Jonathan Adams (American actor)

Jonathan Adams (born July 16, 1967) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Henry Walker on American Dreams, Daniel Goodman on Bones and Chuck Larabee on Last Man Standing. He is also known as a voice actor with roles such as Galactus, Dormammu and Kang the Conqueror from Marvel Comics and Darkseid and Atrocitus from DC Comics.
== Early life[edit] ==
Adams was born on July 16, 1967, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,[1] and grew up in Wilkinsburg. He graduated from Wilkinsburg High School in 1985 and studied acting at Carnegie Mellon University for a year and a half before having to drop out because he could no longer afford tuition.[2]
== Career[edit] ==
He has appeared in several roles on American television, including American Dreams on NBC, where he played series regular Henry Walker (2002–05). He portrayed Dr. Daniel Goodman in the first season of the Fox television series Bones. At the start of season 2, his character appointed Dr. Camille Saroyan (Tamara Taylor) to be the Jeffersonian's first head of forensics (the immediate boss of Temperance Brennan). Although he was supposed to have left on a short sabbatical, his character did not return. The show's creator, Hart Hanson, stated that Taylor's role was a better fit with the rest of the characters in the series.[3] He later appeared in the short-lived ABC crime drama Women's Murder Club.
Between 1996 and 2000, Adams spent four years at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival playing, among other roles, Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew, Buckingham in The Three Musketeers and Guy Jacobs in Blues for an Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage. He was also a voice actor in Army of Two: The 40th Day as Tyson Rios.
== Filmography[edit] ==
=== Film[edit] ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1998	Air Bud: Golden Receiver 	New York Giants Player	
2001	Osmosis Jones 	Additional voices 	
2007	Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme 	Dormammu[4] 	Voice, direct-to-video
2009	Superman/Batman: Public Enemies 	General 	Voice, direct-to-video
2010	Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths 	Martian Manhunter[4] 	Voice, direct-to-video
2012	Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 2 	Judge Davis[4] 	Voice, direct-to-video
2013	Planes 	Additional voices 	
2018	Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman – Rage of Atlantis	Atrocitus 	Voice, direct-to-video[4]
2018	The Death of Superman 	Mayor Booker 	Voice, direct-to-video[4]
2023	Elemental 	Flarry[5] 	Voice
2024	Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part One 	The Monitor[6] 	Voice, direct-to-video[4]
=== Television[edit] ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1990 	Equal Justice 	Keane 	Episode: "Pilot"
