Adrian Pasdar

About

Adrian Kayvan Pasdar (Persian: آدریان کیوان پاسدار; born 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 Tony Stark / 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., Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel, and Avengers Assemble, and in the Lego Marvel Super Heroes 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.

Pasdar was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. His father, Homayoon Pasdar (Persian: هومایون پاسدار; born 1935), was an Iranian-American cardiac surgeon, with a practice near Philadelphia. His mother, Rosemarie Sbresn, who immigrated from Germany, worked as a travel agent. Pasdar grew up in West Philadelphia, which he described as primarily Black. His family later moved to Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. He graduated from…