Paul Adelstein

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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Adelstein, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

Crime 101

A series of high level jewelry thefts up and down the Pacific Coast Highway have gone unsolved for years, primarily because the perpetrator has lived by a strict code he calls ‘Crime 101'. Police attribute the thefts to Colombian cartels, but Detective Lou Lubesnick’s gut says it’s the work of just one man. Now the lone-wolf jewel thief is looking for that fabled final last score and Lou breaks all the rules of Crime 101.

Release Date: 2026-02-13

Monsters
7.6

Monsters

The story of the Menéndez brothers, who were convicted in 1996 of murdering their parents José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menéndez.

Release Date: 2024-09-19

Character: David Conn

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 362

Agatha All Along
7.7

Agatha All Along

Agatha Harkness gathers a coven of witches and sets off down, down, down The Witches' Road.

Release Date: 2024-09-18

Character: Jeff Kaplan

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 747

2.0

We Strangers

Rayelle Martin works as a commercial cleaner in Gary, Indiana. She's mischievous, playful, and skilled at adapting to her surroundings. One day while at work, Ray is approached by Dr. Neeraj Patel, a therapist who hires her to work as his housekeeper. Who’s going to say no to extra money? Not Ray.

Release Date: 2024-03-09

Character: Ed Laich

Vote Count: 1

7.2

The Menu

A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.

Release Date: 2022-11-17

Character: Ted

Vote Count: 5328

7.6

The Greatest Beer Run Ever

Chickie wants to support his friends fighting in Vietnam, so he does something wild—personally bring them American beer. What starts as a well-meaning journey quickly changes Chickie’s life and perspective. Based on a true story.

Release Date: 2022-09-23

Character: Mr. Donohue

Vote Count: 795

True Story
7.0

True Story

A world-famous comedian desperately searches for a way out after a night in Philadelphia with his brother threatens to sabotage more than his success.

Release Date: 2021-11-24

Episode Count: 7

Vote Count: 123

I Feel Bad
5.6

I Feel Bad

Emet is the perfect mom, boss, wife, friend and daughter. Okay, she's not perfect. In fact, she's just figuring it out like the rest of us. Sure, she feels bad when she has a sexy dream about someone other than her husband, or when she pretends not to know her kids when they misbehave in public, or when she uses her staff to help solve personal problems. But that's okay, right? Nobody can have it all and do it perfectly.

Release Date: 2018-09-19

Character: David

Episode Count: 13

Vote Count: 14

Get Shorty
7.0

Get Shorty

Miles Daly works as muscle for a murderous crime ring in Nevada and attempts to change professions and become a movie producer, laundering money through a Hollywood film with the help of washed-up filmmaker Rick Moreweather. Based on Elmore Leonard’s 1990 New York Times bestselling novel.

Release Date: 2017-08-13

Character: Wes Krupke

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 94

4.9

Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk

A young Jehovah's Witness believes the ultimate punishment will be inflicted upon him for typical teenage activity. His life is rather grim until infatuation with a friend's older sister opens his eyes.

Release Date: 2017-05-10

Character: Allen

Vote Count: 17

Imposters
7.2

Imposters

Maddie, a persona shifting con-artist who is as beautiful as she is dangerous, leaves her unwitting victims tormented when they realize they have been used and robbed of everything – including their hearts. But things get complicated when her former targets, Ezra, Richard, and Jules team up to track her down.

Release Date: 2017-02-07

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: Shelly Cohen

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 120

Chance
7.0

Chance

San Francisco-based forensic neuropsychiatrist Eldon Chance reluctantly gets sucked into a violent and dangerous world of mistaken identity, police corruption and mental illness.

Release Date: 2016-10-19

Character: Raymond Blackstone

Episode Count: 10

Vote Count: 155

5.5

The Phenom

A rookie pitcher undergoes psychotherapy to overcome the yips.

Release Date: 2016-06-24

Character: Scott Borwitz

Vote Count: 62

5.3

Mothers and Daughters

Interwoven stories of what it is to be a mom seen through the lens of photographer Rigby Gray.

Release Date: 2016-05-06

Character: Peter

Vote Count: 122

Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
5.6

Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce

Follows a best-selling author of a self-help book series who is secretly hiding her separation from her husband as she starts to navigate her life as a single woman in her 40's in Los Angeles. She starts to side with and take advice more from her divorced friends rather than her married ones and it leads her to some unexpected and life-changing experiences.

Release Date: 2014-12-02

Character: Jake

Episode Count: 26

Vote Count: 28

6.7

Return to Zero

Based on the true story of a successful couple, Maggie and Aaron who are preparing for the arrival of their first child.

