American singer, songwriter and actor. Since 2009, he has sold over 3 million albums and 5 million singles worldwide. Lambert rose to fame in 2009 after finishing as runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol. Later that year, he released his debut album For Your Entertainment, which debuted at number three on the U.S. Billboard 200. The album spawned several singles, including "Whataya Want from Me", for which he received a Grammy nomination for "Best Male Pop Vocal Performance". In 2012, Lambert released his second studio album Trespassing. The album premiered at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, making him the first openly gay artist to top the album charts. In 2015, Lambert released his third album The Original High, which debuted at number three on the U.S. Billboard 200 and produced the single "Ghost Town". Alongside his solo career, Lambert has collaborated with rock band Queen as lead vocalist for Queen + Adam Lambert since 2011, including several worldwide tours from 2014 to 2020. Their first album, Live Around the World, released in October 2020, and debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart. In late 2019, Lambert founded the non-profit Feel Something Foundation, anchoring his ongoing philanthropy, LGBTQ+ and human rights activism. Its particular focus is support for organizations and projects that directly and disproportionately impact the LGBTQ+ community, including education and the arts, mental health, suicide prevention and homelessness.

Filmography

• 2025Fairyland — Charlie
• 2024Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud
• Megamind Rules! — Machiavillain (voice), Theme Song Performance
• 2024Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate — Machiavillain (voice)
• Ren & Stimpy — Singer (voice)
• 2023Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story — Music
• 2022Rhapsody Over London — Self, Executive Producer
• The Jennifer Hudson Show
• A Tale Dark & Grimm — The Devil (voice)
• Clash of the Cover Bands
• 2021Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical — Emile
• We the People — (voice)
• 2020In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover — Singer
• Moonbase 8 — Billy
• Celebrity Gogglebox
• 2019Playmobil: The Movie — Emperor Maximus (voice)
• 2018Bohemian Rhapsody — Truck Driver (uncredited)
• 2016The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again — Eddie
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Musical performance
• The Voice — Self - Coach, Adam Lambert
• Glee — Elliott 'Starchild' Gilbert
• 2006The Ten Commandments: The Musical — Joshua
• NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen — Queem + Adam Lambert

Appearances as themselves (60)

• Shut Up Evan — Self - Guest
• America's Got Talent: All-Stars — Self
• 2023The Matthew Shepard Story: An American Hate Crime — Self
• Britain Get Singing — Self - Judge
• 2022Platinum Party at the Palace — Self
• Starstruck — Self - Judge
• Drag Race Down Under — Self - Guest Judge
• That's My Jam — Self - Guest
• 2021The Queen Family Singalong — Self
• 2020Die Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten Momente — Self (archive footage)
• Legendary — Self - Guest Judge
• 2020One World: Together at Home — Self
• 2020Queen + Adam Lambert: Fire Fight Australia — Self
• 2020Queen + Adam Lambert: Live Around The World — Self - Singer
• 2020Queen + Adam Lambert: Tour Watch Party — Self
• 2020The Disney Holiday Singalong — Self
• 2020Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone — Self
• Visible: Out on Television — Self
• 2020We are the Champions - 50 Jahre Queen — Self
• 2019Avicii Tribute Concert - In Loving Memory of Tim Bergling — Self
• 2019Elvis All-Star Tribute — Self - Performer
• 2019Queen + Adam Lambert - Great Lawn in Central Park — Self
• RuPaul — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2019The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story — Self - Present Queen Singer
• 2018A Very Wicked Halloween: Celebrating 15 Years on Broadway — Self
• American Idol — Self
• 2016Queen & Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio (Lisboa) — Self
• 2015Queen and Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio 2015 — Self - Vocals
• 2014Die Helene Fischer Show 2014 — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Musical Guest
• 2014Lennon or McCartney — Self
• 2014Queen + Adam Lambert: Rock Big Ben Live — Self - Vocals
• Trailblazer Honors — Self - Performer
• 2013Queen + Adam Lambert: iHeart Radio Music Festival — Self
• SINGER — Self
• Good Mythical Morning — Self
• 2012Queen + Adam Lambert: Live in Kyiv, Ukraine — Self
• RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars — Self - Guest Judge
• 2012VH1 Divas 2012 — Self - Host
• 2011Adam Lambert: Glam Nation Live — Self
• The Jonathan Ross Show — Self
• The Voice of Poland — Self - Special Guest
• Justin Lee Collins: Good Times — Self
• Pretty Little Liars — Himself
• RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked — Self - Guest Judge
• The Talk — Self
• RuPaul's Drag Race — Self - Special Guest, Self - Raja's Friend, Self - Guest Judge
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Celebrity Juice — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• The X Factor — Self - Judge
• Project Runway — Self - Guest Judge
• Australian Idol — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self, Self - Musical Guest
• American Idol — Self - Contestant, Self - Performer
• The View — Self - Musical Guest
• GMTV — Self
• Entertainment Tonight — Self
• The Oscars — Self