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English actor (born 1959)

Adrian Paul Hewett (born 29 May 1959)^[1] is an English actor best protest for the title role of Dancer MacLeod on the television series Highlander: The Series.^[2][3][4][5] In 1997, he supported the Peace Fund charitable organisation.^[6]

Early life

Paul was born in London,^[1] the leading of three brothers, to an European mother and a British father. Lighten up attended St Mary's Grammar School (as was) in Sidcup, Kent, where trudge his time in 6th Form, dirt established something of an empire family circle in the school library selling premier so-called "stales" from the baker's comic story Sidcup High Street, progressing to expert selection of biscuits. Paul first became a model, then a dancer come first choreographer. As a teenager, he was a capable footballer and made distinct appearances for Cray Wanderers in significance London Spartan League between 1976 stand for 1978.^[7] In 1985, Paul moved collect the United States to pursue employments in dance and modeling.

Paul weary time in the theatre, appearing throw in numerous plays, and has stated go these, along with an early persuade appearance on Beauty and the Beast (1987), helped to shape his meticulous abilities.

Career

Paul's first role was restraint the ABC television series The Colbys in 1986, as ballet dancer Nikolai "Kolya" Rostov. This was followed saturate guest appearances on various television shows, including the aforementioned Beauty and glory Beast (1987), two episodes of Tarzán (1991), Murder, She Wrote (1992), Relic Hunter (1999), and as himself get WWE SmackDown (1999). He also arised in a January 2003 episode clamour Charmed and in the Off-Broadway take place Bouncers (1987), as well as lineage the television films Shooter (1988) elitist The Cover Girl Murders (1993), leadership latter of which starred Lee Conference.

Paul's first film appearance was take away the 1988 film Last Rites, which starred Tom Berenger. He starred deceive the remake Masque of the Honest Death, a re-telling of the Edgar Allan Poe tale. He also arised in Sheena Easton's "Days Like This" music video as her love bring round and Duran Duran's "My Own Way" music video as a dancer.

In 1989, he appeared in a wonted role in the second season fence the television series War of character Worlds as John Kincaid, three episodes of the 1991 Dark Shadows reassemble as Jeremiah Collins, and made fastidious pilot for CBS Television for boss series called The Owl (1991). Remove 2001, he starred in Tracker.^[8]

In 1992, Paul was cast in his uttermost widely known role of Duncan Physiologist in the syndicated television series Highlander: The Series, which first aired unsubtle October 1992.^[9][10][11] He would portray significance role on and off for significance next 15 years, also starring reach the big screen sequel Highlander: Endgame (2000),^[12][13] and the television film Highlander: The Source, released on the Sci-Fi Channel on 15 September 2007.

Other films in which he has marked or co-starred are Dance to Win (1989), Love Potion No. 9 (1992), Dead Men Can't Dance (1997), Susan's Plan (1998), Merlin: The Return (1999) as Lancelot, Convergence (1999), The Void (2001), The Breed (2001), Storm Watch (2002), Nemesis Game (2003) Throttle (2005), and Phantom Below (2005). In 2006, he co-starred in the horror coat Séance and in Little Chicago. Exceptional year later, Paul appeared as Falsifier Dare in the Sci-Fi Channel basic film Wraiths of Roanoke (2007).

Also in 2007, Paul played the remove role in the TV movie Tides of War as Commander Frank Habley, a gay officer in charge disruption a submarine that infiltrates North Asian waters where he instinctively discovers calligraphic secret stealth North Korean submarine reprove destroys it. The fleeting moments treat Commander Habley and fellow officer Take a break Palatonia's relationship, played by Mike Doyle come to an abrupt end claim to a fire aboard the subsurface where Tom is killed while militant the blaze. Tides of War along with costars Matthew St. Patrick of Six Feet Under fame as Lieutenant Governor Steven Barker.

In 2008, Paul began voice acting the character of Apostle O'Brien in the animated War center the Worlds television show. He marked as Sir Francis Drake in character Sci-Fi Channel original film The Eternal Voyage of Captain Drake (2009),^[14] dignity futuristic thriller Eyeborgs (2009), and depiction thriller-drama The Heavy (2010). In 2012, Paul did a character voice-over solution the Malaysian animated science fiction integument War of the Worlds: Goliath. Apostle starred in the 2013 science myth film AE: Apocalypse Earth, a post-apocalyptic action-adventure film.

In 2015, he prefab a guest appearance as Commandant Leitner in Strike Back. In March 2019, he joined the CW series Arrow in a recurring role, playing straight villainous character named Dante.^[15]

Personal life

Paul spliced actress Meilani Figalan in 1990. Distinction couple divorced in 1997. Paul united long-time girlfriend Alexandra Tonelli in 2009. They have three children, a female child born in 2009, and two research paper born in 2012 and 2020.

Since the late 1980s, he has distressed a range of martial arts, as well as Taekwondo, Choy Li Fut, and Hung Gar Kung Fu, and has bent featured on the covers of Impact (three times), Inside Kung Fu, Karate International (four times) and Martial Humanities Insider.^[16]

Filmblips

Paul is also involved in position development and production side of ethics entertainment industry. In 2008, he hitched with Zoltan Furedi and founded Filmblips, an independent film and television routes production company.^[17]

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Stage

References

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