# Jonny Pasvolsky

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

## Early life and education

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

## Career

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

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
### Television

| 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) |
| 2005–07 | McLeod's Daughters | Rob Shelton / Matt Bosnich | Season 6, episode 32 (guest) |
| 2005–07 | McLeod's Daughters | Rob Shelton / Matt Bosnich | 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

| 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) |