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Adrian Paul
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Paul in 2015
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| Born | 29 May 1959 London, England, UK
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1981–present |
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Meilani Figalan
(m. 1990; div. 1997)Alexandra Tonelli
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| Children | 3 |
Adrian Paul Hewett, born on May 29, 1959, is an English actor and director. He is most famous for playing Duncan MacLeod in the TV series Highlander: The Series. In 1997, he started a charity called the Peace Fund.
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Adrian Paul's Early Life
Adrian Paul was born in London, England. He was the first of three brothers. His mother was Italian, and his father was British. As a teenager, he was a good footballer. He played for a team called Cray Wanderers between 1976 and 1978.
In 1985, Adrian Paul moved to the United States. He wanted to work in dance and modeling. He also spent time acting in plays. He said that these plays and an early TV show called Beauty and the Beast helped him become a better actor.
Adrian Paul's Acting Career
Adrian Paul's first acting job was in 1986. He played a ballet dancer named Nikolai "Kolya" Rostov in the TV series The Colbys. After that, he appeared in many other TV shows. These included Beauty and the Beast (1987), Tarzán (1991), and Murder, She Wrote (1992). He even appeared as himself in WWE SmackDown in 1999. In 2003, he was in an episode of Charmed.
His first movie role was in 1988 in a film called Last Rites. He also starred in Masque of the Red Death, which was based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe. You might have also seen him in music videos. He was in Sheena Easton's "Days Like This" and Duran Duran's "My Own Way."
Becoming Duncan MacLeod
In 1992, Adrian Paul got his most famous role. He was cast as Duncan MacLeod in Highlander: The Series. This show started in October 1992. He played this character for about 15 years. He also starred as Duncan MacLeod in the movie Highlander: Endgame (2000). Later, he was in the TV movie Highlander: The Source (2007).
Other Film and TV Roles
Adrian Paul has been in many other movies. Some of these include Dance to Win (1989), Love Potion No. 9 (1992), and Susan's Plan (1998). He played Lancelot in Merlin: The Return (1999). Other films include The Breed (2001) and Storm Watch (2002).
In 2007, he played Ananias Dare in the TV film Wraiths of Roanoke. He also had a main role in the TV movie Tides of War. In this film, he played Commander Frank Habley, a submarine officer.
Adrian Paul also started doing voice acting in 2008. He voiced Patrick O'Brien in an animated War of the Worlds TV show. He played Sir Francis Drake in The Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake (2009). He was also in the futuristic movie Eyeborgs (2009). In 2012, he did a voice-over for the animated film War of the Worlds: Goliath. He starred in the science fiction movie AE: Apocalypse Earth in 2013.
More recently, in 2015, he appeared in Strike Back. In March 2019, he joined the TV series Arrow. He played a character named Dante in three episodes. In 2022, he was in an episode of S.W.A.T.
Adrian Paul's Personal Life
Adrian Paul married actress Meilani Figalan in 1990. They divorced in 1997. In 2009, he married Alexandra Tonelli. They have three children together. Their daughter was born in 2009, and their two sons were born in 2012 and 2020.
Since the late 1980s, Adrian Paul has studied different martial arts. These include Taekwondo, Choy Li Fut, and Hung Gar Kung Fu. He has been featured on the covers of several martial arts magazines.
Filmblips Production Company
Adrian Paul is also involved in making movies and TV shows. In 2008, he teamed up with Zoltan Furedi. They started their own company called Filmblips. This company makes independent films and TV shows.
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Paul in 2015
