Briggs is a proud Yorta Yorta man and one of Australia’s most dynamic creative figures — a rapper, lyricist, hip-hop artist, writer, presenter, author, and actor.

He first rose to prominence as a solo rapper before co-founding the acclaimed hip-hop duo A.B. Original in 2016. On stage, Briggs has supported international icons such as 50 Cent, Ice Cube, Ice-T, and KRS-One, and collaborated with Australian legends including Hilltop Hoods, Midnight Oil, Paul Kelly, and Henry Rollins.

A.B. Original’s debut album Reclaim Australia earned widespread critical acclaim, winning the 2017 ARIA Awards for Best Independent Release and Best Urban Album, as well as Triple J’s J Award for Album of the Year. In 2018, the duo was named APRA Songwriters of the Year. After a four-year hiatus, they returned in 2022 with the powerful single ‘King Billy Cokebottle’, touring nationally with Hilltop Hoods.

Briggs has also carved out a prolific career beyond music. He was a writer on the Netflix animated series Disenchantment (from the creators of The Simpsons and Futurama) and wrote and performed in all three seasons of the hit sketch comedy Black Comedy. His acting credits include roles in Cleverman, The Other Guy, Get Krack!n, and recurring appearances on The Weekly and The Yearly with Charlie Pickering. More recently, he voiced Adam in season 7 of Netflix’s Big Mouth, starred as Alex Bermuda in Boy Swallows Universe, and played Chief in the film adaptation of How To Make Gravy.

A passionate advocate for First Nations representation, Briggs is the founder and chair of the Adam Briggs Foundation — a First Nations-led charity dedicated to developing skills and increasing visibility for Indigenous Australians in the creative industries.

In 2020, Briggs released his debut children’s book Our Home, Our Heartbeat, a celebration of culture, identity, and resilience. Earlier, in 2017, he was named GQ Agenda Setter of the Year, recognising his influence across culture and community.

Awards

Winner Film Clip Of The Year – Life Is Incredible, National Indigenous Music Awards 2019
Winner Artist Of The Year – National NAIDOC Awards 2018
Winner Songwriter Of The Year (A.B. Original) APRA AMCOS Awards 2018
Winner Best TV theme Award for “Here” featuring Caiti Baker – APRA AMCOS Screen Music Awards 2017
Winner Breakthrough Independent Artist Of The Year, Best Independent Artist, Best Independent Single, Best Independent Album or EP, Best Independent Hip Hop Album (A.B. Original) – AIR Awards 2017
Winner Best Urban and Best Independent Release (A.B. Original) – ARIA Awards 2017
Winner Best Album (A.B. Original) – Australian Music Prize, 2017
Winner Agenda Setter Of The Year – GQ Men of the Year Awards 2017
Winner Song Of The Year – The Children Came Back, National Indigenous Music Awards 2016
Winner Song Of The Year – Bad Apples, National Indigenous Music Awards 2015
Winner Album Of The Year – Sheplife, National Indigenous Music Awards 2015
Winner Best Music Video – Bad Apples, National Indigenous Music Awards 2015
Winner Best New Talent – National Indigenous Music Awards 2014
Winner Best Hip Hop Album – Sheplife, Music Victoria Awards 2014

Television

BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE
Role: Alex Bermuda. Dir: Various, Brouhaha Entertainment 2024
BIG MOUTH (Season 7)
Role: Adam. Dir: Alex Salyer, Brutis Pink / Titmouse / Danger Goldberg Productions 2023
SPICKS & SPECKS (Series 12)
Guest. ABC TV 2022
HAVE YOU BEEN PAYING ATTENTION? (Series 10)
Guest Quizmaster. Working Dog 2022
THE WEEKLY WITH CHARLIE PICKERING (Series 6)
Presenter. Dir: Jon Olb, ABC TV 2020
HUMP WALLACE (TV Movie)
Role: Principal Grumps. Dir: Aaron McLachlan & Campbell Walker, Struthless Studios 2021
THE WEEKLY WITH CHARLIE PICKERING (Series 5)
Presenter. Dir: Jon Olb, ABC TV 2019
GET KRACK!N (Series 2)
Role: Bekjut. Dir: Hayden Guppy, Katering Productions 2019
SPICKS & SPECKS REUNION SPECIAL
Guest. Dir: Jon Olb, ABC TV 2018
BLACK COMEDY (Series 3)                                
Role: Various Characters. Dir: Beck Cole & Steven McGregor, Scarlett Pictures 2018
THE WEEKLY WITH CHARLIE PICKERING (Series 4)
Presenter. Dir: Jon Olb, ABC TV 2018
TOUGH CONVERSATIONS (Documentary)
Himself. Dir: Christopher Nelius, FINCH 2018
GET KRACK!N (Series 1)
Role: Bekjut. Dir: Hayden Guppy, Katering Productions 2017
THE OTHER GUY
Role: Dog Murphy. Dir: Kacie Anning, Entertainment One Television 2017
THE WEEKLY WITH CHARLIE PICKERING (Series 3)
Writer / Presenter. Dir: Jon Olb, ABC TV 2017
CLEVERMAN
Role: Maliyan. Dir: Wayne Blair & Leah Purcell, ABC TV 2016
BLACK COMEDY (Series 2)
Writer / Various Characters. Dir: Beck Cole & Erica Glynn, Scarlett Pictures 2016

Film

HOW TO MAKE GRAVY
Role: Chief. Dir: Nick Waterman, Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia / Speech&Drama Pictures 2024
TOUCH
Role: Mo. Dir: Tony Krawitz, Heckler Sound 2024
SPIN OUT
Role: Jock the barman. Dir: Tim Ferguson & Marc Gracie, Sony Pictures 2016
HILLTOP HOODS: RATTLING THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM (Short)
Himself. Dir: Selina Miles, 2012

Writing

DISENCHANTMENT (Created by Matt Groening)
The Ululu Company / Netflix (Series 2 & 4, 2019-2022)
HUMP WALLACE (TV Movie)
Struthless Studios (2021)
OUR HOME, OUR HEARTBEAT (Children’s Book)
Hardie Grant (2020)
THE WEEKLY WITH CHARLIE PICKERING
Thinkative TV / ABC (Series 2-5, 2016-2019)
GET KRACK!N
Katering Productions / ABC (Series 1, 2017)
BLACK COMEDY
Scarlett Pictures / ABC (Series 2-3, 2016-2018)