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Earl Pastko is an American actor known for his roles in theatre, film and television.

Early life

Pastko was born and raised in Chicago and moved to Canada in 1985. He currently resides in Toronto.[1]

Career

Pastko is a founding member of Chicago's Remains Theater Company. He worked extensively in theatre with noted directors Ken McDougall, Paul Bettis, Alexander Hausvater, Brian Quirt, Vikki Anderson and Morris Panych, among others. Pastko received a Dora nomination for his performance in La Ronde and a Jessie nomination for The Ends of The Earth. His most recent stage appearances were as Lars in The Company Theatre's production of Festen and as Alexander Stern in The Rant, presented by Chicago's Mary Arrcher Theatre Co.

His best known film roles are as Satan in Bruce McDonald's Highway 61; as Hartley Otis in Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter; as the artist in Jeremy Podeswa's Eclipse; and the hotel detective in David Weaver's Century Hotel.[2] Pastko worked with George A. Romero (Land of the Dead); Eugene Levy (Sodbusters); and Roger Christian (Masterminds and Battlefield Earth).[3][4]

Pastko's television appearances include Street Justice, Highlander, Street Legal, Kung Fu, Lonesome Dove, Poltergeist, Lexx, Stargate, La Femme Nikita, Once A Thief, The Eleventh Hour, This Is Wonderland, Zixx, Living in Your Car and The Murdoch Mysteries.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1989 Roadkill Children of Paradise drums
1990 Defy Gravity Vost
1991 Highway 61 Mr. Skin
1994 Eclipse Michael
1994 Soft Deceit Bookstore Owner
1995 Jungleground Louis Brising
1995 Blood and Donuts Donut Shop Junkie
1997 The Sweet Hereafter Hartley
1997 Masterminds Captain Jankel
1998 Dog Park Bartender
1998 Motel Louie
2000 Rats Demented Man
2000 Battlefield Earth Bartender
2001 Century Hotel Hotel Detective
2004 Shelf Life Old Man
2005 Land of the Dead Roach
2005 God's Baboons Michael
2006 Monkey Warfare Ted
2008 Head of Raven Clan Eli Perla
2011 The Mountie Olaf
2013 Cottage Country Vagrant
2013 The Colony Scientist
2015 Manhattan Undying Dr. Wilkins
2018 Birdland Bob McIntyre

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1990 Friday the 13th: The Series Merv Episode: "Jack-in-the-Box"
1991 Street Legal Pigpen Rodnicki 3 episodes
1992 The Ray Bradbury Theater Tom Carmody Episode: "The Jar"
1993 Highlander: The Series Victor Paulus Episode: "Band of Brothers"
1993 Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer Bartender Television film
1993 Street Justice Deputy Otis Episode: "My Brother's Keeper"
1994 Heads Lloyd Hubbs Television film
1994 Sodbuster Butch
1994 Forever Knight Miklos 2 episodes
1994 The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon Vernon the Toxin Episode: "Dudley and the Toxin"
1995 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Ramsden Episode: "Cruise Missiles"
1995 Lonesome Dove: The Series Joe Leedskall Episode: "Day of the Dead"
1996 Poltergeist: The Legacy John Harper Episode: "The Twelfth Cave"
1996 Goosebumps Count Nightwing Episode: "Vampire Breath"
1997 Once a Thief Harvey Stone Episode: "Mac Daddy"
1998 La Femme Nikita Field Episode: "Hard Landing"
1999 Lexx Brizon Episode: "Brizon"
2001 Stargate SG-1 Colonel Alexi Zukhov Episode: "The Tomb"
2001 MythQuest Tailor / Gorgos 2 episodes
2005 Puppets Who Kill Bill Collector Episode: "Cuddles the Manchurian Candidate"
2005 Premonition Vargas Television film
2005 Air Crash Investigation Hamdi Taha Episode: "Death and Denial"
2007 The Dresden Files Head of Raven Clan Episode: "Birds of a Feather"
2008 Little Mosque on the Prairie Leon Episode: "Let Prairie Dogs Lie"
2012 Murdoch Mysteries Senor Arturo Episode: "Murdoch at the Opera"
2015 Orphan Black Bulldog 3 episodes
2015 Hemlock Grove Shandor Bibinkian 2 episodes
2019 Frankie Drake Mysteries Armando Petrillo Episode: "A Sunshine State of Mind"

References

  1. ^ "God's Baboons » Cast » Earl Pastko". www.godsbaboons.com. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  2. ^ Hoolboom, Mike (2011-01-26). Inside the Pleasure Dome: Fringe Film in Canada. Coach House Books. ISBN 978-1-77056-115-1.
  3. ^ Earnshaw, Tony. Fantastique: Interviews with Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy Filmmakers (Volume I). BearManor Media.
  4. ^ "New York State Writers Institute - The Sweet Hereafter". www.albany.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
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