Adam Pearson

Adam Pearson is an award-winning disability advocate, actor, presenter and speaker.

Adam was nominated as Presenter of the Year at the Grierson UK Documentary Awards in 2016. As an actor, he has been nominated for Best Supporting Performance at The Gotham Film Awards and the Film Independent Spirit Awards. He has also been nominated for the likes of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, National Society of Film Critics Awards (US), DiscussingFilm Critics Awards and UK Film Critics Association Awards. Adam was the recipient of a Breakout Artist Award at the 2025 Newport Beach Film Festival UK & Ireland Honours event and he was invited to become a member of The Academy in the same year.

Adam presented the critically-acclaimed documentaries Horizon: My Amazing Twin (BBC Two), Adam Pearson: Freak Show (BBC Three), The Ugly Face Of Disability Hate Crime (BBC Three) and Eugenics: Science’s Greatest Scandal (BBC Four) as well as being a reporter on Tricks Of The Restaurant Trade (Channel 4) and The One Show (BBC One). His other TV credits include The Weakest Link (BBC One), Celebrity Masterchef (BBC One), Celebrity Mastermind (BBC One), Pointless Celebrities (BBC One) Christmas University Challenge (BBC Two) and Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC Two).

Adam has been widely recognised for his award-nominated, supporting role in A24’s A Different Man, directed by Aaron Schimberg and co-starring Sebastian Stan and Renata Reinsve. Adam also co-starred in the BAFTA-nominated film, Under The Skin, with Scarlett Johansson which was directed by Jonathan Glazer. His other film credits include Chained For Life which was also directed by Aaron Schimberg.

Adam has spoken at a number of events for the likes of KPMG, the Health Innovation Summit, Public Service & Criminology Conference and British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy. He has also given various TEDx talks.

Adam is an ambassador for The King’s Trust, Changing Faces and Us In A Bus, and a patron for Face Equality International. He also won a RADAR Award and a Diana Award for his campaigning work. Adam has previously been named on The Shaw Trust’s Disability Power 100 List as well as being nominated for Celebrity of the Year at the Sense Awards.