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Adrian Paul

Adrian Paul

Adrian Paul Hewett (born 29 May 1959), better known as Adrian Paul, is an actor best known for his role on the television series Highlander: The Series as Duncan MacLeod.

He appeared in a regular role in the second season of the television series War of the Worlds (1989–1990) as John Kincaid, three episodes of Dark Shadows (1991) as Jeremiah Collins, and made a pilot for CBS Television for a series called The Owl (1991). In 2001, he starred in Tracker.

Other movies which he has starred or co-starred are Dance to Win (also known as War Dancing) (1989), Love Potion No. 9 (1992) as Enrico Pazzoli, Dead Men Can't Dance (1997), Susan's Plan (also known as Dying to Get Rich) (1998), Merlin: The Return (1999) as Lancelot, Convergence (also called Premonition) (1999), The Void (2001), The Breed (2001), Code Hunter (2002), Nemesis Game (2003) Throttle (2005), and Phantom Below (also known as Tides of War) (2005). In 2006 he co-starred in the horror film Séance and in Little Chicago. He also starred as Ananias Dare in the Sci Fi original film Wraiths of Roanoke (2007) and Sir Francis Drake in the Sci Fi original film The Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake (2009). His upcoming films include the futuristic thriller Eyebrogs and the thriller/drama The Heavy




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Adrian Paul - what members say


  • Highlander - Endgame
  • Highlander - Endgame review by from LEICESTER
    Rated - 5.0 stars 8 March 2004
    ... Lambert puts on a usual stellar performance as a tortured immortal warrior and Adrian Paul plays his part very well. Bruce Payne is in a league of his own, his acting fau...   Read customer review
  • The Phantom Below
  • The Phantom Below review by A customer from York, England
    Rated - 3.0 stars Makes a change 27 January 2006
    ...Like most people I know Adrian Paul from Highlander and it was interesting to see him in a role that wasn't sci-fi based. He's actually a pretty good actor (compared to s...   Read customer review
  • Highlander - The Source
  • Highlander - The Source review by phil2106 from Hull
    Rated - 2.0 stars highlander the source 13 February 2008
    ...very disopointed with this movie but if you are a fan of Adrian Paul you will probebley love this as i did not. ...   Read customer review

