Adrian Pasdar is an American actor, voice actor and director best known for his film roles in Chipper Top Gun (1986) alongside Tom Cruise, Caleb Colton in Nearly Dark (1987) and Frankie in Carlito’s Way (1993) and directing and production of his original feature film Cement (2000). His feature film Cement (2000) won a Grand Award in the Motion Picture category and an Audience Award for Drama at the AngelCiti Film Festival that same year. He also appeared in films such as Cookies (1989), Vital Signs (1990), Torn Apart (1990),The Good Day (1994), Love’s Pompatus (1995), Wounded (1997), The Big Day (1999), Second-Hand Lions (2003), Run (2013) and Getting Through the Rye (2015).

One of his prominent voice acting roles has been that of Tony Stark/Iron Man in an animated series Iron Man (2010), Marvel Anime (2010-2011), Ultimate Spider-Man (2012-2017) and Avengers Unite (2013-2017). Adrian is also known to audiences as a television actor, with roles in series such as Benefit (1996-1997), Feds (1997), Touched by an Angel (1998), Mysterious Ways (2000-2002), Judging Amy (2003-2005) and Desperate Housewives (2005). He has also appeared in Heroes (2006-2010), The Game of Lies(2011-2013), Political Animals (2012), Agents of SHIELD (2014-2018), Colony (2016-2017) and Supergirl (2017-2018).

Born name

Adrian Kayvan Pasdar

nickname

tape from TV

Sun sign

Trails

Place of birth

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

nationality

training

Adrian graduated from Marple Newtown High School in 1983 in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, USA. He later enrolled at the University of Florida in 1983 received a football scholarship in Gainesville, Florida, USA. He was then forced to retire in the first year after a serious injury that severely injured his legs.

Adrian also attended the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida for 3 years but never graduated. After using medical compensation for cutting his left thumb while setting up a set, Adrian managed to afford to attend the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute in New York City, New York, United States.

occupation

Actor, speaker, director

family

• Vater – Homayoon Pasdar (Herzchirurg)
• Mother – Rosemarie née Sbresny Pasdar (travel agency)
• Siblings – Anamarie Pasdar (Sister) (Director, Producer)
• Others – Heinz Sbresny (maternal grandfather), AnnemarieElisabeth Günther (maternal grandmother), Wilhelmiena Luekatis (paternal grandmother), Karl Günther (maternal grandfather), Marie Wichmann (maternal grandmother)

Manager

Adrian Pasdar is represented by –

• Die Gersh Agency (Talent Agent) in Beverly Hills, Kalifornien, USA
• AVO Talent Agency (language agency for talent) in Los Angeles, California, USA
• Arcieri & Associates (Talent Agent Voice, Advertising) in New York, New York, USA
• Fidelity Management (Manager) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Heroes for Hire (talent agent in person) in Studio City, California, USA

To build

Athletic

Height

5 feet 10 inches or 178 cm

weight

73 kg

girlfriend/spouse

Adrian Pasdar has dated –

1. Cecilia Peck (1989-1997) – Adrian began dating actress Cecilia Peck in 1989.
2. Emily Lloyd (1990) – He was rumored to be dating British actress Emily Lloyd in 1990 after they were spotted on a night out together.
3. Natalie Maines (1999-2017) – He met Natalie, the singer of the Dixie ChicksGirl band, at his best friend’s wedding, where he was the best man and she was the bridesmaid. After about a year of marriage, the two married on June 24, 2000. On March 15, 2001, they welcomed their first son, Jackson Slade Pasdar. Less than 3 years later, on July 14, 2004, their second son was born, whom they named Beckett Finn Pasdar. After just over 17 years of marriage, on July 5, 2017, Natalie announced that they were divorcing. This is where the problems started as both signed a prenuptial agreement stating that they would not be eligible for spousal support after a divorce. However, Adrian stated that in 2017 his salary was only $150,000 per year while Natalie made $2 million per year and much more when she was on tour. He also had to pay rent on a house in Venice Beach, California when he had to move out of the Brentwood mansion they owned together. Adrian added that she’s valued at over $50 million and only $4.5 million on the property. As of May 2019, the couple was still in court and he admitted he had asked Natalie to pay more than $350,000 in legal fees because he couldn’t afford it.

race/ethnicity

Multiracial (White and Middle Eastern)

He is of Iranian descent on his father’s side and of German and Polish descent on his mother’s side.

hair colour

dark brown

Due to his advanced age, his hair has turned into “salt and pepper”.

eye color

hazel

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

• Salt and pepper hair and facial hair
• Haircut combed back
• Thick eyebrows
• Athletic constitution
• tattoos

brand promotion

Adrian Pasdar hasn’t endorsed any brands yet.

