NATHAN PETRELLI

Wealthy, powerful, Nathan Petrelli is an ambitious and – some would say – ruthless politician. Of all the Heroes, his morality may be the most ambiguous, yet his power is one of the simplest: he can fly. Something we’ve all dreamed about at one point, and yet Nathan shuns the heroic life, and would rather focus on being elected. He fears being ostracised, turned into a genetic minority group that is hated and feared. And he may be right.

As time goes on, Nathan’s love for his brother Peter and his hunger for power will clash more and more dramatically. He has some huge decisions to make in the first series, decisions that could shape the world… But which path will he choose?

Adrian Pasdar, star of SCI FI's own Mysterious Ways, had a role in Top Gun written especially for him at the tender age of 19, and went on to have a lead role in Kathryn Bigelow’s classic Near Dark, and even appeared in Carlito’s Way. He also co-produced and directed the critically-acclaimed indie movie Cement; a contemporary re-telling of Othello.