Adam Fogerty
Adam Heywood Fogerty (born 6 March 1969) is an English actor and former boxer and rugby league footballer. He is the son of rugby league footballer Terry Fogerty, who played in the 1960s and 1970s then coached in the 1980s.
Contents
- 1 Background
- 2 Boxing
- 3 Rugby league
- 4 Acting
- 5 Other ventures
- 6 Filmography
- 7 References
- 8 External links
Background
Fogerty was born in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Boxing
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.
Rugby league
After ending his boxing career, Fogerty joined Halifax. He also played for Warrington, and won a Super League medal with St. Helens. Fogerty is currently working with Toronto Wolfpack as *istant coach.
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 TV roles, including Snatch with Brad Pitt.
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, Fogrety opened fish and chips shop in Halifax, England.
Filmography
References
External links
- Profile at saints.org.uk
- Boxing record for Adam Fogerty from BoxRec (registration required)
- Adam Fogerty at IMDb
- The codfather! - FANCY fish and chips with star quality?