone, distinguishing himself from more friendly Bush impersonators. He appears frequently on "The Late Late Show" as Bush, and has released several YouTube videos as Bush for a number of liberal organizations, including Working Assets, Laughing Liberally, Free Press and OpenLeft.

Late Late Show and other TV & film

Adomian began appearing as President George W. Bush frequently on "The Late Late Show" after Craig Ferguson took over hosting the show in January 2005 and remains a current series regular. He has appeared as Bush on several other comedy programs, including "Mind of Mencia", "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", "Short Circuitz", and "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay".

Live appearances

Adomian often makes live appearances around the country as Bush, particularly at left-wing and progressive political events like YearlyKos, Laughing Liberally and the National Conference for Media Reform. He performs in Los Angeles as Bush and other characters at standup comedy shows.

In 2008, he will appear with comedian Greg Giraldo at venues around the country as part of the Indecision '08 Tour produced by Comedy Central.

Voiceover

As a voiceover artist, Adomian has performed on The Onion Radio News and on the PBS cartoon series WordGirl, as well as a few episodes of MADtv and as Jimmy Kimmel on Celebrity Deathmatch.

Viral Videos

In addition to several Bush Blog episodes and two State of the Union videos as George W. Bush, Adomian has released other viral internet videos, including "Hillary's Downfall" where the subtitles to the film Downfall were changed to reflect Hillary Clinton's anger at her loss of the Democratic nomination. Other videos on YouTube include performances as Vincent Price, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, the voice of a commercial parody for Omnibus Globes and a spokesman for a California tribal gaming ballot initiative.

Filmography

Actor (television)

*"Yacht Rock" (2005), Vincent Price
*"MADtv" (2006-2007), George W. Bush (voice)
*"Short Circuitz" (2007), George W. Bush
*"Celebrity Deathmatch" (2007), Jimmy Kimmel (voice)
*"Mind of Mencia" (2006-2007), George W. Bush
*"Word Girl" (2007), Various Characters (voice)
*"The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (2005-2007), George W. Bush
*"The Right Now! Show" (2007), Cast Member

Actor (film)

*"Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" (2008), George W. Bush

ee also

*Fictionalized portrayals of George W. Bush
*Yacht Rock

External links

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* [http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/248125/news/articles/1552794/story.jhtml MTV article]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/worldtoday/news/story/2007/06/070618_secret_codes.shtml BBC interview]
* [http://moviesonline.ca/movienews_11428.html Kal Penn interview]
* [http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2006/06/11/index.html Atlanta Journal-Constitution article]
* [http://www.laweekly.com/stage/comedy/the-tomorrow-show/14403/ L.A. Weekly review]
* [http://www.nystringer.com/html/laugh.htm Laughing Liberally review]
* [http://www.ucbtheatre.com/performer/performerprofile.php?PerformerID=6055 UCB page]
* [http://laughingliberally.com/comics.html Laughing Liberally]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/mildewmaximilian YouTube profile]
* [http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/05/adolf-hitler-is.html Wired article]
* [http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=149383&title=james-adomian-interview-bush Comedy Central interview]
* [http://www.newsweek.com/id/136319 Newsweek article]