Pedro Pascal
Pascal in 2015, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: José Pedro Balmaceda Pascal
Place of Birth: Santiago, Chile
Date of Birth: April 2, 1975
Ethnicity: Chilean [Spanish, Basque, possibly other], 1/16th Peruvian
Pedro Pascal is a Chilean-American actor. He is known for portraying Oberyn Martell on the HBO series Game of Thrones and Javier Peña on the Netflix series Narcos.
Pedro was born in Santiago, Chile, the son of Veronica Pascal and José Pedro Balmaceda Riera, a medical professional. He spent much of his childhood in Orange County, California and San Antonio, Texas, because his parents opposed the military dictatorship of Chilean ruler Augusto Pinochet. His brother is actor Lucas Balmaceda.
His father’s surname, Balmaceda, is Basque. Pedro has said that his grandfather was Basque and one of his grandmothers was from Mallorca, Spain.
Pedro’s paternal grandfather is José Balmaceda Bergasa (the son of Paulino Balmaceda and Petronila Bergasa). José was born in Valparaíso.
Pedro’s paternal grandmother is Juanita/Juana Riera Blanco del Campo (the daughter of Simón Riera and Juana Blanco del Campo). Pedro’s grandmother Juanita was born in Santiago. Pedro’s great-grandmother Juana was the daughter of José Blanco de La Lastra, who was from Lima, Perú, and of María Campo Lantadilla Venegas.
Sources: Articles about Pedro’s father – https://embryo.asu.edu
https://www.nytimes.com
Biographical sketch of Pedro’s paternal grandfather, José Balmaceda Bergasa – http://diccionariobiograficodechile.blogspot.ca
Genealogy of Pedro’s father (focusing on his own mother’s side) – http://www.genealogiachilenaenred.cl
He was in Spain yesterday, he visited a TV program and did a lot of interviews, and he said to the journalist that he has a basque granfather and a grandmother from Mallorca, and spanish roots:
https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/09/21/tentaciones/1505997203_489109.html.
And in other interview he said that he considerated himself spanish too.
But i dont know because he has stronger roots in peru and chile, what do you think?
I found this: https://www.geni.com/people/Jos%C3%A9-Balmaceda-Riera/6000000057678439859?through=6000000057678301903
Jose Balmaceda Bergasa was the son of Paulino Balmaceda and Petronila Bergasa (http://diccionariobiograficodechile.blogspot.it/2016/06/pagina-98-balmaceda-undurraga.html)
The geni.com link doesn’t seem to fit.
Agree
I am also sure that his father is somewhat related to the 11th President of Chile José Manuel Balmaceda, but I didn’t find the link.
Genealogy of Pedro’s father:
http://www.genealogiachilenaenred.cl/gcr/IndividualPage.aspx?ID=I62125
Pedro’s grandmother Juana Riera Blanco Del Campo is 1/4 Peruvian.
Yeah, I noticed that.
Some of Pedro’s ancestors has lived in Perù and Chile since the 1700s.
Pedro’s father was born in Santiago, Chile. On his father’s side, Pedro is the grandson of José Balmaceda and Juanita.
His father’s surname (Balmaceda) is of Basque origin, while “Pascal” is usually French or Italian.
Biography of Pedro’s father:
https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/jose-pedro-balmaceda-1948
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_(surname)
No Spanish people named “Pascal”
There can be.
https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3APascal~%20%2Bbirth_place%3Aspain~
Most of those are from Gerona. Does that mean it’s Catalan or is it just a coincidece?
It appears to be mostly common in Navarre and Catalonia. It does not sound Castillan.
Maybe it was misspelled, was Pascual and no Pascal or changed it or it is french
He is the son José Pedro Balmaceda and Veronica Pascal.