Life and career

Pasquesi was born in Chicago, Illinois. Some of his screen credits include Groundhog Day, Strangers with Candy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Return to Me, and The Ice Harvest. He starred in the Steve Delahoyde short film Regrets that premiered in An Event Apart, and co-starred with Jeff Garlin in Garlin's I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With; He wrote for Exit 57 and Strangers With Candy. In addition, he co-wrote and starred in the TV series Factory with fellow comedians Mitch Rouse, Michael Coleman, and Jay Leggett. He co-wrote and co-starred in Cop Show with Tracy Letts. In 2009 he was in the cast of Ron Howard's Angels & Demons, where he played the character Claudio Vincenzi. He co-created and co-wrote the new show Merkin Penal.

He's a veteran performer of The Second City, IO Theater, Improv Institute, and Annoyance Theatre. He studied under Del Close in the early 80s and became part of the first iO Harold team, Baron's Barracudas. He appeared in four Mainstage revues at Second City, where he performed alongside Chris Farley, Tim Meadows, Joel Murray, and Bob Odenkirk. He has also performed in plays at Steppenwolf Theatre and the Goodman Theatre. Since 2002, he currently performs with T. J. Jagodowski in "TJ and Dave," one of the more popular running improv shows performing both in Chicago and New York.

Recognized as Improviser of the Year by the Chicago Improv Festival.

The 2009 South by Southwest Film festival included the documentary Trust Us, This is All Made Up directed by Alex Karpovsky, which chronicles a "T.J. and Dave" performance. In 2009, he played a supporting role in the Harold Ramis film Year One as the Prime Minister of Sodom.

Alongside Mary Beth Fisher, Keith Kupferer and Beth Lacke, Pasquesi was a cast member in the Chicago premiere of Yasmina Reza’s triple Tony Award-winning God of Carnage, directed by Rick Snyder, at the Goodman Theatre, running March 5 - April 10, 2011.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1987	Light of Day	Sophomore
1991	Father of the Bride	Henck
1993	Groundhog Day	Psychiatrist
1993	The Fugitive	Newscaster
1994	Natural Born Killers	Cameraman	Uncredited
1994	The Puppet Masters	Vargas
1995	Stuart Saves His Family	Tollefson
1998	Temporary Girl	Paul, Jeanette's Husband
2000	Return to Me	Tony
2004	Employee of the Month	Kyle Lacopa
2005	The Ice Harvest	Councilman Williams
2005	Strangers with Candy	Stew
2006	I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With	Luca Giancarlo
2009	Year One	Prime Minister
2009	Angels & Demons	Claudio Vincenzi
2011	Close Quarters	Cary
2013	Hell Baby	Cardinal Vicente
2015	This Isn't Funny	Christoffer Anderson

Television work

• Dream On - Alex (1991)
• The Untouchables - Professor (1993)
• The Shaggy Dog - Officer Hanson (1994)
• Common Law - Henry Beckett (1996)
• Early Edition - Orville (1998)
• Strangers with Candy - Stew (1999-2000)
• Undeclared - Professor Beyser (2003)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm - Dr. Blore (2002)
• According to Jim - Dave (2005)
• Factory - Smitty (2008)
• Boss - Boss (2011-2012)
• The Mob Doctor - Dr Ian Fanagan
• Veep - Andrew (2013)
• Chicago Fire - Macauley (2013)

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