Earl Pastko
Actor
Biography
Earl Pastko (born December 10, 1965) is an American actor. He was born in Chicago and moved to Canada in 1985.
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).
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Filmography
The Colony
as Scientist 2013
Battlefield Earth
as Bartender 2000
The Sweet Hereafter
as Hartley Otto 1997
Cottage Country
as Vagrant 2013
Masterminds
as Captain Jankel 1997
Manhattan Undying
as Dr. Larry Wilkins 2016
Dog Park
as Bartender 1998
Highway 61
as Mr. Skin (a.k.a. Satan) 1991
Premonition
as Vargas 2005
The Mountie
as Olaf 2011
Roadkill
as Children of Paradise drums 1989
Just Business
as Eli Perla 2008
Shelf Life
as Old Man 2004
Birdland
as Bob McIntyre, The Cowboy 2018
Eclipse
as Michael 1995
Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer
as Bartender 1993