Vikas Adam was born in British Columbia and lived in various parts of Canada, the US, and a stint in India, before his parents settled in Dallas. After receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting/Directing from Syracuse University, he returned to Dallas and worked professionally as an actor, director, and producer in addition to teaching acting for various non profit arts organizations. He segued into the administrative side as Program Director for Junior Players, Dallas' oldest non profit youth arts organization but continued to garner critical favor as an actor working with some of Dallas' most reputable companies. After a number of successful years, Vikas decided it was time to further his craft and chose to attend the UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television three-year professional program to secure his Master of Fine Arts in Acting. While packing his bags in preparation for his move, Adam appeared on seven episodes of Pink (2007), a Webby Award winning dark comedy series starring Natalie Raitano. Post graduation has seen Vikas appearing on television as well as various web series and indie films, in addition to a successful career as an audiobook narrator. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
For the UCLA MFA Acting program, Vikas was personally invited by Mel Shapiro, then head of graduate acting and Tony Winner, into the program in which less than 3% of applicants are accepted. Vikas was Program Director of Junior Players,the oldest non-profit children's theater organization in Dallas, for six years. Junior Players has provided unique arts education programming to the at-risk youth of North Dallas since 1955. Vikas now sits on the Advisory Board. Vikas is a founding member of The Mild Dementia Continuous Play Variety Hour, a sketch comedy/improvisation troupe based in Dallas. In addition to co-producing for a number of years, he also wrote numerous pieces for the troupe. Award winning audiobook narrator. Resides in Los Angeles, California USA [August 2008] Lecturer in Department of Theater Film and Television at UCLA Co-Creative Director UCLA Summer Acting and Performance Institute. Winner of the Audie Award ('Oscar' for Audiobooks) for Best Fantasy Audiobook.