Steven Pasquale Biography

Steven Pasquale (pronounced pahs-QWAL; born November 18, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Sean Garrity in the critically acclaimed series Rescue Me. He made his debut on the HBO series Six Feet Under, playing a love interest for David. He also starred in the film Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem.

Life and career

Pasquale was born in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He has starred in numerous theatre productions. These include having created the role of Fabrizio in the original Seattle cast of The Light in the Piazza but his work on Rescue Me prevented him from reprising the role on Broadway, as he has been quoted, "That was the most heartbreaking thing that I've ever experienced professionally."

He played the role of Sheriff Joe Sutter in the musical The Spitfire Grill in which he introduced the song "Forest For the Trees." He then scored the lead role of Chris in the 1998 American tour of Miss Saigon. In 2002, he appeared in the New York production of A Man of No Importance in the role of Robbie Faye. He appeared at the Joey DiPaolo AIDS Foundation's concert of The Secret Garden as Archibald Craven, alongside Michael Arden, Jaclyn Nedenthal, Will Chase, Max von Essen, Celia Keenan-Bolger, and Tony Award-winning actress Laura Benanti, whom he later married.

In 2009, the record label PS Classics announced it would release his first album, Somethin' Like Love. A jazz album produced by Jessica Molaskey and John Pizzarelli, it will be released in April. He launched his official website in February 2009 and starred in the Broadway play reasons to be pretty by Neil LaBute.

In 2011, Pasquale played the lead role, Paul Keller, on the Fox Television Studios pilot "Over/Under". The pilot was rejected in 2012, but was aired on the USA Network on 01/04/2013.

In 2012, Pasquale made a guest appearance on the NBC sitcom Up All Night. He also starred in the Coma miniseries.

He was the lead actor for the NBC series Do No Harm, which premiered on January 31, 2013 to the lowest debut rating in the history of prime-time television.

In 2013, Pasquale starred in The Bridges of Madison County at the Williamstown Theatre Festival alongside Elena Shaddow. He will go on to star in the Broadway production of the musical at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre beginning in late January 2014 with Kelli O'Hara replacing Shaddow.