Jonathan Marc Pasvolsky (born 26 July 1972), also known as Jonny Pasvolsky, is a South African-born Australian actor.

Jonny Pasvolsky
Born
Jonathan Marc Pasvolsky

(1972-07-26) 26 July 1972 (age 52)
Occupationactor
SpouseCarolyn Pasvolsky
Children3
Websitehttp://jonnypas.com/

Early life and education

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Pasvolsky was born on July 26, 1972, in Cape Town, South Africa, to a Jewish family. He was raised in Australia.[1] He studied acting at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne.[1]

Career

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Pasvolsky is best known for his role (Rob Shelton/Matt Bosnich, 2005–2007) in McLeod's Daughters, which he received a nomination for "Most Popular New Male Talent" at the Logie Awards of 2006. He has also appeared in main cast roles in the Underbelly series, Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities,The Moodys (ABC TV), Mr & Mrs Murder (Network 10), Picnic at Hanging Rock (series), Play School, Cops LAC, Second Chance (Network 10) and Farscape with guest star roles in hit TV series Westworld opposite Thandie Newton, The Secrets She Keeps (Paramount+), Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Blood Brothers, Home and Away, Young Lions, All Saints, White Collar Blue, Satisfaction, Rescue: Special Ops, Sea Patrol and Offspring. He starred as Mr. Hooper in Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger and played Antonio Morelli in the UK.TV mini-series False Witness. He appeared in a starring role, as the moustached villain in the Johnny Depp 2015 film Mortdecai, played Richard Wolf in Rising Wolf / Ascendant, Henry in South Australian horror film Rabbit, Jonathan in Fatal Contact and Lennox in Jeffrey Wright’s Macbeth.

Personal life

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Pasvolsky and wife Carolyn welcomed a baby girl, Marlena Sierra Pasvolsky, on Tuesday 23 October 2007 in Sydney. They have since welcomed Sylvie Star in August 2009 and Viola Emery Rose in March 2012. He is a keen, although slightly lazy surfer. Jonny is a fanatical Wallabies fan and is often seen supporting them at lives matches. He is a keen arts and crafts enthusiast and a regional Morris dancing champion.

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2000 SeaChange Head Waiter Season 3, episode 12
2001 Life Support Man in XXX T-shirt Season 1, episode 1
2002 Young Lions Daniel Crane Season 1, episodes 4 & 6
2002 All Saints John Poulos Season 5, episode 33
2003 Farscape Pennoch Season 4, episodes 16, 20 & 21
2003 White Collar Blue Sal Olivato Season 1, episode 21
2005–07 McLeod's Daughters Rob Shelton / Matt Bosnich Season 5–6 (main role, 26 episodes)
Season 6, episode 32 (guest)
Season 7 (recurring, 8 episodes)
2006 Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America Governor Newsome's Aide Miniseries (2 episodes)
2008 The Abominable Flatmate Chuck Dudekof TV series
2008 Satisfaction Zoron Season 2, episodes 4 & 5
2009 False Witness (aka The Diplomat) Antonio Morelli Miniseries (2 episodes)
2009 Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities Detective Inspector Dave Priest Season 2 (recurring, 10 episodes)
2009 Rescue: Special Ops Karl Stevenson Season 1, episode 7
2010 Sea Patrol Clarkson Season 4, episode 3
2010 Cops L.A.C. Zac Butler Season 1 (recurring, 9 episodes)
2011 Offspring Ben Forbes Season 2, episodes 1 & 2
2012 Home and Away Tim Graham Season 25 (recurring, 7 episodes)
2013 Mr & Mrs Murder Peter Vinetti Season 1 (main role, 13 episodes)
2013 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Warwick Hamilton Season 2, episode 2
2014 The Moodys Matt Capello Season 1 (recurring, 5 episodes)
2016 Westworld Bloody Jimmy Season 1, episode 6
2018 Picnic at Hanging Rock Sgt Bumpher Miniseries (5 episodes)
2022 The Secrets She Keeps Crown Prosecutor Season 2, episode 6
2023 Home and Away Detective Madden Season 36 (recurring, 6 episodes)

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2003 The Easter Tide William Short film
2005 Still Life Brian Short film
2005 Second Chance Sergeant Sharp TV movie
2006 Macbeth Lennox Feature film
2008 Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger Mr. Hooper Feature film
2008 Blood Tony Kovac Short film
2011 Blood Brothers Simon Kennedy TV movie
2015 Mortdecai Emil Strago Feature film
2017 Rabbit Henry Feature film
2018 The Front Runner Steve Dunleavy Feature film
2021 Ascendant Richard Wolf Feature film
TBA Other You Casey Feature film (post-production)

References

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