Adrian Pasdar Net Worth

Adrian Pasdar's Quotes

• "This is merely the first of ten children" - said on announcing that he and his wife Natalie Maines (The Chicks singer) are expecting their first child in April 2001.
• I love directing. It's a different level of focus and a real mental challenge.
• I had gotten so out of touch with reality that one day in 1992. I just sold my house at a $200,000.00 loss, moved back East, and put my money into T-bills. I spent the next year working behind the counter and running the cash register for room and board at Vandam Diner, a little lower east Manhattan diner, owned by a friend's father.
• "I've used every ounce of energy and every drop of money I had to make Cement (2000)." - on directing the feature film Cement (2000).

Interesting Facts about Adrian Pasdar

1. Married Natalie Maines (of the country music group The Chicks) on the weekend of June 24-25, 2000. They were married in Las Vegas's Little White Wedding Chapel, in a $55 no-frills ceremony officiated by the chapel's Pastor Ann. The couple first met in May 1999, at the wedding of band member Emily Robison and singer-songwriter Charlie Robison.
2. Son with estranged wife Natalie Maines, Jackson Slade Pasdar, born on 15 March 2001 (weighing 6 lbs and 20 inches long); first child.
3. Graduated class of 1983 from Marple Newtown High School in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
4. Was an English major in college, but dropped out after his freshman year.
5. Went to the University of Florida on a football scholarship, but his football career ended due to serious injuries when he flipped his Jeep while driving in Miami.
6. Worked as a tech resident in an internship with the People's Light and Theater Company in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
7. Studied at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute.
8. Worked at his father's friend's diner, the Vandam Diner, in lower East Manhattan.
9. His film company is Bobcat Films. He has a Bobcat tattoo on his upper right arm.
10. Has a tattoo of the Chinese character for strength that he got while filming Shang Hai yi jiu er ling (1991).
11. Lived for a year in Berlin and Paris.
12. His screen writing and directorial debut was an unreleased short film called Beyond Belief (1995), which debuted at the East Hamptons Film Festival in October of 1995. It won the finalist award at the Houston Film Festival in June 1996.
13. His feature film directorial debut, Cement (2000), won grand prize as best film at Worldfest-Houston Film Festival.
14. His father, Homayoon Pasdar, was born in Iran and worked as a surgeon near Philadelphia. His mother, Rosemarie Pasdar (née Rosemarie Sbresny), was born in Königsberg, Germany, of German, and some Polish, descent. She worked as a nurse and then became an English teacher in France. She owns a successful travel agency. Younger sister, Anamarie Pasdar, worked as an artistic director/associate producer for the SoHo Rep Theater Company in New York City.
15. Second child, a son, Beckett Finn Pasdar, with estranged wife Natalie Maines, born weighing 7 lbs, 7 oz on July 14, 2004.
16. His hobbies include skydiving, riding a Harley and playing chess.
17. Directed the feature film Cement (2000) in which one of the characters - played by Gregory Jbara - watches an episode of the cult TV series Profit (1996), whose Pasdar was the lead actor.
18. Was a good friend of Chris Penn. Attended latter's funeral as one of the pallbearers.
19. Close friend of Heroes (2006) co-star Milo Ventimiglia.
20. Ex-son-in-law of Lloyd Maines and Tina Maines.