Adam Fogerty

He is the son of rugby league footballer Terry Fogerty, who played in the 1960s and 1970s then coached in the 1980s.

Fogerty was born in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Adam Heywood Fogerty (born 6 March 1969) is an English actor and former boxer and rugby league footballer.

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.

Fogerty's boxing career saw him facing a number of opponents.

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.

After ending his boxing career, Fogerty joined Halifax.

He also played for Warrington, and won a Super League medal with St. Helens.

Fogerty is a founder of Super League side Toronto Wolfpack.

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.

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.

In 2012 he joined Barrie Rutter's Northern Broadsides theatre company to play Costard in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost.

In 2019, Fogerty was cast as an 'emergency plumber' for the British insurance company Direct Line.

A television commercial starring Harvey Keitel.

In 2020, Fogerty opened a fish and chip shop in Halifax, England.