Release Date: 2014-05-18

Character: Aaron Royal

Vote Count: 109

Chicago P.D.
8.4

Chicago P.D.

A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their community. District 21 is made up of two distinctly different groups: the uniformed cops who patrol the beat and go head-to-head with the city's street crimes and the Intelligence Unit that combats the city's major offenses - organized crime, drug trafficking, high profile murders and beyond.

Release Date: 2014-01-08

Character: Jason Crawford

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 2460

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
8.2

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.

Release Date: 2013-09-17

Character: Seamus Murphy

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 3555

Scandal
7.1

Scandal

Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the elite by keeping those secrets under wraps. Pope and her team are at the top of their game when it comes to getting the job done for their clients, but it becomes apparent that these "gladiators in suits," who specialize in fixing the lives of other people, have trouble fixing those closest at hand -- their own.

Release Date: 2012-04-05

Character: Leo Bergen

Episode Count: 18

Vote Count: 558

6.5

Happy Sushi

The eternal struggle of man versus a wobbly restaurant table is explored.

Release Date: 2010-09-08

Character: Guy at Table

Vote Count: 2

3.9

Little Fish, Strange Pond

Mr. Jack and Sweet Stephen cruise aimlessly through the streets of LA speculating about life, death, divine will and the force of power that predetermines their existence. Mr. Jack attempts to illustrate to his sidekick the delicate and natural forces of the universe. Sweet Stephen's superficial charm and bloodsucking lifestyle sends him and Mr. Jack on a voyage that is relentless, engaging, and darkly hilarious.

Release Date: 2009-10-23

Character: Philly

Vote Count: 26

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
5.1

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.

Release Date: 2009-07-16

Character: Self - Guest

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 67

5.4

Land of the Lost

On his latest expedition, has-been scientist Dr. Rick Marshall is sucked into a space-time vortex alongside his crack-smart research assistant Holly and redneck survivalist Will into a world populated by marauding dinosaurs and painfully slow creatures called Sleestaks. With no weapons, few skills and questionable smarts, the trio must rely on their only ally, a primate named Chaka, to try to survive long enough to figure out a way back home.

Release Date: 2009-06-05

Character: Astronaut (voice)

Vote Count: 1334

5.6

The Missing Person

John Rosow drinks to forget. He is a former New York City cop turned Chicago-based private investigator. At the last minute, he is hired by someone he's never met to follow a middle-aged male subject on the soon-departing California Zephyr train to Los Angeles.

Release Date: 2009-01-16

Character: Drexler Hewitt

Vote Count: 36

Private Practice
7.5

Private Practice

Having left behind Seattle Grace Hospital, renowned surgeon Addison Forbes Montgomery moves to Los Angeles for sunnier weather and happier possibilities. She reunites with her friends from medical school, joining them at their chic, co-op, Oceanside Wellness Center in Santa Monica.

Release Date: 2007-09-26

Character: Cooper Freedman

Episode Count: 111

Vote Count: 330

7.7

Memoirs of a Geisha

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

Release Date: 2005-12-06

Character: Lieutenant Hutchins

Vote Count: 3143

Prison Break
8.1

Prison Break

Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.

Release Date: 2005-08-29

Character: Paul Kellerman

Episode Count: 53

Vote Count: 5408

Grey's Anatomy
8.2

Grey's Anatomy

Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.

Release Date: 2005-03-27

Character: Dr. Cooper Freedman

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 10492

5.5

Be Cool

Disenchanted with the movie industry, Chili Palmer tries the music industry, meeting and romancing a widow of a music executive along the way.

Release Date: 2005-03-04

Character: Hy Gordon

Vote Count: 904

American Dad!
7.0

American Dad!

The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his better half housewife, Francine Smith; their college-aged daughter, Hayley Smith; and their high-school-aged son, Steve Smith. Outside of the Smith family, there are three additional main characters, including Hayley's boyfriend turned husband, Jeff Fischer; the family's man-in-a-goldfish-body pet, Klaus; and most notably the family's zany alien, Roger, who is "full of masquerades, brazenness, and shocking antics."

Release Date: 2005-02-06

Character: Kevin Brougham (voice)

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 2199

Medium
7.5

Medium

Allison Dubois works in the District Attorney’s office using her natural intuition about people and her ability to communicate with the dead to help to solve crimes. Her dreams often give her clues to the whereabouts of missing people.

Release Date: 2005-01-03

Character: Craig

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 534

7.2

Collateral

Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.

