Age: 51
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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.
In Metroid, legendary bounty hunter Samus Aran is dispatched to investigate a mysterious signal emanating from the ruins of a long-forgotten Chozo world — but what begins as a simple recon mission spirals into a desperate battle against a reborn galactic threat. As the sinister AI Mother Brain reawakens with the help of a rogue faction led by the monstrous Ridley, Samus must confront echoes of her past, including the haunting presence of Dark Samus and the ghostly guidance of her former commander, Adam. With ancient Chozo secrets buried beneath layers of alien corruption and a rival hunter, Sylux, hunting her every move, Samus must face the reality that this mission may unravel not just the galaxy, but her very identity. Silence is her armor — but this time, the echoes are too loud to ignore.
