David Pasquesi

David Pasquesi (born December 22, 1960) is an American actor and comedian. His screen credits include '' Father of the Bride'' (1991), ''Common Law'' (1996), '' Strangers with Candy'' (1999), '' The Watcher'' (2000), '' Employee of the Month'' (2004), ''According to Jim'' (2005), '' The Beast'' (2009), '' Boss'' (2011), and '' Chicago Fire'' (2013).

Early life

Pasquesi, who is of Italian heritage, was born in Chicago and raised in Lake Bluff, Illinois. He graduated from Lake Forest High School.

Career

Pasquesi starred in the short film ''Regrets'' that premiered ''An Event Apart'', and co-starred in '' I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With''. He wrote for '' Exit 57'' and ''Strangers with Candy'', co-wrote and appeared in the Spike TV series ''Factory'', and co-wrote and co-starred in ''Cop Show''. In 2009, he was in the cast of ''Angels & Demons'', where he played the character Claudio Vincenzi. He co-created and co-wrote the new show ''Merkin Penal''. Similar to his role of "Meat Man Stew" in '' Strangers With Candy'', Pasquesi plays "Knife Man" in '' At Home with Amy Sedaris''.

Pasquesi has performed at The Second City, iO Theater, Improv Institute, and Annoyance Theatre. He studied under Del Close in the early 80s, and became part of the first iO Harold team "Baron's Barracudas". He appeared in four mainstage revues at Second City, as well as in plays at the Steppenwolf Theatre and the Goodman Theatre.

In 2009, he played a supporting role in the Harold Ramis film ''Year One'' as the Prime Minister of Sodom. Pasquesi was a cast member in the Chicago premiere of Yasmina Reza's '' God of Carnage'' at the Goodman Theatre.

TJ and Dave

Since 2002, he has been performing with T. J. Jagodowski in the all improvised show "TJ and Dave". In 2006, they began an Off Broadway run, performing monthly at The Barrow Street Theatre in New York City. The Chicago Reader has described the show as "an hour of subtle character development, verbal facility, and pantomimic agility that anticipates and plays off the audience's reactions." Guests of the show include '' August: Osage County's'' Tracy Letts, Academy Award Nominee Michael Shannon, SNL's Mike O'Brien, and Absinthe's Jet Eveleth. The 2009 South by Southwest Film Festival included the documentary ''Trust Us, This is All Made Up'' directed by Alex Karpovsky, which chronicles a "T.J. and Dave" performance.TJ And Dave's T.J. Jagodowski and David Pasquesi

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Dave Pasquesi's Official SiteTJ and Dave Website

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Living people
American male comedians
American male film actors
American male television actors
American television writers
American writers of Italian descent
American male television writers
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
1960 births
Male actors from Chicago
Screenwriters from Illinois
Comedians from Chicago
20th-century American comedians
21st-century American comedians
American people of Italian descent