Adrian Pasdar
Pasdar's major break into television came in 1996, when he was cast as the title character on the short-lived Fox series Profit. From 2000 to 2002, Pasdar played the lead role of Anthropology Professor Declan Dunn in the spooky cult drama series Mysterious Ways on PAX.
Pasdar played David McClaren in the final two seasons of the long-running CBS drama Judging Amy, from 2003 through 2005. In 2006, he had a high-profile guest role as Gabrielle Solis's sleazy lawyer in Desperate Housewives.
He currently stars in the NBC superhero drama Heroes as Nathan Petrelli. He bases his mysterious character on "the most morally liquid characters" that he's encountered in his life. The character is not based on one particular political figure, but on a melange of different ones, both good and bad.[4]
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Personal life
Anamarie "Pink" Pasdar is the younger sister of Adrian Pasdar. She appeared in the Mysterious Ways episode Handshake.[5] She is the Associate Artistic Director at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.
Pasdar married lead singer Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks in June 2000. The couple first met in May 1999, with Maines as a bridesmaid to her bandmate Emily Robison and Pasdar as a groomsman to his friend singer-songwriter Charlie Robison. They were married in Las Vegas's Little White Wedding Chapel, in a $55 no-frills ceremony officiated by the chapel's "Pastor Ann." They have two children, Jackson Slade Pasdar (born March 15, 2001) and Beckett Finn Pasdar (born July 14, 2004) and live in Los Angeles, California and Austin, Texas.
He has a tattoo of an anchor on his arm. His children's names are written on it. It symbolizes that his family is his anchor and support in life.[6] He also has a tattoo of the Chinese character for Strength, which he got while filming Shanghai 1920 (上海1920, Shang Hai yi jiu er ling) (1991).[6]
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Awards & nominations
- 2000: Grand Remi Award (WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival): Cement[7]
- 2000: AngelCiti film festival: Audience Award, Cement
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Filmography (as actor)
| Year | Title | Role | Director/Series creator | Other notes |
| 1986 | Top Gun | Chipper | Tony Scott | one line |
| Solarbabies | Darstar | Alan Johnson | ||
| Streets of Gold | Timmy Boyle | Joe Roth | ||
| 1987 | Made in USA | Dar | Ken Friedman | |
| Near Dark | Caleb Colton | Kathryn Bigelow | ||
| 1989 | Cookie | Vito | Susan Seidelman | |
| 1990 | Torn Apart | Ben Arnon | Jack Fisher | |
| The Lost Capone (TV) | Ricard Hart/Jimmy Capone | John Gray | lead | |
| 1991 | Shanghai 1920 (上海1920, Shang Hai yi jiu er ling) | Dawson Cole | Po-Chih Leong | |
| Grand Isle | Robert Lebrun | Mary Lambert | ||
| 1992 | Just Like a Woman | Gerald Tilson/Geraldine | Christopher Monger | |
| 1993 | The Killing Box | Captain John Harling | George Hickenlooper | |
| Carlito's Way | Frankie Taglialucci | Brian De Palma | ||
| 1994 | The Last Good Time | Eddie | Bob Balaban | |
| Shadows of Desire (TV) | Jude Snow | Sam Pillsbury | ||
| 1995 | Slave of Dreams (TV) | Joseph | Robert M. Young | |
| A Mother's Gift (TV) | William Deal | Jerry London | ||
| 1996 | Profit (TV series) | Jim Profit | David Greenwalt, John McNamara | lead |
| The Pompatus of Love | Josh | Richard Schenkman | ||
| 1997 | Feds (TV series) | C. Oliver Resor | regular | |
| Wounded | Hanaghan | Richard Martin | ||
| Love in Another Town (TV) | Jake Cantrell | Lorraine Senna | ||
| House of Frankenstein 1997 (TV) | Detective Vernon Coyle | Peter Werner | ||
| 1998 | The Outer Limits (TV series) (4.5 In the Zone) | Tanner Brooks | David Warry-Smith | |
| 2000-2002 | Mysterious Ways (TV series) | Declan Dunn | Peter O'Fallon | lead |
| 2003-2005 | Judging Amy (TV series) | David McClaren | Amy Brenneman, Bill D'Elia, John Tinker | recurring role (seasons 5-6) 2004 in MoviesTraveling Salesman in SecondHand Lions |
| 2005 | Desperate Housewives (TV series) (2.4 My Heart Belongs to Daddy, 2.5 They Asked Me Why I Believe In You, 2.6 I Wish I Could Forget You) | David Bradley | Marc Cherry | guest appearance (3 episodes) |
| 2006-Present | Heroes (TV series) | Nathan Petrelli | Tim Kring | regular |
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Filmography (as director)
| Year | Title | Writer | Producer | Main cast | Other notes |
| 1999 | Cement | Justin Monjo | D.J. Paul, Adrian Pasdar | Chris Penn, Jeffrey Wright, Sherilyn Fenn, Anthony DeSando, Henry Czerny | also co-producer and composer |
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Further reading
- Bridget Byrne. "Adrian Pasdar's television, film career working in Mysterious Ways" Chicago Sun-Times. August 13, 2000.
- Papp, Adrienne. Heroes Among Us. Westside Today. Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
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References
- ^ Adrian Pasdar Biography (1965?-)
- ^ Adrian Pasdar Bio - Adrian Pasdar Biography - Adrian Pasdar Stories
- ^ Pasdar, quoted in "Adrian Pasdar's television, film career working in Mysterious Ways" by Bridget Byrne. Chicago Sun-Times. August 13, 2000.
- ^ Heroes Season Finale: Adrian Pasdar
- ^ Anamarie Pasdar
- ^ a b imdb.com: Bio om Adrian Pasdar
- ^ WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
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