Adam Busch is an American actor best known for starring as Warren Mears on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Career Busch was born in East Meadow, New York. He had his first film role in the movie Léon: The Professional. Early roles include Noah Allen from Nickelodeon's the Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, and an episode of Law & Order. He also had a small part as a nerdy AV geek in the bank-robbing cheerleader movie Sugar & Spice.
Busch appeared on Fox Network's brief series The Jury in Summer 2004, which ran for ten episodes, and has been seen in a character role on House. In 2006 he portrayed the Orthodox Jewish rap artist, Sholom Glickstein, in the Paul Weitz film, "American Dreamz". He had a recurring role in the Kelsey Grammer situation comedy, Back to You. He made a guest appearance on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. He had a guest spot on Are You Scared 2. He is the singer in indie rock band Common Rotation. His dream role would be to portray former pop star Huey Lewis in a biopic. He played Neal in the TBS show Men at Work.
Busch is currently a cohost on the "Who Are These Podcasts?" podcast, appearing on the Wednesday shows.
Personal life In March 2009, Busch was dating Buffy co-star Amber Benson, who played Tara Maclay. The two have since broken up but have remained close friends.
Busch was raised Jewish.
Filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes 1994 Léon: The Professional Manolo2001 Magic Rock Kyle Sugar & Spice Geeky guy 2002 Book of Danny Wrenstchler 2006 American Dreamz Sholem Glickstein 2009 All American Orgy Alan 2010 Drones Wendell (uncredited) Co-director and producerNominated – German Independence Award - Audience Award (shared w/Amber Benson) 2017 Dave Made a Maze Gordon Rebel in the RyeNigel Bench2022Menorah in the MiddleJacob
+ Television Year Title Role Notes 1996–1997 The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo Noah Allen 21 episodes 1998 Law & Order Mark Episode: "Expert" 2001 The Fugitive Sean 'Fitz' Fitzgibbon Episode: "Strapped" 2001–2003 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Warren Mears 16 episodes (season 5-7, recurring) 2004 The Jury Steve Dixon 10 episodes 2005 Point Pleasant Wes 7 episodes 2006 House Tony Episode: "Sex Kills" 2008 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Charlie Fischer Episode: "Complications" 2010 I'm in the Band Shane Hackman Episode: "Weasels vs. Robots" 2011 Grey's Anatomy Fred Wilson Episode: "Start Me Up" 2012–2014 Men at Work Neal Main cast 2013 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Max Dinello Episode: "Dead of the Class" 2014 Major Crimes Scott Ward Episode: "Sweet Revenge" 2015 Empire Chase One 2 episodes 2016 NCIS Arthur Jankowski Episode: "Home of the Brave" 2016–2017 Colony Mr. Carson (credited as 'Teacher') 5 episodes 2017 Wisdom of the Crowd Louis Hines Episode: "Trade Secrets" 2018 Altered Carbon Mickey 6 episodes 2019 Proven Innocent Noah Weiss 4 episodes2019The RookieMike GarveyEpisode: "Clean Cut"
+ Web Year Title Role Notes 2012–2014 MyMusic Indie Main cast
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