Editing Adrian Paul (section)

==Early life==
Paul was born in London,<ref name="Events2013"/> the first of three brothers, to an Italian mother and a British father. He attended St Mary's Grammar School (as was) in Sidcup, Kent, where in his time in 6th Form, he established something of an empire based in the school library selling first so-called "stales" from the baker's in Sidcup High Street, progressing to a selection of biscuits. Paul first became a model, then a [[dance]]r and [[Choreography|choreographer]]. As a teenager, he was a capable [[association football|footballer]] and made several appearances for [[Cray Wanderers F.C.|Cray Wanderers]] in the [[Spartan League|London Spartan League]] between 1976 and 1978.<ref name="Cray 150 Publications">{{cite web | title = Cray Wanderers – A Complete Statistical Record| publisher = Cray 150 Publications | date = 2014 | url = http://www.cray150publications.co.uk | access-date = 31 October 2014}}</ref> In 1985, Paul moved to the United States to pursue careers in dance and modeling.

Paul spent time in the theatre, appearing in numerous plays, and has stated that these, along with an early television appearance on ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' (1987), helped to shape his acting abilities.