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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.
Blindsighted is a 2025 American Christian psychological thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Sofia Coppola, and starring Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Mackenzie Foy, Pedro Pascal, Ashley Johnson, Laurence Fishburne, and Melissa McBride. It follows a Christian teenage girl born with congenital blindness who, after surviving a near-fatal car accident that kills her father, is gifted the ability to read minds, feel one's emotions, and predict miracles of God. Distributed entirely by Angel Studios and a co-production between Legendary Pictures and RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Blindsighted opened in theaters on January 27th, 2025; it was a blockbuster success and earned $1.45 billion worldwide, making it the first Christian film to gross over $1 billion and thus, the highest-grossing Christian film of all time. The film received universal and critical acclaim, with many calling it Coppola's magnum opus and widely praising its visual effects, direction, editing, style, cinematography, the performances of Armstrong and Foy, score, themes, and emotional weight; however, many Christians and Catholics, while equally praising the film, found its extreme violence to be overt and emotionally draining, calling the film "heartbreaking" for its entire story in addition. Among its accolades, Blindsighted won numerous Academy Awards including Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Visual Effects, while Armstrong received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.
