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in the television series ''

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'' and Elvis Harte in ''

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''.

Early life

Pasqualino was born in

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, to Italian parents from

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and

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. He attended Walton Community School, in

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Career

In 2009, Pasqualino made his acting debut as the protagonist in the low-budget film ''Stingers Rule!'' about a local football team going against property developers who plan to destroy their beloved football ground. Pasqualino also guest starred on ''

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'' and '' Miranda''. In 2008, Pasqualino became one of the new series regulars in the third season of the E4 teenage drama television series '' Skins; he'' portrayed Freddie McClair, a laid-back weed-smoking college pupil. In February 2010, Pasqualino was cast in the

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supernatural horror film '' The Apparition;'' the film was released in August 2012. In 2011, Pasqualino appeared in a recurring role as Paolo, a young servant, on the historical drama television series '' The Borgias''. In July 2012, Pasqualino starred in the romantic comedy film ''

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''. In October 2011, Pasqualino won the starring role in the Syfy television pilot '' Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome'' as the younger self of William "Husker" Adama; the show was first distributed as a ten-episode online series on Machinima.com starting November 2012, and then aired in early 2013 as a televised film on Syfy. Later in 2013 Pasqualino appeared in a French television series, '' Jo''. From 2014 to 2016 he starred in the BBC production of

, based on the Alexandre Dumas novel. In 2013, Pasqualino appeared in the ensemble thriller ''

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'', which takes place aboard a train as it travels around the globe, carrying the last members of humanity after a failed attempt at

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to stop

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. In 2021, he played David Kostyk in the

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series ''Shadow and Bone''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pasqualino, Luke Living people English people of Italian descent British people of Italian descent English people of Sicilian descent People of Campanian descent English male soap opera actors English male film actors English male stage actors People from Peterborough People educated at The Voyager School 21st-century English male actors Male actors from Cambridgeshire 1990 births