Release Date: 2004-08-04

Character: Fed #3

Vote Count: 5778

The Lyon's Den
9.3

The Lyon's Den

John "Jack" Turner is a maverick scion from an American political dynasty, a "true believer," who must reconcile his passion for the purity of law in the morally ambiguous world he inhabits, in which no one is who they appear to be. Content with working in a small pro-bono law clinic in Washington, D.C. – at the urging of his more practical longtime friend and colleague, George Riley – Turner reluctantly accepts the position of managing partner in the sponsoring law firm of Lyon, LaCrosse, and Levine in order to save the clinic.

Release Date: 2003-09-28

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 3

Las Vegas
7.0

Las Vegas

Ed Deline is a strict ex-CIA officer who went from being Head of Security to becoming President of Operations of the Montecito, whose job is to run the day-to-day operations of the casino. Following his departure, former Marine Danny McCoy, Ed's former protégé, becomes the Montecito's new President of Operations.

Release Date: 2003-09-22

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 227

5.9

Intolerable Cruelty

A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.

Release Date: 2003-09-02

Character: Wrigley

Vote Count: 1521

Hack
7.9

Hack

Hack is a television series that aired on the American CBS television network from 2002 to 2004. The series centers on the fictional life of a former police officer, Polish-American Mike Olshansky, who left the force after being charged with corruption and now works as a taxi driver in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Release Date: 2002-09-27

Character: Aldo Rossi

Episode Count: 9

Vote Count: 8

Without a Trace
7.3

Without a Trace

The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.

Release Date: 2002-09-26

Character: Dave Lovitt

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 261

Breaking News
5.0

Breaking News

Breaking News is an American drama television series about the fictional Milwaukee-based 24-hour cable news television network I-24, with the motto 'Around the Clock, Around the World.' The series premiered July 17, 2002, on Bravo.

Release Date: 2002-07-17

Character: Julian Kerbis

Episode Count: 13

Vote Count: 1

Scrubs
8.0

Scrubs

In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.

Release Date: 2001-10-02

Character: Dr. Stone

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 1930

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
8.0

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law features ex-superhero Harvey T. Birdman of Birdman and the Galaxy Trio as an attorney working for a law firm alongside other cartoon stars from 1960s and 1970s Hanna-Barbera cartoon series. Similarly, Harvey's clients are also primarily composed of characters taken from Hanna-Barbera cartoon series of the same era. Many of Birdman's nemeses featured in his former cartoon series also became attorneys, often representing the opposing side of a given case.

Release Date: 2000-12-30

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 110

6.1

Bedazzled

Elliot Richards, a socially awkward IT worker, is given seven wishes to get the girl of his dreams when he meets a very seductive Satan. The catch: his soul. Some of his wishes include being a 7 foot basketball star, a wealthy, powerful man, and a sensitive caring guy. But, as could be expected, the Devil puts her own little twist on each of his fantasies.

Release Date: 2000-10-19

Character: Bob / Roberto / Beach Jock / Sportscaster / Lincoln Aide

Vote Count: 1947

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.9

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

Release Date: 1999-09-20

Character: Dr. Neil Alexander

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 3931

Turks
7.3

Turks

Turks is an American police drama that aired on CBS from January 21, 1999 to April 23, 1999.

Release Date: 1999-01-21

Character: Cliff

Episode Count: 13

Vote Count: 3

Cupid
7.3

Cupid

Trevor Hale is an attractive, sarcastic and irreverent man who claims to be Cupid, the Roman god of love, and has descended from Mount Olympus to work on Earth.

Release Date: 1998-09-26

Character: Mike

Episode Count: 17

Vote Count: 14

6.6

My Best Friend's Wedding

When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.

Release Date: 1997-06-19

Character: Brunch Guest (uncredited)

Vote Count: 2717

3.0

Peoria Babylon

Down to their last dollar and fresh out of legitimate ideas, art gallery owner Candy and her gay business partner Jon hatch a scheme.

Release Date: 1997-02-14

Vote Count: 2

ER
7.8

ER

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.

Release Date: 1994-09-19

Character: Hank Loman

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 852

6.5

The Grifters

A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.

Release Date: 1990-08-08

Character: Sailor - Young Paul

Vote Count: 428

Nobody's Watching

Nobody's Watching

Nobody's Watching is a television program that was never aired. It originated with and was written by Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence, as well as Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan, writers for Scrubs and Family Guy.

Character: Jeff Tucker

Episode Count: 1

The Audacity

The Audacity

A scandal is sparked by the exploitation of personal data which unravels out of a rift between a self-appointed "inventor of the future" tech CEO and his self-serving "performance psychologist." This act of corruption quickly spirals out of control for all involved, exposing the absurdities of ambition, corporate ethics, and the fallibility of the people who are shaping the future of our world.

Character: Dr. Gary Felder

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