Adam Fogerty

Adam Heywood Fogerty (born 6 March 1969) is an English actor and former boxer and rugby league footballer.<ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org"/> He is the son of rugby league footballer Terry Fogerty, who played in the 1960s and 1970s then coached in the 1980s.

Early life

Fogerty was born in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In the early 1980s the family moved to the Isle of Man with Fogerty attending Ballakermeen Junior High School and latterly Douglas High School. At the age of 15 years Fogerty became the youngest person to represent the Isle of Man on the rugby field.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Boxing

Fogerty's boxing career saw him facing a number of opponents, Including John Fury, on Fury's Pro debut. He twice faced Paul Lister, with their first meeting in 1989 handing Fogerty his first and only loss in a 6-round decision. He repaid the favour with an 8th-round knockout of Lister the next year.

Rugby league

After ending his boxing career, Fogerty joined Halifax. He also played for Warrington, and won a Super League medal with St. Helens.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Fogerty is a founder of Super League side Toronto Wolfpack.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Beginning around the same time as his rugby league career, Fogerty began acting and has played supporting roles in several films such as Shooting Fish and Played, as well as the unlicensed boxer, Gorgeous George, in the Guy Ritchie crime caper Snatch. He played Mouse in Mean Machine and Raw in Greenfingers. He has also worked on soaps Coronation Street and Hollyoaks. In 2012 he joined Barrie Rutter's Northern Broadsides theatre company to play Costard in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost.

Acting

Since 1992 Fogerty has had numerous film and television roles. His television appearances include that of Ken Fairbrother, a rugby player turned wrestler in Yorkshire Television's drama series Heartbeat, whilst his most notable film part was as unlicensed boxer Gorgeous George in Guy Ritchie's film Snatch; in which he appeared alongside Brad Pitt.<ref name=":0" />

In 2019, Fogerty was cast as an 'emergency plumber' for the British insurance company Direct Line. A television commercial starring Harvey Keitel.

Other ventures

In 2020, Fogerty opened a fish and chip shop in Huddersfield, England.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	The Power of One	Andress Malan
1996	Brassed Off	Miner
1997	Shooting Fish	Bruiser
1997	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Newman
1997	Incognito	Ugo
1998	Up 'n' Under	Wayne
1998	Little Voice	Bouncer
2000	Purely Belter	Zak
2000	Snatch	Gorgeous George
2000	Greenfingers	Raw
2001	Mean Machine	Mouse
2004	Gladiatress	Wolf's claw
2005	Submerged	O'Hearn	Direct-to-video release
2006	Played	Big Frankie
2007	Stardust	Pirate
2009	Assault of Darkness	Bog Body	Alternative title: Legend of the Bog
2010	No Ordinary Trifle	Terry	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2010	The Heavy	Tony
2014	Bait	Si	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015	Legend	Big Pat	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2017	”Gloves Off”	Big Bill Brady
2018	Walk Like A Panther	Danny Dixon	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Coronation Street	Hitman	1 episode
1995	Coogan's Run	Ian Parry	1 episode
1995, 1996	Heartbeat	Ken Fairbrother	2 episodes
1998	Emmerdale	Jez Hudson	4 episodes
1999	Queer as Folk	Roger Clements	1 episode
2000	City Central	Ed the Dog	1 episodes
2001	Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story	Forensic Doctor	TV film
2002, 2006	Ultimate Force	Rostrum/Taras Rustum	2 episodes
2003	The Royal	Bernie	Episode: Dead Air
2008	Casualty	Paul 'Cutsy' Cusick	Episode: Diamond Dogs
2008	Doctors	Syd Harrington	1 episode
2009	Hollyoaks	Johnny Bishop	1 episode
2017	Hollyoaks	Butler	2 episodes
2019	Coronation Street	Prison officer	TBC
2023	The Gallows Pole	James Broadbent	Three-part TV series
2024	Brassic		Episode: "The Mark"

External links

• Profile at saints.org.uk
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• The codfather! - FANCY fish and chips with star quality?