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    • Adam Kiss is an actor, singer, writer, and director from Bergen County New Jersey, a close suburb of New York City. His short film "Now I Am Alone" garnered him the award for Best Actor at the Europe Film Festival U.K. The Film, which he also wrote and directed, also garnered both nominations and official selections from several other international film festivals. An Accomplished Opera singer with a rich trained voice, Adam graduated with Master's and Professional Studies degrees from The Curtis Institute of Music, one of the most selective colleges and the most respected conservatory in the world. Adam also has a bachelor's degree from Manhattan School of Music in NYC. Adam also trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts also in NYC. Adam is an accomplished Shakespearean actor.

      In addition to film, Adam has performed extensively in opera, musical theatre, and theatre. He has received the encouragement award and was a district finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Competition (The National Council Auditions). He has performed extensively with Opera Philadelphia, which is one of the leading opera companies in the entire United States. He alternated as Leporello and Commendatore to universal critical acclaim in Opera Philadelphia's 2019 New Production of Don Giovanni. Roles that Adam has performed in professional productions in theatres include Bartolo in The Barber of Seville, Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd, Prince Gremin in Eugene Onegin, King Arkel in Pelléas et Mélisande, Jimmy in Mahagonny: Ein Songspiel, L'Arbre in L'Enfant et les Sortilèges, A Mourner in A Quiet Place, Il Maggiordomo in La Rondine, and many others. Adam has also performed with Metropolitan opera Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin at Verizon Hall in Philadelphia in the title role of Figaro, as well as the role of Don Alfonso in a concert featuring excerpts from Le Nozze di Figaro and Cosi fan Tutte.

      Adam has worked with many prominent directors including the Tony-winning director of the 2019 Oklahoma Broadway revival: Daniel Fish, as well as R.B. Schlather, Stephanie Havey, Christopher Mirto, and many others. Conductors Adam has worked with include Met Opera Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Former New York City Opera Music Director Jayce Ogren, world-famous pianist and conductor Phillippe Entremont, Kent Tritle, Timothy Myers, Christian Capocaccia, Kensho Watanabe, Joseph Mechavich, and many more.

      At the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Adam acted in numerous plays and scenes, including the leading roles of Dalton Chance in The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek, Teddy in Painted Rain, Wallace Kirkman in Women and Wallace, as well as Mack the Knife "Macheath" in excerpts from Kurt Weill's The Threepenney Opera and Frank Butler in scenes from Annie Get Your Gun. At Manhattan School of Music, he performed the leading role of Lee in excerpts from Sam Shepard's classic play True West. He has also performed excerpts and scenes from several Shakespeare plays, and includes monologues in many of his vocal recitals. Adam even performed Shakespeare monologues in a masterclass at Shakespeare's house in Stratford-upon-Avon. Adam is also an expert in accents and dialects, and some of the accents firmly in his repertoire are British (Almost all types, including Royal and Cockney), French, Italian, Australian, Scottish, and most types of Continental American accents. In addition, aside from English, Mr. Kiss is fluent in Hungarian, and conversational in French, German, and Italian after studying these languages extensively on his own and in preparation for singing in all of these languages. In diction, Adam was taught by the top diction teachers and coaches in the world in all of the aforementioned languages.

      Adam's mother is renowned Hungarian-born international concert Pianist and Franz Liszt specialist Christina Kiss. In addition to singing and acting, Adam is a true Renaissance man in that he is an accomplished writer and poet. He was athletically trained in both tennis and fencing.
      - IMDb mini biography by: Adam Kiss
    • Adam Kiss is a three-time best actor award winner, and has received nearly twenty other awards and nominations from many other international and domestic film festivals including the Europe Film Festival, Dubai Independent Film Festival, Liftoff at Pinewood Studios, and many more! He recently starred in two short films which have gone on to international acclaim! Adam is an actor, singer, writer, and director originally from Bergen County New Jersey, a close suburb of New York City, and currently lives in the New York area! Adam is an Alumni of the Curtis Institute, the Manhattan School of Music, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He has extensive experience with Shakespeare.

      In addition to film, Adam has performed extensively in opera, musical theatre, and theatre. He has received the encouragement award and was a district finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Competition (The National Council Auditions). He has performed extensively with Opera Philadelphia, which is one of the leading opera companies in the entire United States. He alternated as Leporello and Commendatore to universal critical acclaim in Opera Philadelphia's 2019 New Production of Don Giovanni. Roles that Adam has performed in professional productions in theatres include Bartolo in The Barber of Seville, Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd, Prince Gremin in Eugene Onegin, King Arkel in Pelléas et Mélisande, Jimmy in Mahagonny: Ein Songspiel, L'Arbre in L'Enfant et les Sortilèges, A Mourner in A Quiet Place, Il Maggiordomo in La Rondine, and many others. Adam has also performed with Metropolitan opera Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin at Verizon Hall in Philadelphia in the title role of Figaro, as well as the role of Don Alfonso in a concert featuring excerpts from Le Nozze di Figaro and Cosi fan Tutte.

