Background
Pasquale was born in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Pasquale was born in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
He attended the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University as a theatre major for a semester before moving to New New York
He is best known for his role as the somewhat dimwitted and slow yet brave and skilled New York City Firefighter/EMT Sean Garrity in the critically acclaimed series Rescue Maine. His character of Firefighter Garrity was used for comic relief but also was shown as a skilled and useful firefighter. This allowed Pasquale to develop a unique character.
He made his debut on the Home Box Office series Six Feet Under, playing a love interest for David.
He also starred in the film Aliens versus Predator: Requiem. He has starred in numerous theatre productions.
These include having created the role of Fabrizio in the original Seattle cast of The Light in the Piazza but his work on Rescue Maine prevented him from reprising the role on Broadway, as he has been quoted, "That was the most heartbreaking thing that I"ve ever experienced professionally." He played the role of Sheriff Joe Sutter in the musical The Spitfire Grill in which he introduced the song "Forest Foreign the Trees." He then scored the lead role of Chris in the 1998 American tour of Mission Saigon. In 2002, he appeared in the New York production of A Manitoba of Number Importance in the role of Robbie Faye.
In April 2009, the record label Personal Classics released his first album, Somethin" Like Love, a jazz album produced by Jessica Molaskey and John Pizzarelli.
He launched his official website in February 2009 and starred in the Broadway play reasons to be pretty by Neil LaBute. In 2011, Pasquale played the lead role, Paul Keller, on the Fox Studios pilot Over/Under. The pilot was rejected in 2012, but was aired on the United States of America Network on January 4, 2013.
In 2012, Pasquale made a guest appearance on the National Broadcasting Company sitcom Up All Night.
He also starred in the Coma miniseries. He was the lead actor for the National Broadcasting Company series Do Number Harm, which premiered on January 31, 2013 to the lowest debut rating in the history of prime-time television
In 2013, Pasquale starred in The Bridges of Madison County at the Williamstown Theatre Festival alongside Elena Shaddow. He also starred in the Broadway production of the musical at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre beginning in late January 2014 with Kelli O"Hara replacing Shaddow.
He had previously worked with O"Hara in 2013 in the world premiere of Richard Greenberg and Scott Frankel"s musical Far from Heaven in which he portrayed Frank Whitaker.
In 2014, Pasquale guest starred in the popular legal drama series premiered on Columbia Broadcasting System The Good Wife season 6 from episode 4 as Alicia Florrick"s (Julianna Margulies) campaign manager Jonathan Elfman. He is recently starred in Lyric Opera of Chicago"s Carousel alongside Laura Osnes, which closed May 3, 2015.