More About Adam Pearson

Adam Pearson is an identical twin to his brother Neil, who also has the condition, but they manifest it differently. Adam’s was diagnosed when he was five after hitting his head and realising the resultant bump persisted instead of healing.

Adam Pearson | TV and Film

Adam has appeared in a range of TV programmes, including the Horizon episode “My Amazing Twin”, The Undateables, Beauty and the Beast: The Ugly Face of Prejudice, The Bedtime Babble On, Celebrity MasterChef, Celebrity Antiques Road Trip, and Christmas University Challenge.

He has presented the BBC Three documentaries Adam Pearson: Freak Show and The Ugly Face of Disability Hate Crime, appeared as a reporter on the Channel 4 series Tricks of the Restaurant Trade, and co-hosted the BBC Four documentary Eugenics: Science’s Greatest Scandal.  

He has also appeared in numerous films, including Under the Skin (2013) alongside Scarlett Johansson, Chained For Life (2019), and A Different Man (2024). It was announced in 2025 that he will be starring as Joseph Merrick in an upcoming film adaptation of Bernard Pomerance’s play The Elephant Man, becoming the first disabled actor to play the role in a film.

He has been nominated as UK Documentary Presenter of the Year at the 2016 Gierson Awards, and was invited to become a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2025.

Adam Pearson | Charity

Due to his own experiences, Adam is a passionate charity ambassador and supporter. In 2024 he became a patron of Face Equality International, an alliance of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), charities and support groups which are working at national, regional, or international levels to promote the campaign for ‘face equality’.

He is also an ambassador for Changing Faces, having first become involved with them as a child; as well as an ambassador for The King’s Trust (formerly the Prince’s Trust), and Us In a Bus.

He won a RADAR Award and a Diana Award for his campaigning work, and was named in The Shaw Trust Power 100 List of 2020 – a list of the UK’s most influential disabled people.

Adam Pearson | Speaker

Adam is a popular disability speaker, and has spoken at events for companies and organisations such as the World Health Innovation Summit, Public Service & Criminology Conference, and British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Adam Pearson | Keynote Speeches

The Adam Pearson Story: Decide who you want to be and be it

Navigating Unseen Obstacles: Building resilient teams

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