In Canada, Adams has acted primarily in television, including roles in "The Beachcombers", "Lost in the Barrens" "Da Vinci's Inquest", "Neon Rider", "These Arms of Mine", "Da Vinci's City Hall", "The L Word", and "Wolf Canyon", and stage roles in "Lear" and "Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing". He appeared in the 1990 made for TV movie "Lost in the Barrens". He also appeared in the documentary film "", speaking about his own experience as a young gay, First Nations man growing up in Canada during the Pierre Trudeau's era.