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James Adomian
Born	January 31, 1980 (1980-01-31) (age 29) Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, comedian, impressionist, voiceover artist
Years active	2005–present
Official website

James Adomian (born January 31, 1980) is an American actor, standup, impressionist and comedian.

He was born in Omaha, Nebraska and lives in Los Angeles, where he frequently performs live at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, Comedy Death-Ray and the Tomorrow Show. Adomian is known for doing many impressions, including Vincent Price, Orson Welles, John McCain, Joe Lieberman, Paul Giamatti, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Elliott, Al Franken, Jimmy Kimmel, Gary Busey, Lewis Black, Huell Howser, Jesse Ventura and, most notably, George W. Bush.

Contents 1 George W. Bush impression 2 Late Late Show and other appearances 3 Live appearances 4 Voiceover 5 Viral videos 6 Filmography 6.1 Actor (television) 6.2 Actor (film) 7 See also 8 External links

[edit] George W. Bush impression

Adomian's impression is notable not only for poking fun at Bush's verbal miscues, but also for its satirical anti-Bush tone, distinguishing himself from more friendly Bush impersonators. He appears frequently on The Late Late Show as Bush, and has released several YouTube videos as Bush for a number of liberal organizations, including Working Assets, Laughing Liberally, Free Press and OpenLeft.

[edit] Late Late Show and other appearances

Adomian began appearing as President George W. Bush frequently on The Late Late Show after Craig Ferguson took over hosting the show in January 2005 and remains a current series regular. He has appeared as Bush on several other comedy programs, including MADtv, Mind of Mencia, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Short Circuitz, and Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay.

[edit] Live appearances

Adomian often makes live appearances around the country as Bush, particularly at left-wing and progressive political events like YearlyKos, Laughing Liberally and the National Conference for Media Reform. He performs in Los Angeles as Bush and other characters at standup comedy shows.

In 2008, he appeared with comedian Greg Giraldo at venues around the country as part of the Indecision '08 Tour produced by Comedy Central.

[edit] Voiceover

As a voiceover artist, Adomian has performed on The Onion Radio News and on the PBS cartoon series WordGirl, as well as a few episodes of MADtv and as Jimmy Kimmel on Celebrity Deathmatch.

[edit] Viral videos

In addition to several Bush Blog episodes and two State of the Union videos as George W. Bush, Adomian has released other viral internet videos, including "Hillary's Downfall" where the subtitles to the film Downfall were changed to reflect Hillary Clinton's anger at her loss of the Democratic nomination. Other videos on YouTube include performances as Vincent Price, Orson Welles, Gary Busey, Lewis Black, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, George Zimmer from The Men's Wearhouse, the voice of a commercial parody for Omnibus Globes and a spokesman for a California tribal gaming ballot initiative. Adomian was recently a guest on movie podcast Battleship Pretension.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Actor (television)

• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005-2009), George W. Bush
• WordGirl (2007-2009), Various Characters (voice)
• The Right Now! Show (2007), Cast Member
• MADtv (2006-2009), George W. Bush (voice)
• Short Circuitz (2007), George W. Bush
• Celebrity Deathmatch (2007), Jimmy Kimmel (voice)
• Mind of Mencia (2006-2007), George W. Bush
• Yacht Rock (2005), Vincent Price

[edit] Actor (film)

• Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008), George W. Bush

[edit] See also

• Fictionalized portrayals of George W. Bush
• Yacht Rock
• The Doomed Planet

[edit] External links

• James Adomian at the Internet Movie Database
• James Adomian at Allmovie
• "Comedy crushes of 2009" Metromix
• "Best Talk Show Bush" Los Angeles Times
• "Going Hollywood: Meet James Adomian"
• The Comic's Comic
• Funny or Die profile
• Upright Citizens Brigade profile
• YouTube profile
• Wired article
• MTV article
• BBC interview
• Kal Penn interview
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution article
• L.A. Weekly review
• Laughing Liberally review
• UCB page
• Laughing Liberally
• Comedy Central interview
• Newsweek article