Adam Pascal

Adam Pascal was born on October 25, 1970, in the Bronx and raised in Syosset, New York. He started singing in various rock bands when he was 12, playing the local New York club scene for many years, and has been singing in bands, as a solo artist, in movies, or on the Broadway stage ever since.

In 1995, his band, Mute, recorded a self-titled album that was released in Japan by Zero Corporation. In 1996, Adam tried out for the then unknown, off-Broadway production of Rent. He landed the role of Roger Davis. Adam was nominated for a 1996 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical), and won a Drama League and Obie award for his performance as Roger. The show went on to become a worldwide success and one of the longest running shows in Broadway history. In 1997 He reprised the role of Roger (the first of several times he would do so) for the West End Premiere of Rent.

Adam’s career expanded to the big screen in the independent film SLC Punk, released in 1998.

Adam's return to Broadway was in 2000 when he was cast in the leading role of "Radames" in Elton John and Tim Rice’s Broadway musical Aida, for which he received a Drama League award. He stayed with the production for over 3 years. In May of 2000, his debut solo album, Model Prisoner, was released on Sh-K-Boom Records, the same year he co-produced the hit off-Broadway play Fully Committed with fellow former Rent cast member Jesse L. Martin. The show went on to garner many awards and played to sold out houses in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco and London.

Adam once again visited the Broadway stage in 2003, this time, having been asked to be the final "Emcee" in the Sam Mendes/Rob Marshall production of Cabaret at Studio 54. Also during that time Adam was cast along side Jack Black, as Theo, the lead singer of “No Vacancy” in 2003’s School of Rock. Adam’s second CD, Civilian, was released in November 2004, again on Sh-k-boom records.

Adam reprised the role of Roger in the 1995 movie version of Rent and helped bring a new generation of fans to the Broadway show and its music. Adam’s journey with Rent finally came to conclusion when in 2009, he reprised the role one last time alongside Anthony Rapp, in “Rent The Broadway Tour”, which traveled all over the U.S. as well as Japan and South Korea.

In 2008, Adam played the role of Freddie Trumper in the Tim Rice/Abba Musical Chess, alongside Josh Groban, and Idina Menzel for two sold out performances at The Royal Albert Hall, in London. The DVD is currently on sale worldwide.

Adam’s latest CD entitled Blinding Light is currently in release and he is touring with his band “Me & Larry”, to promote it.

He has two films currently in release, Falling Star and American Primitive.

He is thrilled to continuing touring as a solo artist with Larry Edoff in "Me & Larry" concerts. In 2010, he and fellow cast-mate, Anthony Rapp join forces for their first joint concert tour together.

Adam is currently developing a musical for Broadway based on the concept album “Operation Mindcrime”, by the progressive rock band Queensryche.