Pedro Pascal has taken on so many iconic roles throughout his career. After appearing in TV series like “Law & Order” and “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” Pascal snagged his first breakthrough role in 2014 when he began portraying a prince named Oberyn Martell in “Game of Thrones.” The following year, he made his debut as DEA agent Javier Peña in “Narcos.” That was only the beginning of Pascal’s major TV projects because in 2019, Pascal joined the Star Wars universe as bounty hunter Din Djarin in “The Mandalorian.” Most recently, he’s also been making a splash as Joel Miller in “The Last of Us.”
Pascal has also had just as many notable movie roles. The star brought the DC Comics villain Maxwell Lord to life in “Wonder Woman 1984” and has been a part of huge film franchises like “Kingsman” and “The Equalizer.” Pascal’s career is filled with so many hits, and he isn’t going anywhere any time soon. After the first two episodes of “The Last of Us” premiered in January, its impressive ratings led HBO to renew the show for a second season. “The Mandalorian” has also been confirmed to return for a fourth season.
Whether you’ve been with Pascal since “Game of Thrones” or only recently became a fan, here are 15 of his movies and TV series you should check out.
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"The Mandalorian"
Set five years after “Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi,” “The Mandalorian” is about a bounty hunter who encounters a force-sensitive child named Grogu while traveling across the galaxy. After realizing he’s being hunted by the remnants of the Galactic Empire due to his powers, the Mandalorian decides to take Grogu under his wing as his foundling and protect him. The series stars Pascal as the title character and features appearances from fan-favorite Star Wars characters like Boba Fett, Ahsoka, and Bo-Katan Kryze.
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"Narcos"
This 2015 Netflix crime drama centers around the cocaine trade in Colombia. The first and second seasons chronicle the rise and fall of the infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar, while the third season focuses on the Cali Cartel. Pascal plays a Drug Enforcement Administration agent named Javier Peña in the series.
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"The Last of Us"
“The Last of Us” is a post-apocalyptic series that follows two survivors named Joel (Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) as they make their way across the United States amid a global pandemic. The outbreak was caused by a fungal infection that turns its hosts into terrifying zombie-like creatures, so Joel and Ellie are met with constant danger on their trek as they try to avoid the infected. The show is based on the award-winning 2013 video game by Naughty Dog.
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"Kingsman: The Golden Circle"
“Kingsman: The Golden Circle” is the second installment in the “Kingsman” film series, which is based on the comic book of the same name. In the sequel, Kingsman – a British private intelligence agency – teams up with their allies in the United States called Statesman to take down a common enemy: a drug cartel known as the Golden Circle. The film features the star studded-cast of Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Mark Strong, Julianne Moore, Halle Berry, Pascal (who plays a member of Statesman named Agent Whiskey), Elton John, and Channing Tatum.
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"Wonder Woman 1984"
“Wonder Woman 1984” follows an Amazon warrior named Diana Prince/Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) who reunites with her lost love, Steve Trevor (Chris Pine). The two work together to take down two villains: Barbara Minerva (Kristen Wiig), who started off as an ordinary geologist before transforming into the fearsome Cheetah, and Maxwell Lord (Pascal), a struggling businessman who gains control of the all-powerful Dreamstone. The film, which premiered in 2020, is the sequel to the 2017 movie “Wonder Woman.”
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"The Equalizer 2"
In “The Equalizer 2,” Denzel Washington is a retired government agent named Robert McCall who is now doing private vigilante work while posing as a Lyft driver. When his friend and former DIA colleague Susan Plummer (Melissa Leo) is killed, Robert embarks on a mission to investigate her death. In the film, Pascal takes on the role of Robert’s former DIA partner Dave York.
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"Triple Fronter"
“Triple Frontier” is a Netflix action film that centers around five ex-soldier friends who reunite to pull off the ultimate heist. Their mission to steal a drug lord’s fortune doesn’t exactly go as planned, however, as they find themselves fighting to survive in the South American jungle. The movie stars Ben Affleck as Tom “Redfly” Davis, Oscar Isaac as Santiago “Pope” Garcia, Charlie Hunnam as William “Ironhead” Miller, Garrett Hedlund as Ben Miller, and Pascal as Francisco “Catfish” Morales.
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"If Beale Street Could Talk"
Set in Harlem in the 1970s, “If Beale Street Could Talk” tells the love story of a young black couple named Tish (KiKi Layne) and Fonny (Stephan James). After finding an apartment together, Fonny is wrongfully accused of sexual assault and sent to jail. The film follows Tish as she tries to clear Fonny’s name before the birth of their baby. Pascal takes on the role of a man named Pietro Alvarez, who sets up a meeting between Tish and Fonny’s acuser.
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"The Bubble"
“The Bubble” is about a group of actors who isolate themselves inside a hotel to film a movie during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the days go by, the cast finds it harder and harder to stay sane inside their “bubble” as they long to rejoin the outside world. Pascal plays an actor named Dieter Bravo alongside stars like Karen Gillan, Iris Apatow, Leslie Mann, Fred Armisen, David Duchovny, Keegan-Michael Key, and more.
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"The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent"
In “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” Nicolas Cage stars as a fictionalized version of himself named Nick Cage who is an actor struggling to find work. In order to make some money, Nick accepts a million-dollar offer to attend the birthday party of superfan Javi Gutierrez (Pascal), who’s a billionaire playboy. After being contacted by two CIA agents who suspect Javi of kidnapping the daughter of a politician, Nick agrees to help uncover the truth about Javi while under the guise of writing a movie with him.
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"We Can Be Heroes"
“We Can Be Heroes” is a follow-up to the 2005 movie “The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D.” The new film focuses on a group of superheroes called the Heroics who are kidnapped by aliens, which forces their kids to work together in order to rescue them. Pascal plays Marcus Moreno, the leader of the Heroics who’s a master swordsman and has a powerless daughter named Missy Moreno (YaYa Gosselin).
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"The Great Wall"
“The Great Wall” is a 2016 monster film that explores the mystery behind the Great Wall of China. After two European mercenaries (Matt Damon and Pascal) are captured by the Chinese army while searching for gunpowder for the west, they discover the reason the Great Wall was built was to keep out alien monsters that attack every 60 years. When a new crop of monsters show up, the army is forced to team up with the mercenaries to take them down.
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"Prospect"
“Prospect” is a sci-fi movie starring Jay Duplass and Sophie Thatcher as a father-daughter duo who travel to a distant alien moon in order to try and harvest its precious gems. While on their search, the pair run into danger when they realize they’re not the only ones hunting for the treasure. They encounter two rival prospectors (Pascal and Luke Pitzrick), who, after trying to rob them, agree to team up and split the gems together.
