Adrian Paul portrays The Highlander Duncan MacLeod, a 400-year-old Immortal who is forced to face both friend and foe in a quest for survival.
Born and raised in London, Paul enjoyed studying Shakespeare and acting while in school, however, his focus growing up wa on sports, soccer in particular. After graduation, he traveled Europe, where he tried his hand at modeling, dancing and choreography for eight years before moving to the Us, first New York and then Los Angeles.
His acting break came on the ABC Television series "The Colby's" where he portrayed a Russian ballet dancer, Nickolai. Other TV roles soon followed such as Jeremiah Collins in the 1991 remake of "Dark Shadows" and series regular John Kincaid in "War of the Worlds." He also had guest appearances in "Murder, She Wrote," "Beauty and the Beast," and in TV-movies "The Owl," "Shooter," "In the Nick of Time," and "The Cover Girl Murders." His film credits include "Last Rites" with Tom Berenger, "Mask of the Red Death," "Love Potion Number Nine" with Sandra Bullock and "Dead Men Can't Dance" with Michael Biehn for Live Entertainment.
Paul will begin work on Highlander 4 in the fall.
In addition to his acting responsibilities on HIGHLANDER, Paul also directed four of the show's episodes - "Homeland" and "Methuselah's Gift" from Season 4 as well as "Revelation 6:8" (the 100th episode) and "Modern Prometheus" from Season 5.