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name: "Earl Pastko"
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born: "10 December 1965"
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# Earl Pastko

Actor. Born 10 December 1965 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 December 1965, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 1997–2000

## Biography

Earl Pastko is an American actor. He was born on 10 December 1965 in Chicago, Illinois, and moved to Canada in 1985. He is a founding member of Chicago's Remains Theater Company and has worked extensively in theatre with directors including Ken McDougall, Paul Bettis and Morris Panych. He received a Dora nomination for his performance in La Ronde and a Jessie nomination for The Ends of The Earth.

Pastko's film roles include Mr Skin (Satan) in Highway 61 (1991), Hartley Otto in The Sweet Hereafter (1997), the artist in Eclipse (1994) and the hotel detective in Century Hotel (2001). He has appeared in Land of the Dead (2005), Battlefield Earth (2000) and Sodbusters (1994). His television credits include episodes of Stargate SG-1, Highlander: The Series, Orphan Black, Hemlock Grove and Murdoch Mysteries. He resides in Toronto.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Battlefield Earth* (2000), Fi1m 22, as Bartender — [page](https://film.one/film/battlefield-earth.md)
- *The Sweet Hereafter* (1997), Fi1m 88, as Hartley Otto — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sweet-hereafter.md)

## Also known for

- *Stargate SG-1* (1997), Colonel Zukhov
- *Land of the Dead* (2005), Roach
- *Orphan Black* (2013), Bulldog
- *The Colony* (2013), Scientist
- *Goosebumps* (1995), Count Nightwing
- *Hemlock Grove* (2013), Shandor Bibinkian
- *Highlander: The Series* (1992), Victor Paulus
- *Mayday* (2003), Captain Taha

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