Paul Adelstein
Paul Adelstein was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States on April 29th, 1969 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 54, Paul Adelstein biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
At 54 years old, Paul Adelstein physical status not available right now. We will update Paul Adelstein's height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, and measurements.
Paul Adelstein (born April 29, 1969) is an American actor best known for his role as Agent Paul Kellerman in the Fox television series Prison Break and his role as pediatrician Cooper Freedman in ABC's Private Practices.
In addition to appearing in films including Intolerable Cruelty and Memoirs of a Geisha, he is also known for his appearances in ABC's Scandal as Leo Bergen and as Jake Novak in Bravo's Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce.
Shelley Cohen appeared on "Imposters," another Bravo series.
David Sweetzer appeared on NBC's I Feel Bad as David Sweetzer.
Early life
Adelstein was born in Chicago, Illinois, to a Reform Jewish family. Adelstein earned Phi Beta Kappa and Summa cum lauded with a degree in English prior to his professional acting career, first at the progressive Francis W. Parker School and then Bowdoin College, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum laude with a degree in English. He began his career in theatre by working with New Crime Productions, a John Cusack-founded business, and later with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
Personal life
Adelstein died in Los Angeles at the age of 34.
Adelstein has been a fan and supporter of the Cleveland Browns since childhood.
In November 2006, Adelstein married actress Liza Weil in a Reform Jewish wedding. They had met before in a theatre production. The two continued to work together in three film projects: Order Up (2007), the Gregory Dark-helmed Frenemy (2008), and The Missing Person. She appeared in an episode of Private Practice (airdate: February 24, 2011), but she and Adelstein had no scenes together.
Weil had her first child with Adelstein, a girl who was born on April 26, 2010. Weil filed for divorce from Adelstein in March 2016, requesting joint custody of their daughter and using mediation to find spousal assistance.
Career
After making his film debut in the film, The Grifters (1990), Adelstein went on to appear in several television series, including Cupid, ER, Without a Trace, and Scrubs, and to play a number of significant supporting roles in films such as Bedazzled (2000), Intolerable Cruelty (2003), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), and Be Cool (2005).
In 2005, he received his most significant role to date as a member of the regular cast of the suspenseful television series Prison Break. Although he played the role of mysterious government operative Paul Kellerman, he had originally auditioned for the role of protagonist Lincoln Burrows. When he left the show in 2007, he joined the regular cast of the medical drama Private Practice and stayed for the show's entire six-season run. After the series finale in 2013, he had more recently a recurring role as Leo Bergen on Scandal, which continued into 2018.
He played the main role of Jake Novak, the husband of Abby McCarthy (Lisa Edelstein) in Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, which premiered in late 2014 as the first scripted original series for Bravo. In April 2016, he was cast as Raymond Blackstone in the Hulu series Chance, starring Hugh Laurie.
Music career
Adelstein is the lead singer and guitarist of a band called Doris. The band was started in the late 1990s, and Adelstein has recorded several albums with them, singing and songwriting for the group. Adelstein is also a pianist and guitarist. His musical background was the cover story in the May/June 2012 issue of Making Music Magazine.