Paul Adelstein

Paul Adelstein
Born April 29, 1969(1969-04-29) (age 39)
Chicago, Illinois, United StatesYears active 1990- present Spouse(s) Liza Weil
(November 2006- present)

Paul Adelstein (born April 29, 1969) is an American television and film actor, best known for the role of Agent Paul Kellerman in the television series, Prison Break, and his current role as pediatrician Cooper Freedman in the series Private Practice, the spin-off of the award-winning television show, Grey's Anatomy.

Adelstein was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1969. Prior to his professional acting career, Adelstein attended Bowdoin College where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude with a degree in English.[1] He began his career in theatre, working with New Crime Productions, a company founded by John Cusack, and later with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

Making his film debut in 1990 in The Grifters, which starred John Cusack, Adelstein's next film appearance was in the 1997 film Peoria Babylon, which starred Ann Cusack. He then went on to appear in several television series which include Cupid, ER, Without a Trace and Scrubs.

In November 2006, Adelstein married actress Liza Weil, who played Paris Geller on Gilmore Girls. Adelstein is also lead singer and guitarist of a band called Doris. He is related to television producer Marty Adelstein.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes 1990 The GriftersSailor - Young Paul 1997 Peoria BabylonBrad Kessler 1998-1999 CupidMike Television episodes (1x01, 1x02, 1x06, 1x07, 1x09, 1x11, 1x14) 1999 Turks Officer Cliff Fowler Television series 1999 ERHank Loman Television episode (6x09) 2000 BedazzledBob/Roberto/Beach Jock/Sportscaster 2002 R.U.S./H. Tom Epstein Television movie 2002 ERTelevision episode (8x17) 2002 Breaking NewsJulian Kerbis Television series 2002-2003 HackSergeant Aldo Rossi Television episodes (1x13, 1x14, 1x20, 2x04, 2x10) 2003 Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSteven Kellerman Television episode (4x14) 2003 Partners and Crime Television movie 2003 Intolerable CrueltyWrigley 2003 The Lyon's DenSnyder Television episode (1x09) 2003 Without a TraceDave Television episode (2x05) 2004 Lawrence Melm 2004 Bandwagon Joe Rice 2004 CollateralFed #3 2004 Las VegasAlex Brooks Television episode (2x11) 2005 MediumCraig Television episode (1x14) 2005 Harvey Birdman, Attorney at LawMurro Television episode (3x02) 2005 Memoirs of a GeishaLieutenant Hutchins 2005 Be CoolHy Gordon 2005-2007 Prison Break Paul KellermanSeries regular 2006 Nobody's WatchingJeff Tucker Television series 2006 ScrubsDr. Stone Television episode (5x21) 2007 Grey's Anatomy Cooper FreedmanTelevision episode (3x22,3x23) 2007-2008 Private Practice Cooper FreedmanSeries Regular

References

^ Meet the cast - Paul Adelstein. Yahoo!7. Retrieved on January 14, 2006.

External links

Paul Adelstein at the Internet Movie Database
Paul Adelstein at Allmovie
Paul Adelstein at TV.com

PersondataNAME Adelstein, Paul ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Actor DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1969 PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago, Illinois, USA DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH