Adam Nagaitis

Adam Nagaitis was born in 1985 in Chorley, Lancashire^[3] to Barry Nagaitis, a quantity surveyor and chartered engineer, and Susan (née Doran), who subsequently divorced.^[4] He has an older sister, Kate. In 2002, his father died after being struck by a bus while shopping in Manchester.^[5]

At age 19 he left the UK to study acting at the Stella Adler Conservatory in New York, from which he graduated in 2007.^[6][7] Following this, he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He graduated from RADA with a BA in Acting in 2012.^[8][9]

At the age of 14, he began his acting career in 2000 when he played a minor character in the television series Children's Ward.^{[citation needed]}

In 2014, he appeared as Jimmy in Yann Demange's first feature film '71. He also appeared as Pete in The Inbetweeners 2 (2014).^{[citation needed]}

In 2015, he appeared as Mr. Cummins in the period biographical film Suffragette and as Private Buckley in 7 episodes of the television series Banished.^{[citation needed]}

In 2018, he appeared as Conductor Jimmy in the mystery action film The Commuter, featuring Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson and Sam Neill.^{[citation needed]}

He starred as Caulker's Mate Cornelius Hickey in the 2018 AMC television series The Terror. He appeared as firefighter Vasily Ignatenko in the 2019 HBO miniseries Chernobyl.^[2]

In 2022, it was reported that Nagaitis had joined the cast of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, a spinoff of The Walking Dead where he starred as Quinn.^[10]