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Paul Adelstein

Actor

Paul Adelstein

Born April 29, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois, USA21 films

Paul Adelstein (born April 29, 1969) is an American actor. He is known for the role of Agent Paul Kellerman in the Fox television series Prison Break and his role as paediatrician Cooper Freedman in the ABC medical drama Private Practice. In addition to supporting roles in films such as Intolerable Cruelty and Memoirs of a Geisha, he is also known for his recurring role as Leo Bergen on ABC's Scandal and as Jake Novak in the Bravo television series Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce. He also played David Sweetzer on the short-lived NBC comedy I Feel Bad.

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Adelstein co-created the dark comedy TV series Imposters, which aired on Bravo and ran for two 10-episode seasons from 2017 and 2018; he is credited as a writer on six episodes. He also played the role of Shelley Cohen on that show.

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Memoirs of a Geisha posterFirst watchMemoirs of a Geisha20057.6as Lieutenant HutchinsIn the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Collateral poster7.2Collateral2004The Menu poster7.2The Menu2022My Best Friend's Wedding poster6.6My Best Friend's Wedding1997The Greatest Beer Run Ever poster7.5The Greatest Beer Run Ever2022Crime 101 poster7.0Crime 1012026Bedazzled poster6.1Bedazzled2000Intolerable Cruelty poster6.0Intolerable Cruelty2003The Grifters poster6.5The Grifters1990

Filmography

21 films as actor
  1. 2026For WorseChase
  2. 2026Crime 101Mark
  3. 2025We StrangersEd Laich
  4. 2022The MenuTed
  5. 2022The Greatest Beer Run EverMr. Donohue
  6. 2017Confessions of a Teenage Jesus JerkAllen
  7. 2016The PhenomScott Borwitz
  8. 2016Mothers and DaughtersPeter
  9. 2014Return to ZeroAaron Royal
  10. 2010Happy SushiGuy at Table
  11. 2009Little Fish, Strange PondPhilly
  12. 2009Land of the LostAstronaut (voice)
  13. 2009The Missing PersonDrexler Hewitt
  14. 2005Memoirs of a GeishaLieutenant Hutchins
  15. 2005Be CoolHy Gordon
  16. 2004CollateralFed #3
  17. 2003Intolerable CrueltyWrigley
  18. 2000BedazzledBob / Roberto / Beach Jock / Sportscaster / Lincoln Aide
  19. 1997My Best Friend's WeddingBrunch Guest (uncredited)
  20. 1997Peoria Babylon
  21. 1990The GriftersSailor - Young Paul