Adrian Pasdar

Adrian Pasdar

actor, director, writer

Adrian Pasdar was born on Apr 30, 1965 in USA. Adrian Pasdar's big-screen debut came with Top Gun directed by Tony Scott in 1986, strarring Chipper. Adrian Pasdar is known for Milo Murphy's Law directed by George Elliott, 'Weird Al' Yankovic stars as Milo Murphy and Sabrina Carpenter as Melissa Chase. Adrian Pasdar has got 17 awards and 4 nominations so far. The most recent award Adrian Pasdar achieved is Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Adrian Pasdar plays is The Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie Massacre which will be released on Sep 10, 2021.

Adrian Pasdar was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to Rosemarie Pasdar (née Sbresny), who owns a travel agency, and Homayoon Pasdar, a prominent heart surgeon. His father is Iranian and his mother, who was born in Germany, is of German, and some Polish, descent. At the age of 2, his father moved the family to Powelton, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. In high school, he excelled at football, eventually leading to a football scholarship at the University of Florida in 1983. Football may have been a promising future, had it not been for a terrible accident during his freshman year that left his face scarred and his legs badly injured. A very driven Adrian finished his freshman year in a wheelchair, doing intensive physical therapy and turning his attention to campus stage productions and rediscovered a childhood interest in writing and acting. No longer able to play football, he dropped out of school and returned home, taking a job with a theater group "People's Light and Theatre Company". Here, he worked on sound, lighting and set construction. While constructing a set, he cut off the end of his left thumb. Adrian, having the ability to turn tragedy into triumph, used his medical compensation to pay for attendance at the famous Lee Strasberg Theater Institute. At the age of 19, he auditioned for a role in Top Gun (1986). Director Tony Scott was so impressed that he wrote the part of "Chipper" just for him. This led to bigger roles in Les guerriers du soleil (1986), Les Chemins de la gloire (1986), and Kathryn Bigelow's 1987 cult vampire movie Aux frontières de l'aube (1987), with Adrian in the lead role of "Caleb Colton". He also appeared in Vital Signs (1990). Adrian has always been an actor ahead of his time, opting for roles in independent and cable movies long before they were considered fashionable for feature actors to do. In 1992, feeling completely out-of-touch with reality, Adrian left Hollywood to return to New York. He worked as a cashier for room and board, while taking the occasional small part, such as "Frankie" in Brian De Palma's L'impasse (1993). Another major break came in 1995, when Adrian was cast as the title character on the short-lived Fox series Profit (1996). He continues to act in supporting roles and has now added directing to his already impressive body of work. He wrote and directed the short film Beyond Belief (1999) and also directed a feature film entitled Cement (2000).

  • Birthday

    Apr 30, 1965
  • Place of Birth

    Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Awards

17 wins & 4 nominations

Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
2022
Best Short Film
Winner - Honorable Mention
Queer Fish in God's Waiting Room (2021)
Best Actor & Director Awards
2022
Best Director of a Comedy
Winner - Gold Award
Queer Fish in God's Waiting Room (2021)
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