David Pasquesi is a comedian, actor and voice over actor living in Chicago.
Some of his screen credits include Groundhog Day, Strangers with Candy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Return to Me, and The Ice Harvest. He starred in the Steve Delahoyde short film Regrets that premiered in An Event Apart, and co-starred with Jeff Garlin in Garlin's I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With; In addition, he co-produced and starred in the TV series Factory with fellow comedians Mitch Rouse, Michael Coleman, and Jay Leggett. He co-wrote and co-starred in Cop Show with Tracy Letts. In 2009 he was in the cast of Ron Howard's Angels & Demons, where he played the character Claudio Vincenzi.
He's a veteran performer of The Second City as well as the iO Theatre, Improv Institute, and Annoyance Theatre. He currently performs with T. J. Jagodowski in "TJ and Dave," one of the more popular running improv shows performing both in Chicago and New York.
Recognized as Improviser of the Year by the Chicago Improv Festival.
The 2009 South by Southwest Film festival included the documentary Trust Us, This is All Made Up directed by Alex Karpovsky, which chronicles a "T.J. and Dave" performance.[1][2]
Alongside Mary Beth Fisher, Keith Kupferer and Beth Lacke, Pasquesi has recently been named a cast member in the Chicago premiere of Yasmina Reza’s triple Tony Award-winning God of Carnage, directed by Rick Snyder, at the Goodman Theatre,[3] running March 5 – April 10, 2011.