Earl Pastko is an American actor known for his roles in theatre, film and television.
Pastko was born and raised in Chicago and moved to Canada in 1985. He currently resides in Toronto. [1]
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 .
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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" |
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