Paul Adelstein Biography
Paul Adelstein is a well-known American actor and writer best known for his portrayal of Agent Paul Kellerman in Fox’s Prison Break. Adelstein went on to appear in several television series, including Cupid, ER, Without a Trace, and Scrubs, after making his film debut in The Grifters (1990).
Paul Adelstein Age
He was born on April 29, 1969, in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. Paul is 54 years old as of April 2023.
Paul Adelstein Education
Adelstein attended the progressive Francis W. Parker School before transferring to Bowdoin College, where he earned a Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude degree in English.
Paul Adelstein Wife- Daughter
Adelstein married actress Liza Weil in November 2006 in a Reform Jewish ceremony. In April 2010, Weil gave birth to their daughter. Adelstein and Weil divorced in March 2016.
Paul Adelstein career
He is best known for his roles in the Fox television series Prison Break as Agent Paul Kellerman and as pediatrician Cooper Freedman in the ABC medical drama Private Practice. He is best known for his recurring roles as Leo Bergen on ABC’s Scandal and Jake Novak on Bravo’s Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce, in addition to supporting roles in films such as Intolerable Cruelty and Memoirs of a Geisha. He also starred as David Sweetzer in the NBC comedy I Feel Bad. Adelstein co-created the dark comedy TV series Imposters, which aired on Bravo in 2017 and 2018 for two 10-episode seasons. On that show, he also portrayed Shelley Cohen.
Adelstein made his film debut in The Grifters (1990) and went on to appear in a number of television series, including Cupid, ER, Without a Trace, and Scrubs, as well as 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 landed his most notable role to date as a regular cast member of the suspenseful television series Prison Break. He auditioned for the role of protagonist Lincoln Burrows before playing the mysterious government operative Paul Kellerman.
After leaving the show in 2007, he joined the regular cast of the medical drama Private Practice, where he remained for the entire six-season run. Following the series finale in 2013, he had a recurring role as Leo Bergen on Scandal, which lasted into 2018. In Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce, which premiered in late 2014 as Bravo’s first scripted original series, he played Jake Novak, the husband of Abby McCarthy (Lisa Edelstein). In April 2016, he was cast as Raymond Blackstone in Hugh Laurie’s Hulu series Chance.
Paul Adelstein’s Net Worth
Paul has an estimated net worth of 2 million dollars as of 2023.
Paul Adelstein Movies
- 2002 R.U.S./H.
- ER
- Breaking News
- 2002–2003 Hack
- 2003 Law & Order
- The Lyon’s
- Without a Trace
- 2004 Las Vegas
- 2005 Medium
- Harvey Birdman
- 2005–2007;
- 2009; 2017 Prison Break
- 2006 Nobody’s Watching
- Scrubs Dr. Stone
- 2007 Grey’s Anatomy
- 2007–2013 Private Practice
- 2010 Glenn
- 2013–2017 Scandal
- 2014–2018 Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce
- 2015 Law & Order:
- 2016 Chance
- 2017 Imposters
- 2017–2018 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Get Shorty Wes Krupke
- 2018 I Feel Bad
- 2019 The Marvelous
- 2019–2020 Chicago P.D.
- 2021 True Story