Adam Fogerty

Adam Heywood Fogerty
Personal information
Born (1969-03-06) 6 March 1969
Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Position Forward

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1991–93 Halifax ? 7 0 0 28
1993–97 St. Helens 69 13 0 0 52
1998 Warrington 4 0 0 0 0
Total 20 0 0 80
Source: [1]

Adam Heywood Fogerty (born 6 March 1969) is an English actor and former boxer and rugby league footballer.[1] He is the son of the late rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 1970s, and coach of the 1980s; Terry Fogerty.

Career

Adam Fogerty
Statistics
Weight(s) Heavyweight
Nationality British
Born (1969-03-06) 6 March 1969
Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Boxing record
Total fights 19
Wins 18
Losses 1
Draws 0
No contests 0

Fogerty was born in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire.[2] 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. Additionally, Fogerty is the youngest player to play for the Isle of Man rugby team aged 15.

After ending his boxing career, Fogerty joined Halifax. He also played for Warrington, and won a Super League medal with St. Helens.[3] 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.

In 2015, Fogerty was cast as an 'emergency plumber' for the British insurance company Direct Line. A television commercial starring Harvey Keitel.

Filmography

Film
Year Film Role Other notes
1992 The Power of One Andress Malan
1996 Brassed Off Miner
1997 Shooting Fish Bruiser
The Man Who Knew Too Little Newman
Incognito Ugo
1998 Up 'n' Under Wayne
Little Voice Bouncer
2000 Purely Belter Zak
Snatch Gorgeous George
Greenfingers Raw
2001 Mean Machine Mouse
2004 Gladiatress Wolf's claw
2005 Submerged O'Hearn Direct-to-video release
2006 Played Big Frankie
2007 Stardust Pirate
2009 Assault of Darkness Bog Body Alternative title: Legend of the Bog
2010 No Ordinary Trifle Terry
The Heavy Tony
2014 Bait Si
2015 Legend Big Pat
2018 Walk Like A Panther Danny Dixon
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1995 Coronation Street Hitman 1 episode
Coogan's Run Ian Parry 1 episode
1995, 1996 Heartbeat Ken Fairbrother 2 episodes
1998 Emmerdale Farm Jez Hudson 4 episodes
1999 Queer as Folk Roger Clements 1 episode
2000 City Central Ed the Dog 1 episodes
2001 Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story Forensic Doctor TV film
2002, 2006 Ultimate Force Rostrum/Taras Rustum 2 episodes
2003 The Royal Bernie Episode: Dead Air
2008 Casualty Paul 'Cutsy' Cusick Episode: Diamond Dogs
Doctors Syd Harrington 1 episode
2009 Hollyoaks Johnny Bishop 1 episode
2017 Hollyoaks Butler 2 episodes

|2018 |’’direct line tv advert’’ |Joey |cameo |-

References

  1. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "I came back to Yorkshire for fish and chips". Halifax Courier. 7 January 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "From running on rugby league fields to acting on the Hollywood big screen". Fox Sports. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.


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