Lens blur effect used on Heroes

Hi, I'm trying to figure out if the effect used so much on Heroes is an in camera effect or just a lens blur/mask? It's kind of a depth of field effect but it has a little harsher blur than you usually see in camera.
For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, it's usually based around the actor for medium to close up shots. The actor is even sometimes partially blurred. I can't say that I've seen it in action shots so it could easily be a static mask of a lens blur?
Thanks.
Caleb

I know some of the effects in earlier versions of Premiere were Windows only, perhaps this is one of them.

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