Editing Adrian Paul (section)

==Career==
Paul's first role was on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television series ''[[The Colbys]]'' in 1986, as ballet dancer [[Kolya Rostov|Nikolai "Kolya" Rostov]]. This was followed by guest appearances on various television shows, including the aforementioned ''Beauty and the Beast'' (1987), two episodes of ''[[Tarzán]]'' (1991), ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' (1992), ''[[Relic Hunter]]'' (1999), and as himself in ''[[WWE SmackDown]]'' (1999). He also appeared in a January 2003 episode of ''[[Charmed]]'' and in the [[Off-Broadway]] play ''Bouncers'' (1987), as well as in the television films ''Shooter'' (1988) and ''The Cover Girl Murders'' (1993), the latter of which starred [[Lee Majors]].

Paul's first film appearance was in the 1988 film ''[[Last Rites (1988 film)|Last Rites]]'', which starred [[Tom Berenger]]. He starred in the remake ''[[Masque of the Red Death (1989 film)|Masque of the Red Death]]'', a re-telling of the [[Edgar Allan Poe]] tale. He also appeared in [[Sheena Easton]]'s "Days Like This" music video as her love interest and [[Duran Duran]]'s "My Own Way" music video as a dancer.

In 1989, he appeared in a regular role in the second season of the television series ''[[War of the Worlds (1988 TV series)|War of the Worlds]]'' as John Kincaid, three episodes of the 1991 ''[[Dark Shadows (1991 TV series)|Dark Shadows]]'' remake as [[Jeremiah Collins]], and made a pilot for [[CBS|CBS Television]] for a series called ''The Owl'' (1991). In 2001, he starred in ''[[Tracker (Canadian TV series)|Tracker]]''.<ref name="GarciaPhillips2008">{{cite book|author1=Frank Garcia|author2=Mark Phillips|title=Science Fiction Television Series, 1990–2004: Histories, Casts and Credits for 58 Shows|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pQIDAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT339|date=10 December 2008|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-9183-4|page=339}}</ref>

In 1992, Paul was cast in his most widely known role of [[Duncan MacLeod]] in the syndicated television series ''[[Highlander: The Series]]'', which first aired in October 1992.<ref name="Dozois1998">{{cite book|author=Gardner Dozois|title=The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection|url=https://archive.org/details/yearsbestscience00gard_1|url-access=registration|date=15 May 1998|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-0-312-19033-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/yearsbestscience00gard_1/page/58 58]}}</ref><ref name="Green2009">{{cite book|author=Paul Green|title=Encyclopedia of Weird Westerns: Supernatural and Science Fiction Elements in Novels, Pulps, Comics, Films, Television and Games|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HDnHo993Dv0C&pg=PA112|date=14 October 2009|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-5800-4|page=112}}</ref><ref name="Reviews2001">{{cite book|author=The New York Times Theater Reviews|title=The New York Times Film Reviews 1999–2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_E350jJ-Ui4C&pg=PA380|date=December 2001|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-93696-5|page=380}}</ref> He would portray the role on and off for the next 15 years, also starring in the big screen sequel ''[[Highlander: Endgame]]'' (2000),<ref name="Jones2014">{{cite book|author=Stephen Jones|title=The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: 12|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=44u38gpcxnUC&pg=PT38|date=3 January 2014|publisher=Constable & Robinson Limited|isbn=978-1-78033-712-8|page=38}}</ref><ref name="Maltin2013">{{cite book|author=Leonard Maltin|title=Leonard Maltin's 2014 Movie Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sfw2AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT1071|date=3 September 2013|publisher=Penguin Group US|isbn=978-1-101-60955-2|page=1071}}</ref> and the television film ''[[Highlander: The Source]]'', released on the [[Syfy (TV channel)|Sci-Fi Channel]] on 15 September 2007.

Other films in which he has starred or co-starred are ''Dance to Win'' (1989), ''[[Love Potion No. 9 (film)|Love Potion No. 9]]'' (1992), ''Dead Men Can't Dance'' (1997), ''[[Susan's Plan]]'' (1998), ''[[Merlin: The Return]]'' (1999) as [[Lancelot]], ''Convergence'' (1999), ''[[The Void (2001 film)|The Void]]'' (2001), ''[[The Breed (2001 film)|The Breed]]'' (2001), ''[[Storm Watch]]'' (2002), ''[[Nemesis Game]]'' (2003) ''[[Throttle (film)|Throttle]]'' (2005), and ''[[Phantom Below]]'' (2005). In 2006, he co-starred in the horror film ''[[Séance (2006 film)|Séance]]'' and in ''Little Chicago''. A year later, Paul appeared as Ananias Dare in the Sci-Fi Channel original film ''[[Wraiths of Roanoke]]'' (2007). 

Also in 2007, Paul played the lead role in the TV movie ''[[Phantom Below|Tides of War]]'' as Commander Frank Habley, a gay officer in charge of a submarine that infiltrates North Korean waters where he instinctively discovers a secret stealth North Korean submarine and destroys it. The fleeting moments of Commander Habley and fellow officer Tom Palatonia's relationship, played by [[Mike Doyle (actor)|Mike Doyle]] come to an abrupt end due to a fire aboard the submarine where Tom is killed while fighting the blaze. ''Tides of War'' also costars [[Matthew St. Patrick]] of ''[[Six Feet Under (TV series)|Six Feet Under]]'' fame as Lieutenant Commander Steven Barker.

In 2008, Paul began voice acting the character of Patrick O'Brien in the animated ''War of the Worlds'' television show. He starred as Sir [[Francis Drake]] in the Sci-Fi Channel original film ''The Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake'' (2009),<ref name="ParrillRobison2013">{{cite book|author1=Sue Parrill|author2=William B. Robison|title=The Tudors on Film and Television|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G-LX_jt0tsEC&pg=PA115|date=26 February 2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-0031-4|page=115}}</ref> the futuristic thriller ''[[Eyeborgs]]'' (2009), and the thriller-drama ''[[The Heavy (film)|The Heavy]]'' (2010). In 2012, Paul did a character voice-over in the Malaysian animated science fiction film ''[[War of the Worlds: Goliath]]''. Paul starred in the 2013 science fiction film ''[[AE: Apocalypse Earth]]'', a post-apocalyptic action-adventure film.

In 2015, he made a guest appearance as Commandant Leitner in ''[[Strike Back (TV series)|Strike Back]]''. In March 2019, he joined the [[The CW|CW]] series ''[[Arrow (TV series)|Arrow]]'' in a recurring role, playing a villainous character named [[Dante (Arrowverse)|Dante]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/03/arrow-adrian-paul-recur-dante-cw-series-villain-1202572731/ |title='Arrow': Adrian Paul To Recur As Dante in CW Series |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=4 March 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>