Bill Adama

Bill Adama
Battlestar Galactica character
Edward James Olmos as William Adama
First appearance	Miniseries
Portrayed by	Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica) Nico Cortez (Razor Flashbacks) Markus Towfigh (Caprica) Luke Pasqualino (Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome)
Information
Aliases	Husker
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Occupation	Colonial Fleet
Title	Commander (BSG Miniseries – Episode 2.12) Rear Admiral (Episodes 2.13 – 4.22) Commanding Officer of the Battlestar Galactica (BSG Miniseries – Episode 4.22)
Colony	Caprica, of Tauron descent

Commander (BSG Miniseries – Episode 2.12)
Rear Admiral (Episodes 2.13 – 4.22)

William "Bill" Adama (callsign "Husker") is a fictional character portrayed by Edward James Olmos in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica television series produced and aired by the SyFy cable network. He is one of the main characters, a reimagining of Commander Adama from the 1978 Battlestar Galactica series played by Lorne Greene.

In the Caprica spinoff series, Markus Towfigh plays William "Bill" Adama as a young boy. Adama was born on Caprica, the son of Joseph Adama (a civil liberties lawyer and previously a lawyer for the Ha'la'tha, the Tauron resistance movement turned mob) and Joseph's second wife, Evelyn Adama (an accountant). Though he's raised on Caprica, he later states that he was a fan of the Picon Panthers. He is named in honor of his deceased older half-brother William "Willie" Adama in accord with Tauron tradition. Both were named after their grandfather, who along with their grandmother Isabelle was killed during the Tauron Uprising.