Adrian Pasdar Biography

Fast Facts

• For his role in "Heroes," he won the 2008 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
• He won the Grand Remi Award in 2000 for "Cement," which was his first film as director
• He attended New York's Lee Strasberg Theater Institute
• He received a football scholarship to the University of Florida
• He worked at the People's Light and Theatre Company as part of the sound, lighting and stage crew
• Quote: "My father told me a man can fish for hours, not catch a fish, and be happy, but he can't wait three minutes for his wife to get ready for dinner․ There's something about patience I learned there․"
• He played a police officer in the Dixie Chicks video for "Goodbye Earl․"
• His role as Chipper in "Top Gun" was created for him because director Tony Scott was very impressed by his audition
• Feeling disconnected from reality, he left California for New York to work as a cashier in 1992
• He is part of charity rock group Band from TV, which donates some of its proceeds to the Taia Peace Foundation