Religion

Christianity

Known for

• Starring in television series such as Profit (1996-1997), Feds (1997), Mysterious Ways (2000-2002), Judging Amy (2003-2005), Heroes (2006-2010), The Game of Lies (2011-2013) and Agents of SHIELD (2014-2018)
• His film roles in Top Gun (1986), Almost Dark (1987), Cookie (1989), Torn Apart (1990), Carlito’s Way (1993), Wounded (1997), The Big Day (1999), Run (2013) and Through come the rye (2015)
• As a voice artist for anime characters such as Hawkeye (2009), Tony Stark / Iron Man (2010-2017), Hugo Strange (2011), Bruto The Strongman (2014), Micronus Prime (2015-2016), Ultron (2016) and Mr Chase

As a singer

Adrian Pasdar made his musical debut in the feature film he wrote, directed and produced entitled Cement (2000) by singing the song Wildkatzeschuhe . Adrian also sang 4 songs – Main Title and First Victim (Kiefer) , The Murder , Silent Night , and The First Noel in Horror Home Video in 2008.

first movie

Adrian Pasdar made his film debut as Chipper in the action drama Top Gun in 1986.

First TV show

Adrian Pasdar first appeared as George in an episode entitled Paddy Chayefsky’s “The Mother” of the music series Great Performances in 1994.

He made his voice actor debut on his TV show The Super Hero Squad Show as Hawkeye in 2009.

Adrian Pasdar favorite things

• sports – football
• School subject – English
• Hobbies – skydiving, motorcycling, playing chess
• Music genre – rock, trip hop
• Music Group – Major Attack

Adrian Pasdar Facts

1. At the age of 2, Adrian and his entire family moved to Powelton, Pennsylvania where his father began practicing medicine as a cardiac surgeon.
2. Adrian began acting independently after reading a play based on the Bible, although his family was not too religious. He dressed their neighbors’ dogs as sheep to convey the story.
3. In his freshman year, he was in a terrible car accident with his friend while they were riding in a jeep. Adrian was in a coma, breaking both legs and scarring his face, shattering his dreams of playing professional football.
4. He dropped out of university after his car accident and landed a job with the folk light and theater company in Malvern, Pennsylvania, in an internship as a tech resident.
5. He worked for his father at his food company called the Vandam Diner in Lower East Manhattan, New York, New York.
6. Adrian lived in Paris, France and Berlin for a year.
7. His audition for the role in the popular film Top Gun (1986) was so impressive that director Tony Scott created and wrote a character named Chipper just for him.
8. Prior to his official directorial and screenwriting debut, Cement (2000), he directed and wrote an unreleased short film entitled Unbelievable (1995) which premiered at the East Hamptons Film Festival in October of that year.
9. In 1997, Adrian directed a music video for the song Meine Heimatstadt by Paula Abdul and also directed Charlie Robison’s music video for the song Bar Licht Bar Bright in 1996.
10. He has a Bobcat tattoo on his upper right arm and even named his film company: Bobcat Films . In 1991, while filming, he tattooed a Chinese character to bolster Shanghai 1920 . Adrian also has a tattoo of an anchor with the names of his 2 sons next to it, symbolizing his family as his home and anchor in life.
11. He played a transvestite in a film called Like a Woman (1992).
12. One of his best friends is Milo Ventimiglia, who played his brother in the TV series Heroes (2006-2010).
13. One of his close friends, actor Chris Penn, died in 2006. Adrian was a pallbearer at his funeral.
14. Adrian is the guitarist for Band from the TV, a charity rock band that donates a portion of the proceeds to the Rush Epilepsy Center , a charity he nominated.
15. Follow him on YouTube.