He pursued acting at the Orange County School of the Arts and graduated in 1993, before attending New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he graduated in 1997.
In 1997 Pedro Balmaceda graduated from NYU. His mother died two years later, and he subsequently began using her surname, Pascal. While pursuing an acting career, he supported himself with various jobs, including as a waiter.
In May 2023, she graduated from Juilliard School with a MFA in acting. In February 2021, Lux publicly announced that she is a transgender woman and changed her name to reflect her maternal surname. She has been in a relationship with actor José Antonio Raffo since 2011.
Pedro Pascal | How the star of The Last of Us lives, and how much he earns
Was Pedro Pascal exiled?
After he was born, his parents took him as a baby to Denmark because his socialist family was forced to go into exile by the Pinochet dictatorship. Then, they ended up settling in Texas. Later, he had to overcome, among other things, bullying at school or the suicide of his mother Veronica, in 2000.
Pedro Pascal may be the best on-screen father we have going, but he doesn't actually have any kids, and is not publicly in a relationship nor has he been married. He's also starting to seem as if he's sick of everyone calling him the word “daddy”, which I have previously gotten pretty worked up about over here.
Pedro's Role On The Last of Us Was Legit Record-Breaking
According to Variety, Pedro made a whopping $600,000 per episode (aka $5.4 million total) for season 1, which made him one of the highest-paid actors in 2021.
Pedro Pascal was on hand at the 2023 Academy Awards not only as a presenter but also a supportive brother. "The Last of Us" star arrived to the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Oscar Sunday, March 23, with his sister, Javiera Balmaceda.
It was after the sudden death of his mother by suicide in 2000 – when he was 24 years old – that he decided to go by her maiden name Pascal professionally, to honour her, revealed the now 48-year-old actor in a new interview with Esquire.
“I've been auditioning since I was 20, working as a waiter, getting theater gigs, doing the Law and Orders,” says Pascal, who studied acting at NYU but found fame only after his 2014 stint on Game of Thrones. He's now appearing in his third season as a DEA agent on Narcos and is starring in Kingsman: The Golden Circle.
Over the years, the actor has accumulated seven tiny tattoos that we know of. Most are inked in somewhat obscure locations, like behind his ear or on his upper thigh, likely for professional reasons, as they are far easy to cover up.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Pascal is currently worth $10 million. It was a fortune that, on the surface, he seemed to accumulate relatively quickly after his breakthrough Game of Thrones role. But his rise to success was a long and slow process.
Blaise Pascal did not attend college. Due to his precocious nature and fondness for numbers, Blaise's father, Etienne, determined to educate Blaise himself.
Pascal said he believed he's earned the "daddy" honorific because he's played several father figures on screen. “(The daddy thing) seems a little role-related, I think. There was a period where the Mandalorian is very daddy to baby Grogu. Joel is very daddy to Ellie.
Despite their characters being so far apart in time and space in that fictional universe, though, the pair are extremely close friends in real life. Their careers have brought them to very different places, over the years, but to similar destinations.
Sarah Paulson and Pedro Pascal have been besties for 30 years. She used to give him money for food. Pedro Pascal and Sarah Paulson have known each other since they were both 18 years old.
As for what actually happened to Pedro's arm, he told reporters at the Golden Globes last week that he simply "fell." Here's to hoping Pedro's arm shoulder feels better soon (and resolves this clearly acute beef with Kieran Culkin).
What To Ask Your Barber: Pedro Pascal's wavy swept back hair is all about styling products. Pedro's hair is naturally curly so if you have curly/wavy hair too, make sure you go to a hairstylist who understands how to work with that kind of hair texture.
