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 26 July 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 have three children.

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 212005–07McLeod's DaughtersRob 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 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 Other You Casey Feature film (post-production)