Christopher Cortez Adams is an actor, writer, and producer based in New York and Los Angeles.
He made his film debut in the feature ‘Snapshots’ directed by Melanie Mayron. After taking time to train in both Meisner and Strasberg technique he appeared in multiple short films. More recently Cortez Adams is in the upcoming film ‘The Dutchman’ directed by Andre Gaines, starring Andre Holland and Kate Mara. He has also just finished his latest short, ‘In Between’ which he wrote and acted in alongside Jaime King, shot in Joshua Tree, CA.
Cortez Adams began his theatre career understudying for Dylan Arnold in the world premiere of ‘In the Valley of the Shadow’ at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. He made his New York theater debut in the US premiere of ‘Goldberg’s Kaddish’ as Jaeger. Most recently Cortez Adams appeared as Michael in the world premiere of ‘River Time’ produced by the Actors Studio. Since then he has been workshopping numerous plays in New York looking for Off-Broadway premieres.
He is also the co-founder and co-Artistic Director of Good Evening Rep, the downtown New York theater company introducing theater to a new audience of young creatives from all fields. They have had a successful run of readings in the downtown scene working with established stars and deli shop owners alike.