Background
Pasqualino was born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, to parents of Italian descent, from Sicily and Naples. Pasqualino also worked in his father"s salon, Image International.
Pasqualino was born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, to parents of Italian descent, from Sicily and Naples. Pasqualino also worked in his father"s salon, Image International.
He attended Walton Community School, in Walton, Peterborough, and the drama classes held by Martin Tempest at Stamford Art Centre.
Before appearing in Skins he performed numerous plays and had done some modelling. 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 has guest starred on Casualty and Miranda.
In 2008 Pasqualino became one of the new series regulars in the third season of the E4 teenage drama television series Skins, which replaces its primary cast members every two seasons.
Pasqualino portrayed Freddie McClair, a laid-back weed-smoking college pupil. As season four neared its conclusion, he and the rest of the cast were replaced, as usual.
In February 2010 Pasqualino was cast in the Warner Brothers Pictures supernatural horror film The Apparition alongside both Twilight star Ashley Greene and Harry Potter star Tom Felton. ing began that same month in both Los Angeles and Berlin, and the film was released in August 2012.
In July 2012 Pasqualino starred alongside Jessica Szohr and Editor Speleers in the romantic werewolf comedy film Love Bite.
Pasqualino portrayed the younger self of William "Husker" Adama in the prequel, which was first distributed as a ten-episode online series on Machinima.com starting 9 November 2012, and then aired in early 2013 as a televised film on Syfy. Later in 2013 Pasqualino also played in a French television series, Jo. Pasqualino also appears in the ensemble thriller Snowpiercer, which examines a train full of travelers struggling to coexist in a world covered by ice and snow.
Starring Chris Evans, the film was released around the world in 2013 and 2014 in the United States.
Pasqualino is a supporter of the HeForShe feminism campaign, saying he is "committed to gender equality".