2001 	Frasier 	Fire Marshall 	Episode: "The Show Must Go Off"
2001 	Walker, Texas Ranger 	Lyle Nugent 	Episode: "Justice for All"
2001 	Felicity 	Paramedic 	Episode: "Girlfight"
2002 	The American Embassy 	Elque "Q" Polk 	6 episodes
2002–05 	American Dreams 	Henry Walker 	61 episodes
2004 	Crossing Jordan 	Juror 	Episode: "Slam Dunk"
2005 	Bones 	Daniel Goodman 	22 episodes
2006 	The Unit 	Buko 	Episode: "Old Home Week"
2007 	One Tree Hill 	Charles Taylor 	Episode: "The Birth and Death of the Day"
2007 	The Closer 	Randall Williams 	Episode: "Ruby"
2007 	NCIS 	Thomas Zuri 	Episode: "Designated Target"
2007 	Cane 	Fosko 	Episode: "The Exile"
2007–08 	Women's Murder Club 	Ed Washburn 	5 episodes
2007, 2009	24 	Peter Hock 	2 episodes
2008 	Medium 	Curtis Lambert 	Episode: "Being Joey Carmichael"
2008 	Boston Legal 	Officer Preston Holt 	Episode: "Kill, Baby, Kill!"
2009 	Numbers 	Clifford Hansen 	Episode: "Greatest Hits"
2009 	The Cleaner 	Harold Miller 	Episode: "An Ordinary Man"
2009 	NCIS: Los Angeles 	Peter Caldwell 	Episode: "Search and Destroy"
2010 	The Deep End 	Robert Craft 	Episode: "Pilot"
2010 	Black Panther 	T'Chaka, M'Butu's Security Officer, Citizen #1 	Voice, 2 episodes[4]
2010 	Desperate Housewives 	Luke Rayfield 	Episode: "Chromolume No. 7"
2010 	Miami Medical 	Colin 	Episode: "Down to the Bone"
2010 	No Ordinary Family 	Coach Baskin 	Episode: "No Ordinary Vigilante"
2010–11 	Hellcats 	Lewis's Dad 	2 episodes
2010–12 	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes	Kang the Conqueror 	Voice, 5 episodes[4]
2011 	Memphis Beat 	Detective Moran 	Episode: "Troubled Water"
2011 	The Glades 	Dan Ranson 	Episode: "Breakout"
2011 	Fanboy & Chum Chum 	Mr. Trick, Narrator 	Voice, episode: "There Will Be Shrieks"
2011 	Cars Toons 	Judge Davis 	Voice, episode: "Air Mater"
2011 	Burn Notice 	Joseph Kamba 	Episode: "Necessary Evil"
2011 	Harry's Law 	Physician 	Episode: "Head Games"
2011 	Prophets of Science Fiction 	Narrator 	6 episodes
2011–13 	Green Lantern: The Animated Series 	Atrocitus 	Voice, 6 episodes[4]
2011–14 	Castle 	Vulcan Simmons 	3 episodes
2012 	Up All Night 	Ray 	Episode: "Couple Friends"
2012–13 	Revenge 	Matt Duncan 	3 episodes
2012–21 	Last Man Standing 	Chuck Larabee 	112 episodes
2013 	Pair of Kings 	Mr. Dawson / Paka Tui 	Episode: "Meet the Parent"
2013 	Nikita 	President of Chad 	Episode: "Inevitability"
2013 	Uncle Grandpa 	Additional voices 	3 episodes
2013–14 	The Legend of Korra 	Vaatu, Varrick's Security Guard 	Voice, 9 episodes[4]
2013–15 	Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. 	Absorbing Man, Korg, Thunderball, Piledriver 	Voice, 4 episodes[4]
2014 	Crisis 	Clark Froy 	Episode: "What Was Done to You"; uncredited
2014 	Drop Dead Diva 	Zack Reilly 	Episode: "Hero"
2014 	Dallas 	Calvin Hannah 	2 episodes
2015 	Once Upon a Time 	Disembodied Voice 	Episode: "Lily"
2015 	Avengers Assemble 	Absorbing Man 	Voice, 2 episodes[4]
2015 	Sofia the First 	Mantacorn 	Voice, episode: "Cool Hand Fluke"[4]
2015 	Ultimate Spider-Man 	Absorbing Man 	Voice, 2 episodes[4]
2015–19 	Guardians of the Galaxy 	Ronan the Accuser, Miner #2, Autograph-Seeking Guard	Voice, 9 episodes[4]
2015–19 	The Stinky & Dirty Show 	Big Ben 	Voice, 5 episodes
2016 	Transformers: Robots in Disguise 	Razorpaw 	Voice, episode: "Cover Me"[4]
2016 	Sheriff Callie's Wild West 	Buck 	Voice, episode: "How the Water Was Won/Double Trouble"
2016 	Masters of Sex 	Judge O. Varga 	Episode: "Outliers"
2017 	Justice League Action 	Darkseid 	Voice, 4 episodes[4]
2017 	Man with a Plan 	Pastor Carl 	Episode: "Andi's Boyfriend"
2017, 2022	The Orville 	Moclan Arbitrator 	2 episodes
2018 	Designated Survivor 	Taurasi Governor 	Episode: "Run"
2018 	Detroiters 	Royal's Steakhouse Bartender 	Episode: "Royals"
2020 	Teen Titans Go! 	Ultralak 	Voice, 2 episodes[4]
2022 	Dark Winds 	Lester 	5 episodes
2022 	All Rise 	Chief Sam Milton 	Episode: "Through the Fire"
2022 	Bob Hearts Abishola 	Pastor Falade 	2 episodes
2023 	Grey's Anatomy 	Dewayne Griffith 	Episode: "Wedding Bell Blues"
=== Video games[edit] ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
2010 	Army of Two: The 40th Day 	Tyson Rios 	
2011 	Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds	Galactus 	Also Ultimate
2011 	Kinect Disneyland Adventures 	Pirate 	
2012 	Diablo III 	Tyrael 	[4]
2012 	World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria 	Xuen the White Tiger, Tsulong	
2012 	Hitman: Absolution 	Cosmo Faulkner 	[4]
2014 	Hearthstone 	Xuen the White Tiger 	
2014 	The Elder Scrolls Online 	Additional voices 	Also Morrowind DLC
2014–15	Skylanders series[7] 	Additional voices 	
2015 	Heroes of the Storm 	Tyrael 	
2015 	StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void 	Additional voices 	
2016 	World of Warcraft: Legion 	Xuen the White Tiger 	
2017 	For Honor 	Okuma 	[4]
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