Adam Lambert

Birth Name:

Adam Mitchel Lambert

Birth Place:

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Profession

Soundtrack, Actor, Music department

Received the 2009 Young Hollywood Award for Artist of the Year
Non-profit organizations he has supported in the past include The Trevor Project, MusiCares, Make-A-Wish and several others
Briefly attended California State University at Fullerton, but left after only a few weeks to relocate to Los Angeles
After working in musical theater throughout high school, he would land his first professional job at 19-years-old, working as a performer on a cruise ship
Quote: "[Regarding his over-the-top stage prescence] "Part of what I do is try to inspire people and try to make people feel stronger, powerful and sexy․ I definitely have grown into myself a lot more․""
Began to gain widespread acclaim after appearing on the eighth season of "American Idol" in 2009
Got his first major theater gig at 21-years-old touring Europe with a production of "Hair․"
Joined the surviving members of Queen in 2013 for several engagements, performing in the place of Freddie Mercury
Landed his first recurring acting role in 2013 on the musical comedy, "Glee․"
Released his first solo album, For Your Entertainment, in November 2009, debuting at number three on the Billboard charts
Worked as both an understudy and featured player with the national tour of "Wicked" from 2005 until 2008
Named musical giants such as Queen, Aerosmith and Michael Jackson as musical inspiration

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