Birth Name

Cameron James Adams

Nickname

CJ

Height

5' 7" (1.7 m)

Mini Biography

Cameron John "CJ" Adams, was born in Elmhurst, Illinois on April 6, 2000 and raised in Rhode Island and where he started is acting career at age 6 in Disney's "Dan in Real Life". His mother and Father are Donna and Matt Adams. His father is a host of Morning Drive on Golf Channel, book author, golf expert and host of The Fairways of Life show (formerly on SiriusXM satellite radio) now a free Podcast. CJ is best known for his role as Timothy Green in the 2012 film The Odd Life of Timothy Green, which earned him the Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor Age Ten and Under. He also played the title character as Zac Wade in the 2013 film Against The Wild.

Trivia

• Father is golf author, personality, and radio commentator Matt Adams.
• In both of his first films Dan in Real Life (2007) and The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012) he appears with Dianne Wiest.

Quotes

• I was watching TV one day, and there was this open casting call for extras, and my brother says, 'You wanna try out for this movie?' and I said, 'No, I'm okay.' And then he said, 'Do you wanna be on a DVD?' And I said, 'I wanna be on a DVD!,' so I tried out.
• What I learned about acting is that you become the character, like I became 'Timothy Green.'
• The first movie I did was 'Dan in Real Life,' which was directed by Peter Hedges, the same director who did 'The Odd Life of Timothy Green.'
• CJ is my nickname. It stands for Cameron, and my middle name is John.