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José Pedro Balmaceda Pascal (Spanish: [xoˈseˈpeðɾo βalmaˈseða pasˈkal]; born April 2, 1975) is a Chilean and American actor. After nearly two decades of taking small roles on stage and television, Pascal had his breakout role as Oberyn Martell in the fourth season of the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2014). He gained further prominence with his portrayal of Javier Peña in the Netflix crime series Narcos (2015–2017). He went on to appear in the films The Great Wall(2016), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), The Equalizer 2 (2018), and Triple Frontier (2019). Pascal's leading roles as Din Djarin in the Disney+ science fiction series The Mandalorian (2019–2023) and Joel Miller in the HBO post-apocalyptic drama series The Last of Us (2023–present) propelled him to international stardom, earning him a reputation for portraying adoptive father figures. For the latter role, he received numerous accolades, including a Screen Actors Guild Award and nominations for a Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award. He also portrayed parental characters in We Can Be Heroes (2020), Strange Way of Life (2023), and The Wild Robot (2024). Pascal has also starred in the big-budget films Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) and Gladiator II (2024). He plays Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025). Active in theatre since 1999, he made his Broadway debut as Edmund in a 2019 adaptation of King Lear. In 2023, Time Magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pedro Pascal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Despite the best efforts of the Nova corps, Thanos and his Black Order have managed to assemble the Infinity Gems (as seen in Nova, Race Against Time). With infinite power, Thanos sought to court Death, and erased half of the living beings in the Universe. Adam Warlock takes the task upon himself to gather forces to bring Thanos down and restore what they all lost. Using the connections of the Nova Corps, he locates a lot of the surviving heroes, but the disappearance of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the overtaking by H.A.M.M.E.R. make it difficult to bring everyone together. Captain Marvel is tasked with uniting Earth's heroes once more. Meanwhile Thanos, not satisfied with the immense power the Infinity Gauntlet brings him, appeals to the Cosmic Entities, with the Demon Mephisto whispering in his ear and guiding him down a darker path. - Bringing their plan together, the surviving heroes eventually divide themselves. Adam Warlock leads a team to appeal to the Cosmic Entities, hoping to convince them of the universe's worth and to turn against Thanos. Doctor Strange and his team seek out Mephisto, to either convince him to step back or take him down. Finally, Captain Marvel leads her own team, with an elaborate and dangerous plan to take down Thanos. In the end, all three stories culminate once again, as they manage to take the Mad Titan down. Undoing the evil he has caused with the Gauntlet, for a moment they feel like balance and peace in the universe has been restored.
