David Pasquesi (born December 22, 1960) is an American actor and comedian. His screen credits include Father of the Bride (1991), Common Law (1996), Strangers with Candy (1999), The Watcher (2000), Employee of the Month (2004), According to Jim (2005), The Beast (2009), Boss (2011), Chicago Fire (2013), and Lodge 49 (2018)
Early life Pasquesi, who is of Italian heritage, was born in Chicago and raised in Lake Bluff, Illinois. He graduated from Lake Forest High School.
Career Pasquesi starred in the short film Regrets that premiered An Event Apart, and co-starred in I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With. He wrote for Exit 57 and Strangers with Candy, co-wrote and appeared in the Spike TV series Factory, and co-wrote and co-starred in Cop Show. In 2009, he was in the cast of Angels & Demons, where he played the character Claudio Vincenzi. He co-created and co-wrote the new show Merkin Penal. Similar to his role of "Meat Man Stew" in Strangers With Candy, Pasquesi plays "Knife Man" in At Home with Amy Sedaris.
Pasquesi has performed at The Second City, iO Theater, Improv Institute, and Annoyance Theatre. He studied under Del Close in the early 80s, and became part of the first iO Harold team "Baron's Barracudas". He appeared in four mainstage revues at Second City, as well as in plays at the Steppenwolf Theatre and the Goodman Theatre.
In 2009, he played a supporting role in the Harold Ramis film Year One as the Prime Minister of Sodom. Pasquesi was a cast member in the Chicago premiere of Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage at the Goodman Theatre.
TJ and Dave Since 2002, he has been performing with T. J. Jagodowski in the all improvised show "TJ and Dave". In 2006, they began an Off Broadway run, performing monthly at The Barrow Street Theatre in New York City. The Chicago Reader has described the show as "an hour of subtle character development, verbal facility, and pantomimic agility that anticipates and plays off the audience's reactions." Guests of the show include August: Osage County's Tracy Letts, Academy Award Nominee Michael Shannon, SNL's Mike O'Brien, and Absinthe's Jet Eveleth. The 2009 South by Southwest Film Festival included the documentary Trust Us, This is All Made Up directed by Alex Karpovsky, which chronicles a "T.J. and Dave" performance.TJ And Dave's T.J. Jagodowski and David Pasquesi
Filmography Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1987Light of DaySophomore1991Heaven Is a PlaygroundHospital clerk1991Father of the BrideHanck, the Caterer1993Groundhog DayPsychiatristThe FugitiveNewscaster1994Natural Born KillersCameramanUncreditedThe Puppet MastersVargas1995Stuart Saves His FamilyTollefson1996Chain ReactionAl Vanzetti1998Temporary GirlPaul, Jeanette's Husband2000Return to MeTonyThe WatcherNorton2002JoshuaEli Cohen2003Nobody Knows Anything!Jimmy2004Employee of the MonthKyle Lacopa2005Strangers with CandyStewThe Ice HarvestCouncilman Williams2006I Want Someone to Eat Cheese WithLuca Giancarlo2008LeatherheadsVoiceover Announcer2009TapiocaLotharioAngels & DemonsClaudio VincenziYear OnePrime Minister2010Something Better Somewhere ElseBoss2011The Moleman of Belmont AvenueDave the Hermit2012To Rome with LoveTimClose QuartersCary2013Hell BabyCardinal Vicente2015This Isn't FunnyChristoffer AndersonBloomin Mud ShuffleFr. TonyOpen TablesDean Ponder2017KingsHoward2018ImperfectionsRod2020MonumentsJim2021Later DaysDJ Shades2022Last LooksDarius Jamshidi2023Le proprietà dei metalliProf. Moretti2024All Happy FamiliesJerry 2025 Death of a Unicorn Pilot
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1990Dear JohnSmoke-EnderEpisode: "True Confessions"Men Will Be BoysTomTelevision film1991Dream OnAlexEpisode: "To Have and Have and Have and Have Not"1994The Shaggy DogOfficer HansonTelevision film1996Common LawHenry Beckett5 episodes1998Early EditionOrvilleEpisode: "A Horse Is a Horse"1999–2000Strangers with CandyStew4 episodes2002Curb Your EnthusiasmDr. BloreEpisode: "Chet's Shirt"2003UndeclaredProfessor BeyserEpisode: "God Visits"Hi GuysTommyTelevision film2005According to JimDave2 episodes2008FactorySmitty6 episodes2009The BeastDr. Warren ShelbyEpisode: "The Walk In"2011–2012BossJack Bentley5 episodes2012Breaking the NewsTodd StraitTelevision film2012–2013The Mob DoctorDr. Ian Flanigan9 episodes2013–2019Chicago FireErik McAuley / McAuley3 episodesVeepAndrew Meyer15 episodes2015Cop DramaMayorTelevision film2016The JamzKasey4 episodesEasyDaveEpisode: "Art and Life"2017Special SkillsCasting DirectorEpisode: "Party Animals"ShrinkPastor KaineEpisode: "Cool Ranch"2017, 2018Superior DonutsLou2 episodes2017–2020At Home with Amy SedarisTony Pugnalata10 episodes2018EmpireBeekman PoserEpisode: "Fair Terms"Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & MonstersCarolEpisode: "Devil in the Blue Jeans"Madam SecretaryPrime Minister Enzo MorettiEpisode: "The Magic Rake"2018–2019Lodge 49Blaise St. John20 episodes2020The ConnersCyrilEpisode: "Bridge Over Troubled Conners"InfernoLeonard GregoryTelevision film2021–2022The Book of Boba FettMok Shaiz's majordomo5 episodes2022She-Hulk: Attorney at LawCraig Hollis / Mr. ImmortalEpisode: "Just Jen"2022White House PlumbersJames Jesus Angleton1 episode
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External links
Dave Pasquesi's Official Site NY Times Theater Review of TJ and Dave TJ and Dave Website