1. Pedro Pascal gained further prominence with his portrayal of Javier Pena in the Netflix crime series Narcos.
45 Facts About Pedro Pascal
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Pedro Pascal went on to appear in the films The Great Wall, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, The Equalizer 2, and Triple Frontier.
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Pedro Pascal's leading roles as Din Djarin in the Disney+ science fiction series The Mandalorian and Joel Miller in the HBO post-apocalyptic drama series The Last of Us propelled him to international stardom, earning him a reputation for portraying adoptive father figures.
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Pedro Pascal portrayed parental characters in We Can Be Heroes, Strange Way of Life, and The Wild Robot.
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Pedro Pascal has starred in the big-budget films Wonder Woman 1984 and Gladiator II.
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Jose Pedro Balmaceda Pascal was born on April 2,1975, in Santiago, Chile to child psychologist Veronica Pascal Ureta and fertility doctor Jose Balmaceda Riera, a member of the Castilian-Basque aristocracy.
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Pedro Pascal's paternal grandmother was born in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
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Pedro Pascal has an older sister named Javiera, a younger brother named Nicolas, and a younger sister named Lux, who is an actress and transgender activist.
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Pedro Pascal's mother was the cousin of Andres Pedro Pascal Allende, the nephew of socialist Chilean President Salvador Allende.
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Pedro Pascal Allende was an early leader of the Movement of the Revolutionary Left, a militant far-left organization.
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The family later received political asylum in Denmark before settling in the United States, where Pedro Pascal was raised in San Antonio, Texas, until they relocated to Orange County, California, when he was 11 years old.
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Pedro Pascal pursued acting at the Orange County School of the Arts and graduated in 1993, before attending New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he graduated in 1997.
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Early in his career, Pedro Pascal appeared in several television series, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, NYPD Blue, The Good Wife, Nurse Jackie, and Homeland.
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Pedro Pascal experienced hard times during that point in his career; besides working in small acting and theatre roles, he took jobs waiting at restaurants.
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Pedro Pascal is a member of New York City's LAByrinth Theater Company.
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Pedro Pascal received the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award and Garland Award for his role in the International City Theater production of Orphans, and has performed in classical and contemporary works.
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Also in 2010, Pedro Pascal made his directorial debut with Killing Play, written by David Anzuelo, at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.
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Pedro Pascal was cast in the pilot for the 2011 Wonder Woman television adaptation as Ed Indelicato, Wonder Woman's liaison to the LAPD, but the show was not picked up.
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In 2014, Pedro Pascal portrayed the character Oberyn Martell in the fourth season of the HBO's critically acclaimed television series Game of Thrones.
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Pedro Pascal stated that he was a huge fan of the show before being cast as Oberyn and was ecstatic to join.
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Pedro Pascal has voiced his admiration for Zhang, whom he had been a fan of during his youth.
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In 2017, Pedro Pascal portrayed the charismatic and skilled operative within the Statesman organization, Jack Daniels, known as Agent Whiskey, in Matthew Vaughn's Kingsman: The Golden Circle.
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In Prospect, Pedro Pascal portrayed the character Ezra, a seasoned and enigmatic prospector navigating a dangerous alien moon in search of valuable resources.
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CNETs Monisha Ravisetti was "delightfully surprised when Pedro Pascal showed up in a burnt orange spacesuit", and Dais Johnston retroactively compared the role to Pascal's future characters in The Mandalorian and The Last of Us, writing for Inverse, "Pedro Pascal plays a gruff man who only looks out for himself until a child softens his heart".
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In 2018's If Beale Street Could Talk, directed by Barry Jenkins and based on James Baldwin's novel, Pedro Pascal made a cameo appearance as Pietro Alvarez, a frivolous yet crucial character who ultimately reveals a compassionate and empathetic side.
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In February 2019, Pedro Pascal made his Broadway debut in an adaptation of King Lear with Glenda Jackson and Ruth Wilson, where he took on the role of Edmund, the cunning and ambitious illegitimate son of the Earl of Gloucester.
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Since 2019, Pedro Pascal has portrayed the title role in The Mandalorian, the first live-action Star Wars television series, which debuted on Disney+, the show follows the adventures of a lone bounty hunter in the outer reaches of the galaxy.
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Pedro Pascal portrayed Maxwell Lord in the DC Extended Universe film Wonder Woman 1984, directed by Patty Jenkins.
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The New York Times and the BBC both thought that Pedro Pascal was miscast for the role.
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In early 2021, a video from a 2020 virtual play reading of I, My Ruination surfaced on multiple social media platforms of Pedro Pascal laughing hysterically then transitioning smoothly into crying.
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In 2022, Pedro Pascal co-starred with Nicolas Cage in the action comedy film The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.
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Pedro Pascal appeared in The Bubble, Judd Apatow's satirical comedy exploring celebrity culture amidst the pandemic.
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Pedro Pascal starred in Miu Miu's Women's Tales series short film, directed by Janicza Bravo, titled House Comes With a Bird.
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In 2023, Pedro Pascal starred in the HBO's highly anticipated television adaptation, The Last of Us, based on the critically acclaimed video game under the same title, created by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann.
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Pedro Pascal took on the role of Joel Miller, a hardened survivor in a post-apocalyptic world, tasked with protecting a young girl named Ellie, played by Bella Ramsey.
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Around this time, Pedro Pascal became a prominent figure in meme culture, with several memes of him achieving viral status, including a meme from a clip of Pedro Pascal eating a sandwich during a guest episode of LADbible's "Snack Wars" YouTube series in which he appeared with The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau.
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Several popular memes of Pedro Pascal were derived from The Last of Us episode "Kin", such as one from a scene where Joel is portrayed as having a panic attack, and others relating to his character's tendency to lean on furniture throughout the episode due to being in a constant state of fear.
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Pedro Pascal plays Silva, who reunites with Hawke's Jake in the two's older age.
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Pedro Pascal previously expressed his admiration for and desire to work with Almodovar.
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Screen Rant noted it as another example of Pedro Pascal taking a role with the "dad" archetype.
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Pedro Pascal next starred in Gladiator II, the sequel to Ridley Scott's Gladiator.
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Pedro Pascal developed a close friendship with actress Sarah Paulson soon after moving to New York City in 1993.
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Pedro Pascal is an advocate of LGBTQ+ rights and was supportive of his sister Lux Pedro Pascal when she came out as transgender.
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Pedro Pascal was one of the first to give me the things that formed my identity.
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Pedro Pascal endorsed leftist Gabriel Boric in the 2021 Chilean presidential election.