Is friends with Sherilyn Fenn.

Is friends with Jeffrey Wright.

Friend of musicians Charlie Robison and Bruce Robison.

Was a good friend of Chris Penn. Was in attendance at Chris Penn`s funeral. He was one of his pallbearers.

Directed the feature film Cement (1999) in which one of the characters - played by Gregory Jbara - watches an episode of the cult TV series "Profit" (1996), whose Pasdar was the lead actor.

Son Beckett Finn, born 14 July 2004.

Older brother of Anamarie Pasdar.

He is of Iranian and German heritage respectively on his father`s and mother`s sides, as for Queen Soraya of Iran. His father, Homayoun Pasdar, was a cardiac surgeon who was born in Iran and moved to the United States, working as a surgeon near Philadelphia. His mother, Rosemarie Sbresny, was born in Königsberg, Germany, and worked as a nurse before becoming an English teacher in France.

His hobbies include skydiving, riding a Harley and playing chess.

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.

Second child, a son, Beckett Finn Pasdar, with Natalie Maines, born weighing 7 lbs, 7 oz on July 14, 2004.

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.

His feature film directorial debut, Cement (1999), won Grand Prize for Best Film at Worldfest-Houston Film Festival.

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 film company is Bobcat Films. He has a Bobcat tattoo on his upper right arm.

Worked at his father`s friend`s diner, the Vandam Diner, in lower East Manhattan.

Dated Gregory Peck`s daughter, Cecilia Peck.

Studied at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute.

Worked as a "tech resident" in an internship with the People`s Light and Theater Company in Malvern, Pennsylvania.

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.

Was an English major in college, but dropped out after his freshman year.

Graduated class of 1983 from Marple Newtown High School in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

Son with Natalie Maines, Jackson Slade Pasdar, born on 15 March 2001 (weighing 6 lbs and 20 inches long); first child.

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.

Spouse, Natalie Maines (24 June 2000 - present) 2 children