Adrian Pasdar Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

Adrian: (How he and Milo created a bond that allows them to act as brothers) Nothing intentional. The bond we share is unique, and would have been forged were we ice fishing in Alaska or baking bread in Bolivia. We just happened to meet up on the set, and a friendship took flight. So to speak…

Adrian: (Heroes) After reading the pilot, I told them that the politician has to get together with the stripper. That Drama 101: Put the politician with their biggest liability, the stripper.

Adrian Pasdar (On Mysterious Ways): As ironic as it sounds, anthropology was my favorite class in college. The show has a great mix of drama and comedy, and the relationship between my character and Peggy has an interesting synergy. It's a real cerebral chemistry between our characters-she's analytical and my character's more ethereal, which is really interesting to watch.

Adrian: I have gotten so out of touch with reality that one day in 1992, I just sold my house at a $200,000.00 loss, moved back East, and put my money into T-bills.

Trivia

Adrian was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, but at the age of 2, his father moved the family to Powelton, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia.

Adrian met co-star of Heroes Milo Ventimiglia before Heroes when he auditioned for Gilmore Girls as Milo's character Jess's father. He didn't get the role because he was told that he and Milo look too much like brothers. Ironically in Heroes they do play brothers.

Adrian was one of People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive, 2006 along with the other Men in the Heroes Cast. They are found in "The Newcomers" section.

Adrian's feature film directorial debut, Cement of 1999, won Grand Prize for Best Film at Worldfest-Houston Film Festival.

Adrian is a close friend of "Jeffrey Wright".

Adrian dated Gregory Peck's daughter, 'Cecilia Peck'.

Adrian went to University of Florida on a football scholarship, but his football career ended due to serious injuries when he flipped his jeep while driving to Miami.

Adrian graduated class of 1983 from Marple Newtown High School in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

Adrian accidentally cut off the end of his left thumb while constructing a set.

Adrian finished his freshman year in a wheelchair, doing intensive physical therapy and turning his attention to campus stage productions and redicovering a childhood interest in writing and acting.

Adrian's height is 5' 10"

Adrian married Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks on the weekend of June 24-25, 2000 in Las Vegas's Little White Wedding Chapel, in a $55 no-frills ceremony. They have two sons, Jackson Slade Pasdar born March 15, 2001, and Beckett Finn Pasdar born July 14, 2004.