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Married Natalie Maines (of the country music group Dixie Chicks) on the weekend of June 24-25, 2000. They were married in Las Vegas's Little White Wedding Chapel, in a $55 no-frills ceremony officiated by the chapel's "Pastor Ann." The couple first met in May 1999, at the wedding of band member Emily Robison and singer-songwriter Charlie Robison.
Mother is Rosemarie Pasdar
Son with Natalie Maines, Jackson Slade Pasdar, born (weighing 6 lbs and 20 inches long); first child. [15 March 2001]
Graduated class of 1983 from Marple Newtown High School in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
Was an English major in college, but dropped out after his freshman year.
Went to the University of Florida on a football scholarship, but his football career ended due to serious injuries when he flipped his jeep while driving to Miami.
Worked as a "tech resident" in an internship with the People's Light and Theater Company in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
Studied at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute.
Dated Gregory Peck's daughter, Cecilia Peck.
Worked at his father's friend's diner, the Vandam Diner, in lower East Manhattan.
His film company is Bobcat Films. He has a Bobcat tattoo on his upper right arm.
Has a tattoo of the Chinese character for Strength, which he got while filming Shang Hai yi jiu er ling (1991).
Lived for a year in Berlin and Paris.
His screenwriting and directorial debut was a short film called "Beyond Belief", which debuted at the East Hamptons Film Festival in October 1995. It got the Finalist Award at the Houston Film Festival in June 1996.
His feature film directorial debut, Cement (1999), won Grand Prize for Best Film at Worldfest-Houston Film Festival.
Father is Homayoon Pasdar, who was born in Iran and worked as a surgeon near Philadelphia. His mother, Rosemarie Sbresny, is a native of Germany who worked as a nurse and then became an English teacher in France. She currently owns a successful travel agency. Younger sister, Anamarie Pasdar, worked as an artistic director/associate producer for the SoHo Rep Theater Company in New York City.
Second child, a son, Beckett Finn Pasdar, with Natalie Maines, born weighing 7 lbs, 7 oz on July 14, 2004.
At the age of 19, he auditioned for a role in the film Top Gun (1986). Director Tony Scott was so impressed that he wrote the part of Chipper just for him.
His hobbies include skydiving, riding a Harley and playing chess.
Is friends with Jeffrey Wright.
Is friends with Sherilyn Fenn.
Is of Iranian-German decent. |
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