
Earl Pastko
Department: Acting
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Earl Pastko, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For

Battlefield Earth
2000

Highway 61
1991

Masterminds
1997

Manhattan Undying
2016

Just Business
2008

Premonition
2005

The Colony
2013

Roadkill
1989

Eclipse
1995

Shelf Life
2004

The Mountie
2011

Cottage Country
2013

Land of the Dead
2005

The Sweet Hereafter
1997

Heads
1994

Birdland
2018

Motel
1998

Dog Park
1998

Sodbusters
1994

The Cremation of Sam McGee
2001

Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer
1993

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993

Forever Knight
1992

Puppets Who Kill
2002

Stargate SG-1
1997

I Love Mummy
2002

The Dresden Files
2007

Once a Thief
1996

Frankie Drake Mysteries
2017

Orphan Black
2013

MythQuest
2001

Mayday
2003

Hemlock Grove
2013

Highlander: The Series
1992

Lexx
1997

Poltergeist: The Legacy
1996

Goosebumps
1995

This Is Wonderland
2004

Slasher: Ripper
2023