Asher Adams in “All American”

In The CW’s drama “All American,” Cody Christian stars as Asher Adams. After a life altering revelation that he can no longer play football, Asher has happily become a student coach at Coastal California. No longer letting his past mistakes define him, Asher is moving forward with his life which includes getting serious with his girlfriend, Jaymee Aquino (Miya Horcher), and balancing life at the beach house with his friends and roommates, Spencer (Daniel Ezra), Jordan (Michael Evans Behling), and JJ (Hunter Clowdus). But as things start to fall into place for Asher, life has different plans that will turn his world upside down once again.

Christian was born in Bangor, Maine, and moved to Los Angeles at age nine, after hearing a radio ad searching for kids who played football to audition for a commercial. He went from short films to commercials and modeling, to television shows and then major motion pictures.

His first major role in a theatrical film was the role of Boy Cantor in “Surrogates,” opposite Bruce Willis. His performance in the challenging role of an older-aged robot manifested young Christian’s growth as an actor. Christian starred in Peter Safran’s film “The Starving Games” and the film “Assassination Nation,” as well as the title role Nick Newell in the feature film “Notorious Nick.”

Christian has had several guest-starring television roles on major series such as “True Blood,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Body of Proof” as well as a recurring role on “Supah Ninjas.” He is best known for his roles on “Teen Wolf” and “Pretty Little Liars.”

In addition, Christian voices the lead character Cloud Strife in the Final Fantasy VII Remake.

September 2022