Adam graduated from The Fieldston School in New York and from Harvard University. He excelled in music, playing guitar and saxophone, and was a superior athlete, achieving All-league honors in high school football & baseball; and started at QB for the Harvard Crimson, earning Ivy League Player of the Week, E.C.A.C player of The Week, and The New England Sports Writers' Player of the Week. Adam's father is a NY City & State Commissioner; his mother, an author and former professor at The New School for Social Research. His brother, Khary Lazarre-White, is the Founder of "The Brotherhood/Sister Sol", an award winning Harlem based Youth Organization. Known early on for Living Single, Will & Grace, The Parkers, and as "Flynn" in the EMMY winning mini-series, The Temptations, Adam was nominated for an NAACP Image Award as 'Nathan Hastings' on The Young & Restless. Highlights include Joel Edgerton's hit directorial debut, The Gift and Glow, the 2017 Netflix series from Jenji Kohan, his role as a "B613 assassin" in Scandal, recurring on Heroes, Love's Routine (w/ W. Defoe) and Ocean's 13 (w/ Al Pacino). Adam's indie work in "M.F.A." explores the tragic epidemic of on-campus rape in America. Adam co-wrote, produced and starred in, "Forgiveness", featured at the 2015 Pan-African Film Fest., won of the Martha's Vineyard Film Festival HBO Prize; and swept the San Diego Film Black Fest., including Best Feature Film & Best Supporting Actor for him. He adapted and produced Just Passin' Through & What Angles Fear for Dreambuilder Foundation & Proctor & Gamble. Both won EMMYs for Regional TV and consecutive Regional EMMYs as 'Lead Actor' for Adam. He was a writer on staff of Vin Desil's ground-breaking web-series, The Ropes. 'Raised in the theater' Adam was a member of the renowned Circle Rep. West Company.As a director, Adam's short film "200 Years" produced by Rob Fried (Collateral, Rudy, Boondock Saints), for Feeln' Originals, reached the 3rd round of Oscar voting. He lives with his wife, actress, Dendrie Taylor, and their beloved daughter, Aiyana.