Pedro Pascal Biography

Jos Pedro Balmaceda Pascal (born April 2, 1975), known professionally as Pedro Pascal, is a Chilean-born American actor. He is best known for portraying the roles of Oberyn Martell in the fourth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones and Javier Pea in the Netflix series Narcos.

Early life

Pascal was born in Santiago, Chile. Pascal's parents were Allende supporters, and they were involved in the opposition movement against the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in Chile around the time of his birth. Because of this, soon after his birth, his family was granted political asylum. He was raised in Orange County, California, and San Antonio, Texas. Pascal was involved in competitive swimming during these early years, taking part in the state championships in Texas at the age of 11, but immediately stopped competitive swimming after getting into drama class. He studied acting at the Orange County School of the Arts and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and has been living in New York City for over 20 years.

Career

Pascal has appeared in several television series, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Good Wife, Homeland, The Mentalist and Graceland. He appeared as kidnapper Reggie in the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode "Weeping Willow". He was cast in the pilot for the 2011 Wonder Woman television adaptation, but the show was never picked up. In June 2013, he was cast as Oberyn Martell in the fourth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones. Pascal stated that he was a huge fan of Game of Thrones before being cast as Oberyn, and was ecstatic to join. In 2015, Pascal was cast the role of U.S. DEA agent Javier Pea in the Netflix original show, Narcos. Pascal was also in the movie Bloodsucking Bastards in 2015, playing the role of the vampire Max.

Pascal has extensive stage experience as both an actor and director, receiving 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. He has appeared Off-Broadway in Maple and Vine by Jordan Harrison, Beauty of the Father by Nilo Cruz, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's Based on a Totally True Story, Trista Baldwin's Sand, David Greenspan's Old Comedy, Terrence McNally's Some Men, and Shakespeare in the Park's 2006 production of Macbeth. He is a member of New York City's LAByrinth Theater Company.

In April 2015, Pascal co-starred with Heidi Klum in the music video for Sia's "Fire Meet Gasoline".

Personal life

Pascal is fluent natively in Spanish. He maintains a close friendship with Game of Thrones co-star Lena Headey.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2005	Hermanas	Steve	Julia Solomonoff
2008	I Am That Girl	Noah	B. Hayward Randall
2011	The Adjustment Bureau	Paul De Santo	George Nolfi
	Sweet Little Lies	Paulino	William J. Saunders
2015	Bloodsucking Bastards	Max	Brian James O'Connell
	Sweets	Twin Peter	R.E. Rodgers
2016	The Great Wall	Pero Tovar	Zhang Yimou
2017	Kingsman: The Golden Circle	Jack Daniels/Agent Whiskey	Matthew Vaughn	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Good vs. Evil	Gregor New	Episode: "Gee Your Hair Smells Evil"
	Downtown		Voice Episode: "Hot Spot"
	Undressed	Greg	3 episodes
	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Eddie	Episode: "The Freshman"
2000	Touched by an Angel	Ricky	Episode: "Stealing Hope"
2001	NYPD Blue	Shane "Dio" Morrissey	Episode: "Oh Golly Goth"
	Earth vs. the Spider	Goth Guy	Television film
2006	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Kevin "Kip" Green	Episode: "Weeping Willow"
	Without a Trace	Kyle Wilson	Episode: "Candy"
2008	Law & Order	Tito Cabassa	Episode: "Tango"
2009	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Reggie Luckman	Episode: "The Glory That Was..."
2009-2011	The Good Wife	Nathan Landry	6 episodes
2010	Nurse Jackie	Steve	Episode: "Twitter"
2011	Lights Out	Omar Assarian	4 episodes
	Brothers & Sisters	Zach Wellison	2 episodes
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Special Agent Greer	Episode: "Smoked"
	Charlie's Angels	Frederick Mercer	Episode: "Angels in Paradise"
	Wonder Woman	Ed Indelicato	Pilot
	Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe	Comandante Veracruz	Television film
2012	Body of Proof	Zack Goffman	Episode: "Falling for You"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Kyle Hartley	Episode: "Malice in Wonderland"
2013	Nikita	Liam	Episode: "Aftermath"
	Red Widow	Jay Castillo	4 episodes
	Graceland	Juan Badillo	9 episodes
	Homeland	David Portillo	Episode: "Tin Man Is Down"
	The Sixth Gun	Special Agent Ortega	Pilot
2014	The Mentalist	Marcus Pike	7 episodes
	Exposed	Oscar Castro Vargas	Pilot
	Game of Thrones	Oberyn Martell	7 episodes Nominated-Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2015)
2015-present	Narcos	Javier Pea	20 episodes

Video game

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Dishonored 2	Paolo	Voice