A handsome leading man whose brooding dark looks have been used to good effect whether playing a hero or a villain, Adrian Pasdar first caught the attention of astute moviegoers in his film debut as Chipper, one of the fighter pilots, in "Top Gun" (1986). The Massachusetts-born, Pennsylvania-reared son of divorced parents, Pasdar divided his youth between America (where his Iranian-born heart surgeon father practiced) and France (where his travel agent mother had settled). Excelling at high school athletics, he won a football scholarship to the University of Central Florida, but a serious
At age two, moved with family to Pennsylvania, first to Philadelphia and later to a suburb
After automobile accident derailed a football career, returned to Pennsylvania and apprenticed at the People's Light and Theatre Company as a tech intern
