- Adrian met his estranged wife Natalie Maines at the wedding of his best friend. He was the best man and she was a bridesmaid. They went together as a couple, to the altar.
- 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.
- Was a good friend of Chris Penn. Attended latter's funeral as one of the pallbearers.
- 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 Strayer and singer-songwriter Charlie Robison.
- 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.
- Close friend of Heroes (2006) co-star Milo Ventimiglia.
- He has played the same character (Tony Stark / Iron Man) on four different series: Iron Man (2010), Ultimate Spider-Man (2012), Avengers Assemble (2012) and Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. (2013).
- His film company is Bobcat Films. He has a Bobcat tattoo on his upper right arm.
- Second child, a son, Beckett Finn Pasdar, with estranged wife Natalie Maines, born weighing 7 lbs, 7 oz on July 14, 2004.
- His hobbies include skydiving, riding a Harley and playing chess.
- Has a tattoo of the Chinese character for strength that he got while filming Shanghai 1920 (1991).
- Studied at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute.
- Adrian appeared in the "Goodbye Earl" video alongside his wife, Natalie Maines and her group, the Dixie Chicks.
- Lived for a year in Berlin and Paris.
- Son with estranged wife Natalie Maines, Jackson Slade Pasdar, born on 15 March 2001 (weighing 6 lbs and 20 inches long); first child.
- His feature film directorial debut, Cement (2000), won grand prize as best film at Worldfest-Houston Film Festival.
- Was an English major in college, but dropped out after his freshman year.
- 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.
- Graduated class of 1983 from Marple Newtown High School in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
- After attending the University of Florida for his freshman year, he attended the University of Central Florida for 3 years, but never graduated.
- 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.
- Starring in NBC series Heroes (2006). (September 2006)
- Worked as a tech resident in an internship with the People's Light and Theater Company in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
- Worked at his father's friend's diner, the Vandam Diner, in lower East Manhattan.
- In season two of role as "David McClarren" on Judging Amy (1999). (January 2005)
- In Ouarzazate, Morocco, filming Slave of Dreams (1995). (May 1994)
- Ex-son-in-law of Lloyd Maines and Tina Maines.
- Third season of Heroes (2006) to begin in September. (July 2008)
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