---
name: "Adam Trese"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/adam-trese"
fi1m_id: "adam-trese"
imdb_id: "nm0872242"
tmdb_id: 27858
wikidata_id: "Q22687856"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 January 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T22:47:48.981741+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Adam Trese

## Identity

Adam Trese

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/adam-trese
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** adam-trese
- **IMDb ID:** nm0872242
- **TMDB ID:** 27858
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22687856
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22687856, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0872242/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27858

Actor. Born 4 January 1969 in New York City.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 January 1969, New York City
- **Active:** 1995–2007
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 62 (1), 2000s 69 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 63 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Crime 2, Thriller 2, Comedy 1, Drama 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $180m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22687856, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0872242/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27858

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*40 Days and 40 Nights*](https://film.one/film/40-days-and-40-nights.md) (47)

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## Biography

Adam Trese is an American actor born on 4 January 1969 in New York City. He graduated from the State University of New York at Purchase and made his feature film debut in *Laws of Gravity* (1992).

He is known for roles in films including *The Underneath* (1995) as David Chambers, *40 Days and 40 Nights* (2002), *Zodiac* (2007) and *Patriots Day* (2016). Trese has also appeared in television series such as *The Blacklist*, *30 Rock*, *Law & Order* and its spin-offs, and *Unforgettable*.

His stage work includes a childhood role in a 1979 New York Shakespeare Festival production of *Othello* and later Broadway appearances in revivals of *A View from the Bridge* and *12 Angry Men*.

*Sources: imdb.com, tvinsider.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Zodiac* (2007), Fi1m 91, as Detective #1 — [page](https://film.one/film/zodiac.md)
- *40 Days and 40 Nights* (2002), Fi1m 47, as John Sullivan — [page](https://film.one/film/40-days-and-40-nights.md)
- *The Underneath* (1995), Fi1m 62, as David Chambers — [page](https://film.one/film/the-underneath.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Patriots Day* (2016), as John Bradshaw
- *Rob the Mob* (2014), as Ryan
- *The Blacklist* (2013), series, as Volker Graves — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *Unforgettable* (2011), series, as Jay Krause
- *Silent House* (2011), as John
- *The Guitar* (2008), as Mr. Laffs
- *Lipstick Jungle* (2008), series, as George Pappademos
- *Zodiac* (2007), as Detective #1 — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/zodiac.md)
- *30 Rock* (2006), series, as Richard — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)
- *Rescue Me* (2004), series, as Dick MacNamara — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/rescue-me.md)
- *2BPerfectlyHonest* (2004), as Frank
- *Crooked Lines* (2003), as Johnny
- *40 Days and 40 Nights* (2002), as John Sullivan — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/40-days-and-40-nights.md)
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Detective Atwater, John Hampton
- *Cowboys and Angels* (2000), as Danny
- *Polish Wedding* (1998), as Russell Schuster
- *Palookaville* (1996), as Jerry
- *Illtown* (1996), as Gabriel
- *The Underneath* (1995), as David Chambers — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-underneath.md)
- *The Saint of Fort Washington* (1993), as John
- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), series, as Gavin Robb — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md)
- *The Good Fight* (1992), as Tony Tabor
- *Laws of Gravity* (1992), as Jon
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Officer Craig McGraw, Byron Stark, Carl Easton — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Chad Macinoy

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