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William "Bill" Adama (callsign "Husker") is a fictional character portrayed by Edward James Olmos in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica television series. The character is a reimagining of Commander Adama from the 1978 Battlestar Galactica series played by Lorne Greene. The early life of Adama is also featured in the Caprica spinoff series. He is one of the primary characters in the series.

William Adama was born William Adams on Caprica, the son of Joseph Adama, a civil liberties lawyer (though previously a lawyer for the Ha'la'tha, the Tauron Mob) and Shannon Adams. (Joseph changed his family name to "Adams" early in life but changed it back to "Adama" after Shannon's death.) He was named for his paternal grandfather who was killed in the Tauron Civil War. His mother Shannon and sister Tamara were killed in a terrorist bombing of a Caprica City subway when he was eleven and attending Wilson Elementary School. In the months following the loss of his mother and sister young 'Willy' Adama begins gaining significant influence and life lessons from his uncle Sam Adama, a known Ha'la'tha member who was also active in the Tauron military for 14 years.

During the later stages of the first Cylon War, Adama was a gifted Viper pilot in the Colonial Fleet. On account of his gravelly voice, his aviator call sign was "Husker". He became involved with a Raptor pilot named Jaycie McGavin. , when he was assigned to the Galactica. Arriving on the hangar deck for his first mission, he found McGavin had been gravely injured in combat when her Raptor's control console exploded in her face. It was during this mission that he scored his first kills and for which he received a commendation. Adama was aboard the Battlestar Galactica during the last week of the war when a Cylon boarding party attempted to kill the crew by depressurizing the ship. Adama later recalled that "two thousand men bought the farm."

During a battle that took place on the last day of the First Cylon War, Adama became enraged by the destruction of the Battlestar Columbia and pursued two Cylon raiders into a planetary atmosphere. His Viper was damaged in a collision and he was forced to eject; he engaged a Cylon centurion in a mid-air gunbattle while free-falling. Upon landing, he discovered what appeared to be a Cylon lab that was experimenting on human subjects. Unable to rescue the humans still held captive in the lab, Adama watched helplessly as the Cylons evacuated the base. When he called Galactica for rescue, Adama found out that the war had ended with the signing of an armistice. With the end of hostilities, the Cylons carried away whatever they were developing, unopposed.

William Adama has not been a contender in any CBUB matches.