Earl Pastko

Earl Pastko is an American-Canadian film and television actor. He was born in Chicago and moved to Canada in 1985.Pastko is a founding member of Chicagos Remains Theater Company. He has 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 Theatres highly praised production of Festen and as Alexander Stern in The Rant, presented by Chicagos Mary Arrcher Theatre Co.His best known film roles are as Satan in Bruce McDonalds Highway 61; as Harley Otis in Atom Egoyans The Sweet Hereafter; as the artist in Jeremy Podeswas Eclipse; and the hotel detective in David Weavers Century Hotel. Pastko has also worked with George A. Romero (Land of the Dead); Eugene Levy (Sodbusters); and Roger Christian (Masterminds and Battlefield Earth).Pastkos 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.

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