Luke Pasqualino | |
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Born | Luca Giuseppe Pasqualino 19 February 1990 Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2008–present |
Luca Giuseppe "Luke" Pasqualino (born 19 February 1990) is a British actor of Italian descent. He is best known for his portrayal of Freddie McClair in the television series Skins , d'Artagnan in the television series The Musketeers and Elvis Harte in Our Girl .
Pasqualino was born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, to Italian parents from Sicily and Naples. [1] [2] He attended Walton Community School, in Walton, Peterborough.
In 2009, Pasqualino made his acting debut as the protagonist in the low-budget film Stingers Rule! about a local football team going against property developers who plan to destroy their beloved football ground. Pasqualino also guest starred on Casualty and Miranda . In 2008, Pasqualino became one of the new series regulars in the third season of the E4 teenage drama television series Skins ; he portrayed Freddie McClair, a laid-back weed-smoking college pupil. [3] In February 2010, Pasqualino was cast in the Warner Bros. Pictures supernatural horror film The Apparition; [4] the film was released in August 2012. [5] In 2011, Pasqualino appeared in a recurring role as Paolo, a young servant, on the historical drama television series The Borgias . [6] In July 2012, Pasqualino starred in the romantic comedy film Love Bite .
In October 2011, Pasqualino won the starring role in the Syfy television pilot Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome [7] as the younger self of William "Husker" Adama; the show was first distributed as a ten-episode online series on Machinima.com starting November 2012, and then aired in early 2013 as a televised film on Syfy. [8] [9] Later in 2013 Pasqualino appeared in a French television series, Jo . From 2014 to 2016 he starred in the BBC production of The Musketeers, based on the Alexandre Dumas novel.
In 2013, Pasqualino appeared in the ensemble thriller Snowpiercer , which takes place aboard a train as it travels around the globe, carrying the last members of humanity after a failed attempt at climate engineering to stop global warming.[ citation needed ] In 2021, he played David Kostyk in the Netflix series Shadow and Bone.[ citation needed ]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | Stingers Rule! | Anthony | |
2012 | Love Bite | Kev | |
The Apparition | Greg | ||
2013 | Snowpiercer | Grey | |
2017 | Smartass | Donny | |
2019 | The Gandhi Murder | DCP Jimmy | |
2022 | Medusa Deluxe | Angel | |
2024 | The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim | Wulf | Voice; in production |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | Casualty | Dans | 2 episodes |
2009, 2013 | Miranda | Jason | 2 episodes (1.4 & 3.6) |
2009–2010 | Skins | Freddie McClair | Main cast (series 3- 4) |
2011–2012 | The Borgias | Paolo | 7 episodes |
2012 | Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome | William "Husker" Adama | TV movie |
2013 | Jo | Lieutenant Zavaglia | Miniseries; Episode: "Invalides" |
2014 | Inside No. 9 | Lee | Episode: "Sardines" |
2014–2016 | The Musketeers | d'Artagnan | Main cast |
2015 | Drunk History | Dick Turpin | Episode 1.3 |
2016–2017 | Our Girl | Elvis Harte | Main cast (series 2-3) |
2017–2018 | Snatch | Albert Hill | Main cast |
2021 | Death in Paradise | Ed Lancer | Guest Star (Season 10) |
2021-2023 | Shadow and Bone | David Kostyk | Recurring role |
2022 | Shantaram | Maurizio | 12 episodes |
TBA | Rivals | Basil Babbingham | In-production [10] |
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