Lucas Adams is an American actor best known for playing Tripp Dalton Johnson on Days of Our Lives and, more recently, Noah Newman on The Young and the Restless. Born Lucas Brentley Adams on July 24, 1993, he grew up far from any film set, in a small town in Texas with one stoplight and no crosswalks. His path to daytime television ran through youth sports, a cross country move at seventeen, and years of small guest roles before his first steady part.
Early Life in Texas
Adams was born in Sherman, Texas, and his family moved to the nearby town of Bells when he was two years old. He has two older sisters, and both of his parents were college athletes, which shaped how he spent his childhood. Growing up, he split his time between sports and the idea, even then, of maybe acting someday.
In high school he earned all district honors in three sports: football, basketball, and baseball. Baseball in particular drew recruiting interest, and for a while it looked like his future might be on a college diamond rather than a soundstage. When the scholarship offer he wanted did not materialize, he asked his parents for their blessing to try acting instead.
The Move to Los Angeles
At seventeen, right after graduating high school, Adams packed up and moved to Los Angeles, where his sister was already living. He has described the shift as a genuine culture shock, trading a one-stoplight town for a sprawling city with none of the quiet he grew up with. His sister helped him land a job driving a U-Haul truck while he tried to break into acting.
The early months were about survival as much as ambition. A few months after arriving, he booked a national television commercial for Toyota, which gave him his first real paycheck as a performer and a reason to keep going.
Early Roles and Breaking Into Hollywood
Adams built his resume the way most working actors do, through a string of guest spots and small parts. In 2012 he appeared as a teenage version of Harrison on Showtime’s Dexter, and he later showed up in episodes of True Blood and Grimm. He also took roles on comedies aimed at younger audiences, including Nickelodeon’s The Thundermans and Netflix’s School of Rock.
Film work came in alongside the television guest spots. His credits from this stretch include the short films Player of the Game and The Firebird, along with the feature Wolves at the Door. None of these were lead roles, but together they gave him enough experience and enough credits to be considered for bigger parts.
Landing Liv and Maddie
One of the roles that raised his profile was Josh Wilcox on Disney Channel’s Liv and Maddie. The part put him in front of a much larger audience than his previous guest spots, and it turned out to matter for his personal life too. It was on the set of that show where he met actress Shelby Wulfert, who he would later marry.
Around this same period, he also appeared in Suburgatory and in the miniseries Madden Girl, continuing to stack up television credits across different networks and formats.
Tripp Dalton Johnson on Days of Our Lives
Adams’s biggest break came in March 2017, when he joined the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives as Tripp Dalton, later known as Tripp Johnson, the son of longtime character Steve “Patch” Johnson. The role ran on and off from 2017 to 2024, giving Adams seven years inside one of daytime television’s longest-running shows.
Playing Tripp turned Adams from a working guest actor into a recognizable daytime lead. He earned two Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series, one in 2018 and another in 2019. For a performer who had spent years picking up small parts, back-to-back Emmy nominations marked a clear turning point in how the industry saw him.
The show moved from NBC to the Peacock streaming service during his run, which meant Adams’s character followed the series through that transition rather than staying on traditional broadcast for the whole stretch.
Joining The Young and the Restless as Noah Newman
In 2025, after Days of Our Lives wrapped up his storyline, Adams joined The Young and the Restless as Noah Newman, the son of Sharon and Nick Newman, played by Sharon Case and Joshua Morrow. The casting had a small full-circle element to it. Years earlier, soon after first moving to Los Angeles, his very first television appearance had actually been on Y&R, in a small role as a character named Wesley.
Adams made his debut as Noah in the fall of 2025, stepping into one of the show’s established legacy families. Taking over a long-running character in one of daytime’s most watched soaps is a different kind of pressure than originating a new role, and it placed Adams among a small group of actors trusted to carry a character that audiences already have strong opinions about.
Personal Life
1. Marriage to Shelby Wulfert
Adams and Shelby Wulfert, whom he met on the set of Liv and Maddie, got married in 2022. Wulfert has her own acting credits, and the two have kept much of their relationship relatively private compared to their public-facing work.
2. Becoming a Father
The couple welcomed their first child, a son named Alonzo, in February 2026. The birth came not long after Adams had settled into his new role on The Young and the Restless, meaning he was managing a major career transition and a growing family at roughly the same time.
Life Outside Acting
Away from set, Adams stays close to the sports background he grew up with. He plays recreational baseball, softball, and basketball, activities that connect back directly to his high school years in Texas. He also spends time with his two dogs, Lando and Momo, and has talked about enjoying video games in his downtime.
He has named The Lion King as his favorite movie, a detail that shows up often in interviews and on his social media. On his verified Instagram account, he describes himself simply as an actor, athlete, sports lover, and gamer, a short line that lines up closely with how people who have followed his career describe him.
A Career Built on Range
What stands out across Adams’s résumé is the range between his early guest spots and his current run as a soap opera lead. He has played a teenager in a psychological thriller, a comedic supporting character on a Disney Channel show, and now two different sons in two different soap opera families. Each of those roles required a different tone, and the fact that casting directors kept bringing him back for daytime drama suggests his work on Tripp Johnson made a lasting impression.
For a performer who grew up more focused on baseball scouts than acting coaches, that progression, from a small Texas town to a U-Haul job in Los Angeles to two Emmy nominations and a lead role on one of television’s most established soaps, reads less like luck and more like a long series of deliberate steps.
