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Agent Paul Kellerman Born on April 29, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois, Paul Adelstein was a student at Bowdoin College, where he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity and majored in English. After graduating summa cum laude, he pursued his acting career by performing on productions of the Steppenwolf Theater Company. In 1990, he made his first big screen appearance in The Grifters, and followed that with a role on the 1997 film Peoria Babylon. His other movie credits include Collateral, Bedazzled, Memoirs of a Geisha, Intolerable Cruelty and Be Cool.
As for the small screen, Adelstein made his debut on the television series, Cupid. He then went on to guest star in shows like ER, Hack, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Lyon's Den, Without a Trace, Medium, Las Vegas, Scrubs, and the original pilot for Nobody's Watching.
In 2006 and 2007, Adelstein portrayed agent Paul Kellerman on the Fox Network's hit television series, Prison Break. After being cast in the role, he was prompted to further inform himself about the Secret Service and the Special Forces. Part of his research also involved reading an interrogation manual and talking to Secret Service Agents and a Special Forces unit. Adelstein enjoys portraying Agent Kellerman because "he's extremely effective and efficient and streamlined." Furthermore, he also sees as the character as someone "who knows the truth about the case, but (is) also loyal to the president and would move mountains for her. He may not realize what's really going on at the top, and that's where he hits a wall in coming episodes."
In 2006, Adelstein tied the knot with actress,
Liza Weil , who appears as Paris Geller on the drama series,
Gilmore Girls . Aside from acting, Adelstein also sings lead and plays the guitar for Doris, a band that is based in Los Angeles.
In 2007, Adelstein was announced as a main cast member for the spin-off of ABC's medical drama,
Grey's Anatomy , titled
Private Practice .
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