Adam Joseph Turner
Adam was born in Shelby, Ohio. He is of Lebanese, Italian, Irish, and Slovenian decent. His passion for acting began at a young age. Throughout High School, Adam was the lead in several productions, such as "The Good Doctor," Rehearsal for Murder," "Cheaper By The Dozen," "You Can't Take It With You," "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare" and "The Worst High School Play In The World" all of which he earned acclaim. Adam also played the trumpet in the Symphonic and Marching Band.
Since 2007, Adam has worked as a police officer for the city of Shelby, Ohio, the city of Springfield, Ohio, on the United States Marshal Taskforce and as an Investigator for the State Medical Board of Ohio.
Adam grew up living above his family's Funeral home business and he learned early on the complexities of human emotion from the families his parents cared for.
Adam attended the University of Toledo where he sang in the men's chorus, was on the Executive Committee of Dance Marathon and served as Chaplain for his college fraternity, Sigma Phi Epsilon. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice in 2007.
A year later, he entered the police academy in Mansfield, Ohio where he was trained in martial arts and special weapons and tactics.
He continued his education in 2014, when he obtained his master's degree in forensic science and Criminal Justice from St. Leo University.
His (13) years in law enforcement, has molded him into expert in understanding human behavior and motivation as he has to deal with people throughout the emotional spectrum on a daily basis. This has caused him to develop chameleon like behavior in order to obtain a confession or closely identify with a suspect or victim in order to understand a crime scene or case. Just as a character in a performance, he wears different masks and hats for different calls on different days and in different situations.
Adam is in charge of one of the Country's oldest, active, missing person case and his work has been featured in multiple print mediums, websites and podcasts.
His most recent works were as an FBI Agent in the 2020 film "Judas and the Black Messiah," as "Ride Passenger" in the 2020 film "Ride or Die" as a Cult Member in the 2020 film "The Cran," as a police officer in the 2020 film "DoubleWalker," and as Tim Oswalt in the 2021 film "Killing My Obsessions." He will portray Marx in the upcoming film "You Wanna Play A Game?"
He is represented by "Pro Model and Talent Management" in Fairlawn, Ohio and "The I Group" in Southfield, MI.