Adrian Paul: Nerdage’s #19 actor

Adrian Paul

“Highlander” star Adrian Paul takes the #19 spot on Nerdage’s list of actors with geek appeal.

After finding success as a model, Paul broke into acting in 1986 with a role in “The Colbys.” After appearing in films and off-Broadway, Paul guest-starred in “Murder, She Wrote” and “Beauty and the Beast” before joining the cast of “War of the Worlds.” Following that was “Highlander: The Series.”

Paul first brought Duncan MacLeod to motion pictures with “Highlander: Endgame,” where he met Christopher Lambert’s Connor MacLeod, his kinsman from the first “Highlander” pictures.

“Highlander has a life of its own, and whether I’m attached to it or not, it will probably go ahead in one form or another,” Paul said in a 2008 Nerdage interview.

Paul recently starred in “Nine Miles Down” and “The Heavy.”

- Matt Price