Adam Shapiro

actor, founder of the wildly successful Shappy Pretzel Co., co-founder of IAMA Theatre Company

  • Currently appears in the 4th and final season of Mindy Kaling’s hit Netflix series NEVER HAVE I EVER, in Peacock's John Wick prequel THE CONTINENTAL, and guest stars in season 2 of the critically acclaimed THE BEAR for FX/Hulu. He will star in upcoming sci-fi short MY ONLY FRIEND IS A ROBOT NAMED BEANS
  • He recently appeared in Universal feature SHE SAID, Showtime’s THE AFFAIR, Showtime period drama GOOD LORD BIRD, and Oscar-nominated film MANK. Other credits include HBO’s MY DINNER WITH HERVÉ, indie comedy ODE TO JOY, Aaron Sorkin’s STEVE JOBS, Netflix’s SENSE8, ABC’s CRISTELA, Audience Network’s KINGDOM, and NBC comedy TRIAL & ERROR
  • He is the co-founder IAMA Theatre Company. He won an Ovation Award for IAMA’s LA premiere of THE RECOMMENDATION, and received an Ovation Award nomination for Best Lead Actor in a Musical for HEY, MORGAN! Other stage credits include: RENT, YOU ARE HERE, THE ACCIDENTAL BLONDE, the world premieres of Leslye Headland’s BACHELORETTE and ASSISTANCE (IAMA Theatre Company), and Paul Grellong’s west coast premiere of MANUSCRIPT 
  • He is the founder of Shappy Pretzel Co., an LA-based Philly soft pretzel company. He turned a pandemic cooking experiment into bustling business, that he brought most recently to the 2023 Oscars
  • Resides in LA with wife, actress Katie Lowes, and their two children
  • Currently appears in the 4th and final season of Mindy Kaling’s hit Netflix series NEVER HAVE I EVER, in Peacock's John Wick prequel THE CONTINENTAL, and guest stars in season 2 of the critically acclaimed THE BEAR for FX/Hulu. He will star in upcoming sci-fi short MY ONLY FRIEND IS A ROBOT NAMED BEANS
  • He recently appeared in Universal feature SHE SAID, Showtime’s THE AFFAIR, Showtime period drama GOOD LORD BIRD, and Oscar-nominated film MANK. Other credits include HBO’s MY DINNER WITH HERVÉ, indie comedy ODE TO JOY, Aaron Sorkin’s STEVE JOBS, Netflix’s SENSE8, ABC’s CRISTELA, Audience Network’s KINGDOM, and NBC comedy TRIAL & ERROR
  • He is the co-founder IAMA Theatre Company. He won an Ovation Award for IAMA’s LA premiere of THE RECOMMENDATION, and received an Ovation Award nomination for Best Lead Actor in a Musical for HEY, MORGAN! Other stage credits include: RENT, YOU ARE HERE, THE ACCIDENTAL BLONDE, the world premieres of Leslye Headland’s BACHELORETTE and ASSISTANCE (IAMA Theatre Company), and Paul Grellong’s west coast premiere of MANUSCRIPT 
  • He is the founder of Shappy Pretzel Co., an LA-based Philly soft pretzel company. He turned a pandemic cooking experiment into bustling business, that he brought most recently to the 2023 Oscars
  • Resides in LA with wife, actress Katie Lowes, and their two children
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Adam can currently be seen in Maria Schrader’s SHE SAID, the Universal feature based on the best-selling book of the same name. In television, he just finished filming the John Wick prequel THE CONTINENTAL for Peacock and his series-spanning recurring role in Mindy Kaling’s hit Netflix series NEVER HAVE I EVER. Additionally, he was recently featured in recurring roles on Showtime’s THE AFFAIR as well as their period drama GOOD LORD BIRD, and had a supporting role in the Oscar nominated film MANK. He is also known for a wide variety of episodic television roles in both comedy and drama.

 Adam is a co-founder IAMA Theatre Company, and was most recently nominated for Ovation  Awards for IAMA’s LA premiere of The Recommendation by Jon Caren (Winner Best Production  2014) and for Best Lead Actor in a Musical for Hey, Morgan! a world premiere comedy by  Matthew Fogel and Isaac Laskin, Directed by Matt Shakman at the Black Dahlia Theatre. More stage credits include: RENT, You are Here, The Accidental Blonde, the world premieres of Leslye  Headland’s Bachelorette and Assistance (IAMA Theatre Company), and “David” in Paul  Grellong’s west coast premiere of Manuscript (The Elephant). 

Adam is the founder of Shappy Pretzel Co., an L.A.-based Philly soft pretzel company. Adam lives in LA with wife, Katie Lowes and his children, Albee and Vera.

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