Ross Adams

Adams was born on 5 May 1984.^[1][2] He moved to Manchester at the age of 18 to study performing arts at the University of Salford.^[3] In April 2018, Adams married boyfriend Phil Crusham.^[4]

After graduating from university, Adams secured an agent and began making apprarances in several television dramas and comedies including Blue Murder, Emmerdale, I'm With Stupid, and Eleventh Hour alongside Patrick Stewart.^[5] He also works frequently in the field of voice-overs, having voiced several commercials and documentaries, such as Kellogg's Frosties.^[6] Adams was nominated for a RTS Television Award at the Royal Television Society Awards 2010 in the Best Performance in a Comedy category for his role as Jeff Bowyer in the BBC Three sitcom The Gemma Factor.^[7]

Adams previously worked as the assistant to the series producer for Coronation Street before moving to Emmerdale as a storyliner.^[8] Having written stories for over 400 episodes he then became a script editor. He left the show in February 2015 to commence filming Hollyoaks after he was cast as Scott Drinkwell.^[8] He appeared from April 2015 and was awarded the British Soap Award for Best Male Dramatic Performance in June 2018.^[9]

In July 2018, Adams made an appearance as a panelist on Love Island: Aftersun alongside Ferne McCann and Danny Jones.^[8] In 2024, after nine years on the soap, Adams announced his decision to leave Hollyoaks. His first role following his exit was in the Channel 5 drama series The Good Ship Murder.^[10]