Adam Lambert was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and lived there for a year before moving out to West California. He grew up in Rancho Penasquitos, San Diego, California and attended Deer Canyon Elementary School, Mesa Verde Middle school and Mt. Carmel High School where he was in theater, choir and performed in the school's jazz band.
Lambert is Jewish and performed in Hebrew at Jewish theaters singing songs such as Shir LaShalom.

Lambert has been a stage actor since he was about ten years old; he was cast as Linus in San Diego's Lyceum theater production of "You're a good man, Charlie Brown" He also played a part in the Ten Commandments in Kodak theater alongside Val Kilmer. He was the understudy part of Fiyero in the touring and Los Angeles Cast of Wicked.
Since 2004, he regularly performed at the Zodiac show.
American Idol
Adam also auditioned in the TV sitcom, American Idol Season 8 and being the 1st runner-up with the title given to Kris Allen.
