Adrian Kayvan Pasdar (; He also played district attorney Alec Rybak on The Lying Game. He has appeared on the American TV drama Grand Hotel as Felix.
Early life
Pasdar was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Pasdar grew up in West Philadelphia, which he described as primarily Black. His family later moved to Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Marple Newtown High School, where he went by his middle name Kayvan and where he played football and studied acting. Pasdar attended the University of Florida on a football scholarship, turning to acting after an injury.
His sister, Anamarie Pasdar, is a theatrical artistic director and producer.
Television
Pasdar's major break into television came in 1996, when he was cast as the title character on the Fox series Profit. He also guest-starred in the two-hour season finale of the fourth season of Touched by an Angel. 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 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 starred as Nathan Petrelli in the NBC superhero drama Heroes. Pasdar based 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. Pasdar's character was killed off in an episode that aired November 30, 2009.
Pasdar voices Hawkeye in the animated series The Super Hero Squad Show and voiced Captain America in the Black Panther animated series. Having also voiced Iron Man in the English dub of the Iron Man anime series, Pasdar reprised the role in Marvel's Avengers Assemble (seasons 1–3), Ultimate Spider-Man, and Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H..
Pasdar also played a role on The Lying Game as Alec Rybak, a corrupt district attorney. In 2013, Pasdar guest-starred in the seventh and final season of Burn Notice as Randall Burke for three episodes. From 2014 to 2018, he played the recurring role of Glenn Talbot / Graviton on the Marvel TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and from 2016 to 2017, recurred as Nolan Burgess on the series Colony. He also starred in the pilot of the Amazon Studios series The After. He also portrays the DC Comics character Morgan Edge in season 3 of The CW's Supergirl.
Personal life
Pasdar married musician Natalie Maines of The Chicks on June 24, 2000. and 2004.<!--as parents themselves announced on Dixie Chicks official site, according to Associated Press--> On July 5, 2017, Maines announced that she and Pasdar were divorcing after 17 years of marriage. The divorce was finalized on December 19, 2019.
Pasdar is a guitarist for charity rock band Band from TV. Part of the proceeds from the band's concerts go to his nominated charity, the Rush Epilepsy Center.
Awards and nominations
Acting
- 2009: Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films: Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor in Television, Heroes
Directing
- 2000: AngelCiti film festival: Audience Award, Cement
Other
- 2009 (ensemble): Hollywood Note Foundation's Change the World Awards, Humanitarian Award of Inspiration: Band From TV
Filmography
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Other notes
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| rowspan="3" | 1986 || Top Gun || Lieutenant (navy)|Lieutenant Charles 'Chipper' Piper || Film Debut
|-
| Solarbabies || Darstar ||
|-
| Streets of Gold || Timmy Boyle ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1987 || Made in U.S.A. || Dar ||
|-
| Near Dark || Caleb Colton ||
|-
| 1989 || Cookie || Vito ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1990 || Torn Apart || Ben Arnon ||
|-
| Vital Signs || Michael Chatham ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1991 || Shanghai 1920 || Dawson Cole ||
|-
| Grand Isle || Robert Lebrun ||
|-
| 1992 || Just Like a Woman || Gerald Tilson / Geraldine ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1993 || Ghost Brigade || Captain John Harling ||
|-
| Carlito's Way || Frankie Taglialucci ||
|-
| 1994 || The Last Good Time || Eddie ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1995 || Slave of Dreams || Joseph ||
|-
| A Mother's Gift || William Deal ||
|-
|1996
| The Pompatus of Love || Josh ||
|-
| rowspan="2" |1997
| Wounded || Hanaghan ||
|-
| Love in Another Town || Jake Cantrell ||
|-
| 2003 || Secondhand Lions || Traveling Salesman ||
|-
| 2008 || Home Movie || David Poe ||
|-
| rowspan="2" |2013
|Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload
| rowspan="2" |Tony Stark / Iron Man
|Short film
|-
| Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United|| Voice
Further reading
- Bridget Byrne. "Adrian Pasdar's television, film career working in Mysterious Ways" Chicago Sun-Times. August 13, 2000.
- Adrienne Papp. "Heroes Among Us". Westside Today. Retrieved on May 5, 2008.