Adrian Paul - filmography


  • The Pirate King - Sir Francis Drake (2011)
    Starring: Adrian Paul,  Temuera Morrison,  Wes Ramsey
    Director: David Flores
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The year is 1592 and with the Spanish Armada four years behind him, Captain Don Sandovante wants to move foward but finds that English pirate Sir Francis Drake is still a thorn in his side. The two of them find themselves in a race to find the Tree Of Life but for Drake, it is about much more than ..read more »
    1 star out of 5 15% from 2 members
    Due for release on 10th September 2012
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  • Eyeborgs on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Adrian Paul,  Megan Blake,  Luke Eberl
    Director: Richard Clabaugh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Government surveillance has reached unprecedented levels with the creation of 'Eyeborgs', mobile robotic cameras that can follow anyone, anywhere. But what few realise is the Eyeborgs do more than just watch. If an Eyeborg sees a crime in progress, and no other law enforcement is present, the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 563 members
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  • Nine Miles Down (2009)
    Starring: Adrian Paul,  Kate Nauta,  Meredith Ostrom
    Director: Anthony Waller
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In the Sahara desert, a sandstorm batters a deserted drilling station. Thomas "Jack" Jackman a security patrol-man, battles through the high winds to find out why all contact with the station has been lost. Originally built for gas exploration, and then abandoned, the site had recently been taken ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1 member
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  • The Heavy on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Gary Stretch,  Vinnie Jones,  Stephen Rea
    Director: Marcus Warren
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £2.49
    Marcus Warren's directorial début THE HEAVY is a slick British thriller, in which a brotherly bond is stretched to breaking point. Sibling rivalry has seen Mitchell and Christian Mason (Gary Stretch and Adrian Paul) move into very different fields. Fresh out of prison and with limited options, ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 397 members
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  • The Heavy - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Gary Stretch,  Vinnie Jones,  Stephen Rea
    Director: Marcus Warren
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £2.49
    Marcus Warren's directorial debut THE HEAVY is a slick British thriller, in which a brotherly bond is stretched to breaking point. Sibling rivalry has seen Mitchell and Christian Mason (Gary Stretch and Adrian Paul) move into very different fields. Fresh out of prison and with limited options, ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 315 members
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  • The Lost Colony on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Adrian Paul,  Frida Farrell,  Rhett Giles
    Director: Matt Codd
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Adrian Paul stars in this pulse-pounding, action/horror film packed with terrifying special effects and inspired by history's most tantalizing unsolved mystery. In 1587, over 100 brave men and women set sail from Britain to establish the first English colony in the Americas. They landed on Roanoke ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 8 members
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  • Highlander - The Source on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Adrian Paul,  Thekla Reuten,  Cristian Solimeno
    Director: Brett Leonard
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The world is falling into chaos. As he roams a crumbling city, Duncan MacLeod, the Highlander, remembers happier times before the love of his life left... Hopeless and alone, MacLeod finds his way to a band of immortal companions, including his mysterious friend Methos, and a mortal, Watcher Joe ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 1,908 member
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  • No Way Up on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Grayson McCouch,  Adrian Paul,  Amy Locane
    Director: James Seale
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A man going about his normal everyday business suddenly finds himself battling to survive. Trapped in an underground car park with the psychotic driver of a monster truck, he realises that he's on his own and someone's out to kill him.
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 788 members
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  • Nemesis Game on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Adrian Paul,  Carly Pope,  Brendan Fehr
    Director: Jesse Warn
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Introverted college student Sara (Carly Pope) shys away from her classmates, choosing to spend time with Vern (Adrian Paul), a comic book shop owner. Together, they share a passion for brain teasers and riddles. But when the riddles Sara solves begin to result in the deaths of those around her, she ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 523 members
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  • The Breed on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Adrian Paul,  Bokeem Woodbine,  Bai Ling
    Director: Michael Oblowitz
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    An FBI agent is tasked with tracking down a vampire. This vampire has threatened to tell the world of the Government's plan to integrate vampires with the human population...
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 598 members
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  • The Void (2001)
    Starring: Adrian Paul,  Amanda Tapping,  Andrew McIlroy
    Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Mad scientist will let nothing get in the way of his pursuit of cheap energy. The first time he tried it, many people were killed, eight years later, he is out to re-try his experiment on a bigger scale.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 11 members
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  • Merlin - The Return on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Rik Mayall,  Tia Carrere,  Patrick Bergin
    Director: Phil Matthews
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Merlin the Magician uses the power of Stonehenge to banish the evil sorcerer, Mordred, and his army, to the Netherworld. He then sends Arthur and Sir Lancelot into a long, dark sleep so they can be on hand should Mordred ever return. Fifteen hundred years later the spell of Merlin is starting to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 363 members
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  • Dead Men Can't Dance on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Kathleen York,  Adrian Paul,  Michael Biehn
    Director: Steve Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A special military unit ventures into the Demilitarised Zone of Korea to destroy a North Korean nuclear power plant slated to start producing nuclear weapons. Events don't go as planned and so begins a tense struggle to survive.
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 63 members
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Adrian Paul facts

5 most recent films

The Pirate King - Sir Francis Drake - 1.0 stars
The Pirate King - Sir Francis Drake - Blu-ray - 1.0 stars
Eyeborgs - 2.5 stars
Nine Miles Down - 3.0 stars
The Heavy - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Highlander - Complete Season One - 3.5 stars
Highlander - Endgame - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Highlander - Endgame - 3.0 stars
The Heavy - 2.5 stars
Eyeborgs - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Pirate King - Sir Francis Drake - 1.0 stars
The Pirate King - Sir Francis Drake - Blu-ray - 1.0 stars
War Of The Worlds - Series 2 - Complete - 2.0 stars
Nine Miles Down - 3.0 stars
The Lost Colony - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Vinnie Jones - 3 times - show films
Sadie Frost - 3 times - show films
Stephen Rea - 3 times - show films
Geoff Bell - 3 times - show films
Jim Byrnes - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Marcus Warren - 3 times - show films
Richard Clabaugh - 2 times - show films
David Flores - 2 times - show films
Douglas Aarniokoski - 2 times - show films
Douglas Aarniokoski - 2 times - show films