Adam Gordon Thomas (born 11 August 1987 in Manchester, England) is a British actor who stars in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale as Adam Barton. He is also well known for his former role in BBC drama Waterloo Road as Donte Charles from 2006 to 2009. He is standing for election in York Outer as a Conservative Party member.It was in 2002, at the age of 15, that Thomas started his television career with a guest appearance on the BBC daytime soap opera Doctors. It was another four years before Adam rose to fame in his breakthrough role as Donte Charles in the BBC drama series Waterloo Road of which he was an original cast member upon its inception in 2006