ADRIAN PAUL
Name: Adrian Paul Hewett
Born: 29 May 1959 London, England, United Kingdom
Adrian Paul Hewett (born May 29, 1959), better known as Adrian Paul, is an actor
best known for his role on the television series Highlander: The Series as
Duncan MacLeod. He was born in London, England in 1959, the first of three
brothers to an Italian mother and a British father. Paul first became a model,
then a dancer and choreographer. In 1985, he left Europe for the United States
to pursue a dance and modeling career. In 1998, he founded The Peace Fund
charitable organization.
He was cast in the role that would bring him to the most prominence to date,
that of Duncan MacLeod in the syndicated television series Highlander: The
Series, in 1992. Paul also starred in the spin-off movie, Highlander: Endgame (2000),
and the 5th Highlander film: Highlander: The Source, released as a made-for-TV
movie on the SCI-FI channel on September 15, 2007.
His first role was on the ABC television series, The Colbys as the Russian ex-patriate
ballet dancer, Kolya (1987-1988). This was followed by guest appearances on the
television shows Beauty and the Beast (1987), Murder, She Wrote (1984), Tarzan (1991),
Relic Hunter (1999), and as himself in WWF SmackDown! (1999). He appeared in a
January 2003, episode of Charmed and off Broadway in the play Bouncers. He also
appeared in the made-for-TV movies Shooter (1988) and The Cover Girl Murder (1993)
which starred Lee Majors.
He appeared in a regular role in the second season of the television series War
of the Worlds (1989-1990) as John Kincaid, three episodes of Dark Shadows (1991)
as Jeremiah Collins, and made a pilot for CBS Television for a series called The
Owl (1991). In 2001, he starred in Tracker.
Paul's first film appearance was in the 1988 film Last Rites, which starred Tom
Berenger. He starred in the remake of The Masque of the Red Death (1989), a re-telling
of the Edgar Allan Poe tale. Other movies which he has starred or co-starred are
Dance to Win (also known as War Dancing) (1989), Love Potion No. 9 (1992) as
Enrico Pazzoli, Dead Men Can't Dance (1997), Susan's Plan (also known as Dying
to Get Rich) (1998), Merlin: The Return (1999) as Lancelot, Convergence (also
called Premonition) (1999), The Void (2001), The Breed (2001), Code Hunter (2002),
Nemesis Game (2003) Throttle (2005), and Phantom Below (also known as Tides of
War) (2005). In 2006 he co-starred in the horror film Séance and in Little
Chicago .He also starred as Ananias Dare in the Sci Fi original film, Wraiths of
Roanoke (2007). He has recently finished work on the futuristic thriller
Eyeborgs, and the thriller/drama The Heavy, both of which are currently in post-production.
Name: Adrian Paul Hewett
Born: 29 May 1959 London, England, United Kingdom
Adrian Paul Hewett (born May 29, 1959), better known as Adrian Paul, is an actor
best known for his role on the television series Highlander: The Series as
Duncan MacLeod. He was born in London, England in 1959, the first of three
brothers to an Italian mother and a British father. Paul first became a model,
then a dancer and choreographer. In 1985, he left Europe for the United States
to pursue a dance and modeling career. In 1998, he founded The Peace Fund
charitable organization.
He was cast in the role that would bring him to the most prominence to date,
that of Duncan MacLeod in the syndicated television series Highlander: The
Series, in 1992. Paul also starred in the spin-off movie, Highlander: Endgame (2000),
and the 5th Highlander film: Highlander: The Source, released as a made-for-TV
movie on the SCI-FI channel on September 15, 2007.
His first role was on the ABC television series, The Colbys as the Russian ex-patriate
ballet dancer, Kolya (1987-1988). This was followed by guest appearances on the
television shows Beauty and the Beast (1987), Murder, She Wrote (1984), Tarzan (1991),
Relic Hunter (1999), and as himself in WWF SmackDown! (1999). He appeared in a
January 2003, episode of Charmed and off Broadway in the play Bouncers. He also
appeared in the made-for-TV movies Shooter (1988) and The Cover Girl Murder (1993)
which starred Lee Majors.
He appeared in a regular role in the second season of the television series War
of the Worlds (1989-1990) as John Kincaid, three episodes of Dark Shadows (1991)
as Jeremiah Collins, and made a pilot for CBS Television for a series called The
Owl (1991). In 2001, he starred in Tracker.
Paul's first film appearance was in the 1988 film Last Rites, which starred Tom
Berenger. He starred in the remake of The Masque of the Red Death (1989), a re-telling
of the Edgar Allan Poe tale. Other movies which he has starred or co-starred are
Dance to Win (also known as War Dancing) (1989), Love Potion No. 9 (1992) as
Enrico Pazzoli, Dead Men Can't Dance (1997), Susan's Plan (also known as Dying
to Get Rich) (1998), Merlin: The Return (1999) as Lancelot, Convergence (also
called Premonition) (1999), The Void (2001), The Breed (2001), Code Hunter (2002),
Nemesis Game (2003) Throttle (2005), and Phantom Below (also known as Tides of
War) (2005). In 2006 he co-starred in the horror film Séance and in Little
Chicago .He also starred as Ananias Dare in the Sci Fi original film, Wraiths of
Roanoke (2007). He has recently finished work on the futuristic thriller
Eyeborgs, and the thriller/drama The Heavy, both of which are currently in post-production.