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 Prince Oberyn Martell in the fourth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones. Pascal stated that his first day on set of Game of Thrones he was nervous because he was filming one of his biggest scenes with co-star Peter Dinklage, but wasn't that difficult with Dinklage working with him, giving the first of the many amazing performances he portrayed as Oberyn Martell. Pascal also 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 Peña in the Netflix Original show, Narcos. Pascal was also in the movie Blood Sucking Bastards in 2015, playing the role of the Vampire Max, and also played the role of Twin Peter in the 2015 film Sweets.

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 has lived in New York City since 1993. He maintains a close friendship with Game of Thrones co-star Lena Headey.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Hermanas	Steve
2011	The Adjustment Bureau	Paul De Santo
2014	Bloodsucking Bastards	Max
2015	Sweets	Twin Peter
2016	The Great Wall		Post-production
2017	Kingsman: The Golden Circle	Jack Daniels	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Good vs. Evil	Gregor New	Episode: "Gee Your Hair Smells Evil"
1999	Downtown		Voice Episode: "Hot Spot"
1999	Undressed	Greg	3 episodes
1999	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"
2001	Earth vs. the Spider	Goth Guy	Television film
2006	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Kevin "Kip" Green	Episode: "Weeping Willow"
2006	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..."
2009-11	The Good Wife	Nathan Landry	6 episodes
2010	Nurse Jackie	Steve	Episode: "Twitter"
2011	Lights Out	Omar Assarian	4 episodes
2011	Brothers & Sisters	Zach Wellison	2 episodes
2011	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Special Agent Greer	Episode: "Smoked"
2011	Charlie's Angels	Frederick Mercer	Episode: "Angels in Paradise"
2011	Wonder Woman	Ed Indelicato	Pilot
2011	Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe	Comandante Veracruz	Television film
2012	Body of Proof	Zack Goffman	Episode: "Falling for You"
2012	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Kyle Hartley	Episode: "Malice in Wonderland"
2013	Nikita	Liam	Episode: "Aftermath"
2013	Red Widow	Jay Castillo	4 episodes
2013	Graceland	Juan Badillo	9 episodes
2013	Homeland	David Portillo	Episode: "Tin Man Is Down"
2013	The Sixth Gun	Special Agent Ortega	Pilot
2014	The Mentalist	Marcus Pike	7 episodes
2014	Exposed	Oscar Castro Vargas	Pilot
2014	Game of Thrones	Oberyn Martell	7 episodes Nominated-Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2015-present	Narcos	Javier Peña	10 episodes

[ Source: Wikipedia ]