José Pedro Balmaceda Pascal (Spanish: [xoˈseˈpeðɾo βalmaˈseða pasˈkal]; born April 2, 1975) is a Chilean and American actor. After nearly two decades of taking small roles on stage and television, Pascal had his breakout role as Oberyn Martell in the fourth season of the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2014). He gained further prominence with his portrayal of Javier Peña in the Netflix crime series Narcos (2015–2017). He went on to appear in the films The Great Wall(2016), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), The Equalizer 2 (2018), and Triple Frontier (2019).
Pascal's leading roles as Din Djarin in the Disney+ science fiction series The Mandalorian (2019–2023) and Joel Miller in the HBO post-apocalyptic drama series The Last of Us (2023–present) propelled him to international stardom, earning him a reputation for portraying adoptive father figures. For the latter role, he received numerous accolades, including a Screen Actors Guild Award and nominations for a Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award. He also portrayed parental characters in We Can Be Heroes (2020), Strange Way of Life (2023), and The Wild Robot (2024). Pascal has also starred in the big-budget films Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) and Gladiator II (2024). He plays Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025).
Active in theatre since 1999, he made his Broadway debut as Edmund in a 2019 adaptation of King Lear. In 2023, Time Magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
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From Santiago, Chile
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RevenueActing
Primarily2027 Avengers: Secret Wars as Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic
2026 Avengers: Doomsday as Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic
2026 The Mandalorian and Grogu as Din Djarin / The Mandalorian
2025 The Fantastic 4: First Steps as Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic
2025 Eddington as Mayor Ted Garcia
2025 Tropico as Mark
2025 Materialists as Harry
2025 The Uninvited as Lucien
2025 Freaky Tales as Clint
2025 Someday
2025 Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self
2024 The Making of Gladiator II as Self
2024 Gladiator II as General Acacius
2024 The Wild Robot as Fink (voice)
2024 Drive-Away Dolls as Penis Collector
2024 Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023 Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20 as Self
2023 Strange Way of Life as Silva
2023 Making of The Last of Us as Self
2022 The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent as Javi Gutierrez
2022 The Bubble as Dieter Bravo
2022 House Comes with a Bird as Nico
2020 We Can Be Heroes as Marcus Moreno
2020 Wonder Woman 1984 as Maxwell Lord
2020 Community Table Read as Mr. Stone
2019 The Mandalorian as Din Djarin / The Mandalorian
2019 Bag of Worms Executive Producer
2019 Triple Frontier as Francisco 'Catfish' Morales
2018 If Beale Street Could Talk as Pietro Alvarez
2018 Prospect as Ezra
2018 Asesinato en El Hormiguero Express as Pedro Pascal
2018 The Equalizer 2 as Dave York
2018 Hope as Himself
2017 Kingsman: The Golden Circle as Whiskey
2016 The Great Wall as Tovar
2015 Bloodsucking Bastards as Max
2015 Narcos as Javier Peña
2015 Sweets as Twin Peter
2013 The Sixth Gun as Special Agent Ortega
2011 Sweet Little Lies as Paulino
2011 Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe as Comandante Veracruz
2011 The Adjustment Bureau as Maitre D' Paul De Santo
2009 Iris as Billy
2008 I Am That Girl as Noah
2005 Hermanas as Steve
2001 Earth vs. the Spider as Goth Guy
1997 Window Shopping as David
1996 Burning Bridges as Alex