Paul Adelstein Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Paul Adelstein (born April 29, 1969) is an American television and film actor, best known for the role of Agent Paul Kellerman in the television series Prison Break and his role as pediatrician Cooper Freedman in the series Private Practice. In addition to supporting roles in films such as Intolerable Cruelty and Memoirs of a Geisha, he is also known for his current recurring role on Scandal.
Intolerable Cruelty, Bedazzled, Be Cool, Return To Zero, Collateral, The Phenom, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Grifters, The Missing Person, Land of the Lost, Little Fish, Strange Pond, Peoria Babylon, Nobody's Watching, Mothers and Daughters
Worked as a waiter with Kate Walsh at the Bucktown's Café du Midi in Chicago before they were cast opposite one another in Private Practice.
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Was original asked to be a guest star on the pilot of Girlfriend's Guide to Divorce, but after signing on he was made a cast member and asked to join the series as a writer and creative consultant.
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Was in a motorcycle accident with friend Nick Offerman when both were living in Chicago and appearing together in the play A Clockwork Orange at the Steppenwolf Theater.
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The role of Leo on Scandal was written specifically for him.
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He and wife Liza Weil are regular actors Shonda Rhimes's series, but have never appeared together on screen in one of these shows.
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Was cast as the character of Burke in Grey's Anatomy before Isaiah Washington, but had to turn down the role when filming of the film Be Cool got extended.
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The first job he got after moving from Chicago to Los Angeles was Prison Break, which filmed in Chicago.
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Has played two different characters named "Kellerman", Steven Kellerman (Law & Order: SVU Season4, Episode14) and Paul Kellerman (Prison Break).
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Father of his 1st child with Liza Weil a daughter named Josehpine Elizabeth Weil-Adelstein was born on April 20, 2010.
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He began his career in theater, working with New Crime Productions, a company founded by John Cusack, and later with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
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Attended Bowdoin College where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude with a degree in English.