Earl Pastko is a Canadian-American actor known for his roles in theatre, film and television.
Early life Pastko was born and raised in Chicago and moved to Canada in 1985. He currently resides in Toronto.
Career 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. Pastko worked with George A. Romero (Land of the Dead); Eugene Levy (Sodbusters); and Roger Christian (Masterminds and Battlefield Earth).
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.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1989RoadkillChildren of Paradise drums1990Defy GravityVost1991Highway 61Mr. Skin1994EclipseMichael1994Soft DeceitBookstore Owner1995JunglegroundLouis Brising1995Blood and DonutsDonut Shop Junkie1997The Sweet HereafterHartley1997MastermindsCaptain Jankel1998Dog ParkBartender1998MotelLouie2000RatsDemented Man2000Battlefield EarthBartender2001Century HotelHotel Detective2004Shelf LifeOld Man2005Land of the DeadRoach2005God's BaboonsMichael2006Monkey WarfareTed2008Head of Raven ClanEli Perla2011The MountieOlaf2013Cottage CountryVagrant2013The ColonyScientist2015Manhattan UndyingDr. Wilkins2018BirdlandBob McIntyre
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1990Friday the 13th: The SeriesMervEpisode: "Jack-in-the-Box"1991Street LegalPigpen Rodnicki3 episodes1992The Ray Bradbury TheaterTom CarmodyEpisode: "The Jar"1993Highlander: The SeriesVictor PaulusEpisode: "Band of Brothers"1993Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian SpencerBartenderTelevision film1993Street JusticeDeputy OtisEpisode: "My Brother's Keeper"1994HeadsLloyd HubbsTelevision film1994SodbusterButch1994Forever KnightMiklos2 episodes1994The Adventures of Dudley the DragonVernon the ToxinEpisode: "Dudley and the Toxin"1995Kung Fu: The Legend ContinuesRamsdenEpisode: "Cruise Missiles"1995Lonesome Dove: The SeriesJoe LeedskallEpisode: "Day of the Dead"1996Poltergeist: The LegacyJohn HarperEpisode: "The Twelfth Cave"1996GoosebumpsCount NightwingEpisode: "Vampire Breath"1997Once a ThiefHarvey StoneEpisode: "Mac Daddy"1998La Femme NikitaFieldEpisode: "Hard Landing"1999LexxBrizonEpisode: "Brizon"2001Stargate SG-1Colonel Alexi ZukhovEpisode: "The Tomb"2001MythQuestTailor / Gorgos2 episodes2005Puppets Who KillBill CollectorEpisode: "Cuddles the Manchurian Candidate"2005PremonitionVargasTelevision film2005Air Crash InvestigationHamdi TahaEpisode: "Death and Denial"2007The Dresden FilesHead of Raven ClanEpisode: "Birds of a Feather"2008Little Mosque on the PrairieLeonEpisode: "Let Prairie Dogs Lie"2012Murdoch MysteriesSenor ArturoEpisode: "Murdoch at the Opera"2015Orphan BlackBulldog3 episodes2015Hemlock GroveShandor Bibinkian2 episodes2019Frankie Drake MysteriesArmando PetrilloEpisode: "A Sunshine State of Mind"
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