      Adam has worked with many prominent directors including the Tony-winning director of the 2019 Oklahoma Broadway revival: Daniel Fish, as well as R.B. Schlather, Stephanie Havey, Christopher Mirto, and many others. Conductors Adam has worked with include Met Opera Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Former New York City Opera Music Director Jayce Ogren, world-famous pianist and conductor Phillippe Entremont, Kent Tritle, Timothy Myers, Christian Capocaccia, Kensho Watanabe, Joseph Mechavich, and many more.

      At the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Adam acted in numerous plays and scenes, including the leading roles of Dalton Chance in The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek, Teddy in Painted Rain, Wallace Kirkman in Women and Wallace, as well as Mack the Knife "Macheath" in excerpts from Kurt Weill's The Threepenney Opera and Frank Butler in scenes from Annie Get Your Gun. At Manhattan School of Music, he performed the leading role of Lee in excerpts from Sam Shepard's classic play True West. He has also performed excerpts and scenes from several Shakespeare plays, and includes monologues in many of his vocal recitals. Adam even performed Shakespeare monologues in a masterclass at Shakespeare's house in Stratford-upon-Avon. Adam is also an expert in accents and dialects, and some of the accents firmly in his repertoire are British (Almost all types, including Royal and Cockney), French, Italian, Australian, Scottish, and most types of Continental American accents. In addition, aside from English, Mr. Kiss is fluent in Hungarian, and conversational in French, German, and Italian after studying these languages extensively on his own and in preparation for singing in all of these languages. In diction, Adam was taught by the top diction teachers and coaches in the world in all of the aforementioned languages.

      Adam's mother is renowned Hungarian-born international concert Pianist and Franz Liszt specialist Christina Kiss. In addition to singing and acting, Adam is a true Renaissance man in that he is an accomplished writer and poet. He was athletically trained in both tennis and fencing.
      - IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
    • Adam Kiss is an award-winning actor and singer who recently starred as soap opera star "Boris Eros" in NYC Life Channel's Emmy Winning TV Series "We Speak NYC". He also appeared with Brian Cox in HBO's extremely popular Emmy award-winning series "Succession"! Adam recently won 6 Best Actor Awards from many prestigious international and domestic film festivals, as well as roughly 30 additional awards for his work on the screen, including three films which he both directed and starred in to international acclaim. In addition to being an actor, Adam Kiss is also a lauded director and writer. He has written several feature-length screenplays that are receiving buzz in the film festival and competition circuit and which have already piqued the interest of production companies! Adam also recently starred in 2 web series', one of which was directed by a former Nickelodeon host and which is gaining traction online! As an actor, Adam trained as an actor at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, as well as the Stella Adler Studio of Acting with Andy Schneeflock (known for his performance in Spielberg's Bridge of Spies), and additionally is training with his acting mentor: Richard Kline, known for his portrayal of "Larry" on the classic TV show: Three's Company. Some international and domestic film festivals Adam has been recognized by include the Europe Film Festival, London Shorts, Dubai Independent Film Festival, Hollywood on the Tiber Film Festival, Hollywood Golden Age Film Festival, Liftoff at Pinewood Studios, and many more! Aside from film, Adam also has a strong acting background in theater and live performance. He is a trained singer (opera and musical theater, and attended the Curtis Institute and Manhattan School of Music, and performed leading roles professionally with Opera Philadelphia, where he worked with Tony Award-winning director Daniel Fish. In addition to this, Adam has won multiple awards from the Metropolitan Opera Competition and he also trained with renowned casting director Barry Shapiro in voiceover. Adam is an accomplished and trained Shakespearean actor, and he is also an expert in accents and dialects, and some of the accents firmly in his repertoire are British (almost all types, including RP and Cockney), French, Italian, Australian, Scottish, and most types of Continental American accents. In addition, aside from English, Adam is fluent in Hungarian, and conversational in French, German, and Italian. Adam looks forward to many more projects which are currently being developed!
      - IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous

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  • Studied both acting and opera in college.
  • One of Adam Kiss' filmmaking role models is David Lean.
  • Adam Kiss is an avid Shakespearean actor, having even performed in Shakespeare's home town of Stratford-upon-Avon.
  • Adam was born in a musical and artistic family to two concert pianists.
  • Adam Kiss advanced to the district finals of the Metropolitan Opera national council auditions competition, and won the encouragement award.

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