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Adrian Kayvan Pasdar (; April 30, 1965) is an American film, television, and voice actor. He is known for his roles in Profit, Near Dark, Carlito's Way, Mysterious Ways, Desperate Housewives, Burn Notice, Heroes and as Glenn Talbot / Graviton on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Additionally, he directed the feature film Cement. He is also known as the voice of Iron Man in Marvel Anime, as well as in the animated series Ultimate Spider-Man, Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., , and Avengers Assemble, and in the Lego Marvel Superheroes and Disney Infinity videogames. He also played district attorney Alec Rybak on The Lying Game. He has appeared on the American TV drama Grand Hotel as Felix.
His sister, Anamarie Pasdar, is a theatrical artistic director and producer.
Pasdar was also selected to play a bit part as a police officer in the Dixie Chicks video for their song "Goodbye Earl". The music video won both the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association's Video of the Year Awards in 2000.
Adrian Pasdar wrote and directed the short film Beyond Belief and directed his first feature film, the Art film neo-noir Cement, a contemporary retelling of Othello, in 1999. The $1.7 million independent feature, which won Best Picture awards on the festival circuit, starred Chris Penn, Jeffrey Wright, Sherilyn Fenn, and Henry Czerny, and was written by Farscape screenwriter Justin Monjo. "I've used every ounce of energy and every drop of money I had to make Cement," Pasdar said.Pasdar, quoted in "Adrian Pasdar's television, film career working in Mysterious Ways" by Bridget Byrne. Chicago Sun-Times. August 13, 2000.
Pasdar played David McClaren in the final two seasons of the CBS drama Judging Amy from 2003 through 2005. In 2006, he had a high-profile guest role as Gabrielle Solis's sleazy lawyer in Desperate Housewives.
He starred as Nathan Petrelli in the NBC superhero drama Heroes. Pasdar based his mysterious character on "the most morally liquid characters" that he's encountered in his life. The character is not based on one particular political figure, but on a melange of different ones, both good and bad. Pasdar's character was killed off in an episode that aired November 30, 2009.
Pasdar voices Hawkeye in the animated series The Super Hero Squad Show and voiced Captain America in the Black Panther animated series. Having also voiced Iron Man in the English dub of the Marvel Anime anime series, Pasdar reprised the role in Marvel's Avengers Assemble (seasons 1–3), Ultimate Spider-Man, and Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H..
Pasdar also played a role on The Lying Game as Alec Rybak, a corrupt district attorney. In 2013, Pasdar guest-starred in the seventh and final season of Burn Notice as Randall Burke for three episodes. From 2014 to 2018, he played the recurring role of Glenn Talbot / Graviton on the Marvel TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and from 2016 to 2017, recurred as Nolan Burgess on the series Colony. He also starred in the pilot of the Amazon Studios series The After. He also portrays the DC Comics character Morgan Edge in season 3 of The CW's Supergirl.
Pasdar is a guitarist for charity rock band Band from TV. Part of the proceeds from the band's concerts go to his nominated charity, the Rush Epilepsy Center.
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| 2013 | Tony Stark / Iron Man | Short film A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. | |
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| 1990 | The Lost Capone | Ricard Hart/Jimmy Capone | Television film |
| 1994 | Shadows of Desire | Jude Snow | |
| 1996 | Profit | Jim Profit | |
| 1997 | Feds | C. Oliver Resor | Miniseries |
| Touched By Evil | Jerry Braskin | Television film | |
| House of Frankenstein 1997 | Detective Vernon Coyle | ||
| 1998 | The Outer Limits | Tanner Brooks | Episode: "In the Zone" |
| Touched by an Angel | Edward Tanner | 2 episodes | |
| The Perfect Getaway | Colt Erickson | Television film | |
| 1999 | Mutiny | Lieutenant Maravich | |
| 2000–2002 | Mysterious Ways | Declan Dunn | |
| 2002 | The Twilight Zone | Andrew Lomax | Episode: "Dream Lover" |
| 2003–2005 | Judging Amy | David McClaren | Seasons 5-6 |
| 2005 | Desperate Housewives | David Bradley | 3 episodes |
| 2006–2009 | Heroes | Nathan Petrelli | |
| 2009 | The Super Hero Squad Show | Clint Barton/Hawkeye | Voice, 3 episodes |
| 2010 | Black Panther | Captain America | Voice, pilot |
| 2010-2011 | Iron Man | English Dub | |
| 2011 | Castle | Mark Fallon | 2 episodes |
| Mason Kent | Episode: "Trophy Wine" | ||
| 2011–2012 | Young Justice | Hugo Strange, National Guardsman #1 | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2011–2013 | The Lying Game | Alec Rybak | 29 episodes |
| 2012 | Chasing Leprechauns | Michael Garrett | Television film |
| Political Animals | President Paul Garcetti | Miniseries | |
| 2012–2017 | Ultimate Spider-Man | Tony Stark/Iron Man | Voice, 9 episodes |
| 2013 | Television special | ||
| Burn Notice | Randall Burke | 4 episodes | |
| 2013–15 | Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. | Tony Stark/Iron Man | Seasons 4-5 |
| 2013–2017 | Avengers Assemble | Tony Stark/Iron Man/Iron Patriot, Bruto, WWII Soldier #3 | Seasons 1–3 |
| 2014–2018 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Glenn Talbot/Graviton | 24 episodes |
| 2015–2017 | Micronus Prime | Voice, 3 episodes | |
| 2016–2017 | Colony | Nolan Burgess | 10 episodes |
| 2016–2019 | Milo Murphy's Law | Mr. Chase | Voice, 4 episodes |
| 2017–2018 | Supergirl | Morgan Edge | 4 episodes |
| 2019 | Grand Hotel | Felix | 3 episodes |
| 2022 | The Rookie | Bill August | Episode: "Enervo" |
| 2023 | Pluto | Brando | English Dub |
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| 2013 | Lego Marvel Super Heroes | Iron Man |
| 2015 | Disney Infinity 3.0 |
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