Pedro Pascal

José Pedro Balmaceda Pascal (American Spanish: [xoˈse ˈpeðɾo βalmaˈseða pasˈkal]; born April 2, 1975), known professionally as Pedro Pascal, is a Chilean-American actor. He is best known for portraying the roles of Oberyn Martell in the fourth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones and Javier Peña in the Netflix series Narcos.\n', '

Pascal was born in Santiago, Chile, to a child psychologist mother and a father, Jose Balmaceda, who is a fertility doctor. Pascal\'s parents were Allende supporters, and were involved in the opposition movement against the US-backed military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in Chile around the time of his birth. Because of this, soon after his birth, his family was granted political asylum in Denmark. He was raised in Orange County, California and San Antonio, Texas. He has Spanish roots from a Basque grandfather and Majorcan grandmother. Pascal was inv…