Adam Donshik was born in New York but grew up in Connecticut. He attended high school at The Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut and then went off to Carnegie Mellon University where began majoring in Cognitive Neuro-Psychology. But, after two years of that he realized Cognitive Neuro-Psychology wasn't going to do so he transferred into the prestigious Acting program and started over. He graduated in '98 and drove across the country in 2 1/2 days to settle down in Los Angeles, where he lives now. He is currently working and studying at The Beverly Hill Playhouse with Milton Katselas.