Adam Yates

Adam Yates is one of the four main characters of the movie hot tub time machine. He is played by John Cusack

History
Back in the original timeline when  Adam, along with his friends Lou and Nick, and his sister Kelly attending the  Kodiak Resort for "Winterfest 86" while there he also spent time with his first girlfriend,  Jennie, who he broke up and was stabbed in the eye with a fork. So for years Adam would always get dumped by a new girlfriend and live a  miserable life as he insurance salesman and having his 24 year old nephew Jacob living in the basement. One night when he heard that Lou almost killed  himself from carbon monoxide poisoning in what his friends think is a suicide attempt, he, along with Nick and his wife Courtney, arriving at the hospital, Lou convice Adam and Nick to get away and head to Kodiak Resort.