Paul Adelstein

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Paul Adelstein

Born	April 29, 1969 (age 37) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Notable roles	Paul Kellerman in Prison Break

Paul Adelstein (born April 29, 1969) is an American television and film actor, who currently plays the role of Agent Paul Kellerman in the television series, Prison Break.

Adelstein was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1969. Prior to his professional acting career, Adelstein attended Bowdoin College where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude with a degree in English.^[1] He began his career in theatre, working with New Crime Productions, a company founded by John Cusack, and later with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

Making his film debut in 1990 in The Grifters, which starred John Cusack, Adelstein's next film appearance was in a 1997 movie called Peoria Babylon, which starred Ann Cusack. He then went on to appear in several television series which include Cupid, ER, Without a Trace and Scrubs. In 2003, he portrayed a character (Steven Kellerman) in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode, "Mercy", whose last name was the same as a character he later played on Prison Break.

Adelstein's wife is actress Liza Weil, who plays Paris Geller on Gilmore Girls. The two married in November 2006. Adelstein is also lead singer and guitarist of a band called Doris.

[edit] Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Scrubs	Dr. Stone	Television episode (5x21)
2006	Nobody's Watching	Jeff Tucker	Television series
2005-present	Prison Break	Paul Kellerman	Television series
2005	Be Cool	Hy Gordon
2005	Memoirs of a Geisha	Lieutenant Hutchins
2005	Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law	Murro	Television episode (3x02)
2005	Medium	Craig	Television episode (1x14)
2004	Las Vegas	Alex Brooks	Television episode (2x11)
2004	Collateral	Fed #3
2004	Bandwagon	Joe Rice
2004	Lawrence Melm
2003	Without a Trace	Dave	Television episode (2x05)
2003	The Lyon's Den	Snyder	Television episode (1x09)
2003	Intolerable Cruelty	Wrigley
2003	Partners and Crime		Television movie
2003	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Steven Kellerman	Television episode (4x14)
2002-2003	Hack	Sergeant Aldo Rossi	Television episodes (1x13, 1x14, 1x20, 2x04, 2x10)
2002	Breaking News	Julian Kerbis	Television series
2002	ER		Television episode (8x17)
2002	R.U.S./H.	Tom Epstein	Television movie
2000	Bedazzled	Bob/Roberto/Beach Jock/Sportscaster
1999	ER	Hank Loman	Television episode (6x09)
1999	Turks	Officer Cliff Fowler	Television series
1998-1999	Cupid	Mike	Television episodes (1x06, 1x07, 1x09, 1x11, 1x14)
1997	Peoria Babylon	Brad Kessler
1990	The Grifters	Sailor - Young Paul