Adam Koster

Born in North Miami, Florida, Adam is the younger brother of artist and actor Shepard Koster. His mother Ruth and father Abraham encouraged him to pursue acting when he played Walter Hollander in Woody Allen's play "Don't Drink the Water" at North Miami Beach High School. His father Abraham is a classical violinist from The Bronx, and a well known cantor. Adam played baseball as well as performing in theatre in high school and then attended the University of Florida, where he and his brother both walked-on to the top-ranked baseball team, two years in a row. After moving on from baseball because of injury, Adam began surfing and became a video jockey during the early years of MTV, at a low power TV station in Alachua County called TV69, run by Tom Zingale Sr. and Bill Cosby, the comedian.