Adam Fogerty
Adam Heywood Fogerty (born 6 March 1969) is an English actor and former boxer and rugby league footballer. He is the son of rugby league footballer Terry Fogerty, who played in the 1960s and 1970s then coached in the 1980s. Background. Fogerty was born in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Boxing. Fogerty's boxing career saw him facing a number of opponents. He twice faced Paul Lister, with their first meeting in 1989 handing Fogerty his first and only loss in a 6-round decision. He repaid the favour with an 8th-round knockout of Lister the  next year. Rugby league. After ending his boxing career, Fogerty joined Halifax. He also played for Warrington, and won a Super League medal with St. Helens. Fogerty is currently working with Toronto Wolfpack as assistant coach. Beginning around the same time as his rugby league career, Fogerty began acting and has played supporting roles in several films such as "Shooting Fish" and "Played", as well as the unlicensed boxer, Gorgeous George, in the Guy Ritchie crime caper "Snatch". He played Mouse in "Mean Machine" and Raw in "Greenfingers". He has also worked on soaps "Coronation Street" and "Hollyoaks". In 2012  he joined Barrie Rutter's Northern Broadsides theatre company to play Costard in Shakespeare's "Love's Labour's Lost". Acting. Since 1992, Fogerty has had numerous film and TV roles, including "Snatch" with Brad Pitt. In 2019, Fogerty was cast as an 'emergency plumber' for the British insurance company Direct Line. A television commercial starring Harvey Keitel. Other ventures. In 2020, Fogrety opened fish and chips shop in Halifax, England.