13 things about Chilean-American actor Pedro Pascal

Professionally known as Pedro Pascal, José Pedro Balmaceda Pascal is a Chilean-American actor born in Santiago, Chile to José Balmaceda Riera and Verónica Pascal Ureta. Jose was a fertility doctor and Veronica was a child psychologist.

BIOGRAPHY

When Pedro was young, he and his parents left Chile and received political asylum in Denmark before moving to the United States. He spent his early childhood years in San Antonio, Texas, USA.

Pedro is 5′10½″ tall. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. In 1986, he and his parents moved from San Antonio to Orange County, California, USA.
2. On June 4, 1992, his youngest sibling Lucas “Lux” Balmaceda Pascal was born in Orange County.
3. In 1993, he graduated from the Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana, California.
4. Using the name Pedro Balmaceda, he made his film acting debut in the short films “Burning Bridges” in 1996 and “Window Shopping” in 1997.
5. In 1997, he graduated from New York University‘s Tisch School of the Arts in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
6. In 1999, he made his television acting debut in the series “Good vs Evil”, “Downtown”, “Undressed” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”.
7. From 2009 to 2011, he played Nathan Landry in the CBS series “The Good Wife”.
8. From 2013 to 2014, he played Juan Badillo in the USA Network series “Graceland”.
9. In 2014, he played Marcus Pike in the CBS series “The Mentalist” and Oberyn Martell in the HBO series “Game of Thrones”.
10. From 2015 to 2017, he played Javier Peña in the Netflix series “Narcos”.
11. From 2019 to 2023, he played the title role in the Disney+ series “The Mandalorian”.
12. In February 2021, his sibling Lux announced that she is a transgender woman.
13. On April 2, 2025, he turned 50.

TIMELINE

2023

• He plays Joel Miller in the HBO series “The Last of Us”, which premiered on January 15, 2023.

2024

• He played Clint in the film “Freaky Tales”, which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, USA on January 18, 2024.
• He played Lucien Flores in the film “The Uninvited”, which premiered at the 2024 South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, USA.
• He played Fink in the film “The Wild Robot”, which premiered at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on September 8, 2024.
• He played General Marcus Acacius in the film “Gladiator II”, which premiered in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

2025

• He is one of Joaquin Phoenix‘s co-stars in “Eddington“, which will compete for the Palme d’Or in the 78th edition of Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France in May 2025.
• He plays Harry Castillo in the film “Materialists”, which will be released in the U.S. on June 13, 2025.
• He plays Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic in the film “The Fantastic Four: First Steps”, which will be released in the U.S. on July 25, 2025.

2026

• He will reprise his role as Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic in “Avengers: Doomsday”, which will be released in the U.S. on May 1, 2026.