NIDA acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we learn and tell stories, the Bidjigal, Gadigal, Dharawal and Dharug peoples, and we pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past and present.
Adolphus was born and raised in Monrovia, Liberia and later relocated to Australia with his family due to the Liberian civil war. He developed a strong passion for acting after his grandparents introduced him to a wide range of movies at an early age. His early inspirations include Sidney Poitier, Morgan Freeman, and Taye Diggs.
As an immigrant seeking employment stability, Adolphus initially set aside his hopes to become an actor and completed a business degree at Flinders University in Adelaide, joining ANZ’s corporate banking team in Melbourne after graduation. After several years of work there, he made the decision to pursue his dream and passion for acting and packed up and moved to Sydney when he got the famous “you got in” call from NIDA.
Before commencing at NIDA, Adolphus performed in professional productions including Mr. Johnson, Skip Miller’s Hit Songs, Paper Plane and Titus Andronicus.
Adolphus is passionate about diversity and representation. He is one of the founding members of The BIPOC Group at NIDA which has been instrumental in facilitating conversations around the sometimes-unknown contributions of various cultures to the art and how these can be reflected in modern forms.
He is optimistic about the future and hopes to inspire other BIPOC artists to pursue their passion and dreams.
Baako
God’s Country
Mohamad/John/Vincent
Eat Me
Eddie
Hurlyburly
Woland
The Master and Margarita
Astrov
Uncle Vanya
Antonio
The Merchant of Venice
Lester Lamb
Cloudstreet
Exclusive access to Adolphus' ‘Unplugged’ video can be found here (password required).