JD Pardo
Birthdate: Sep 7, 1980
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
J.D. Pardo (birthname: Jorge Daniel Pardo) has built a striking presence as a leading man in a number of TV series, including AMC’s Mayans M.C. (2018-present), and has transferred this standing into a growing number of significant big-screen roles. Pardo’s feature debut was a supporting role in Warner Bros.’s commercially successful ($70 million gross) teen rom-com, A Cinderella Story (2004), with Hilary Duff, Chad Michael Murray, Jennifer Coolidge, and Regina King.
Pardo had a supporting role in one of famed documentary filmmaker Barbara Kopple’s only dramatic films, Havoc (2005), starring Anne Hathaway, Bijou Phillips, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and screening theatrically internationally though not in the U.S. JD Pardo’s next notable film project was playing a supporting character in writer-director Guillermo Arriaga’s The Burning Plain (2008), starring Charlize Theron, Kim Basinger, and Jennifer Lawrence, and though it premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals, was widely panned and tanked at the box office (only $5.5 million).
After a spate of TV series performances, Pardo stepped up into higher-profile movies with a supporting role in the smash $830 million-grossing sequel directed by Bill Condon, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn—Part 2 (2012), co-starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner. Pardo was cast in another supporting role in the Dwayne Johnson-starring thriller, Snitch (2013), with Barry Pepper, Jon Bernthal, and Michael K. Williams, which underperformed at the box office for Lionsgate ($58 million).
JD Pardo’s profile grew with his long-running starring role in Mayans M.C., reflected in his casting in the titanic 2021 entry in the Fast & Furious franchise, F9: The Fast Saga, directed by Justin Lin and starring Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, and Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, grossing $726.2 million globally.
Pardo’s first prominent supporting role was opposite star Chris Pine in Paramount’s thriller, The Contractor (2022), with Ben Foster, Gillian Jacobs, and Eddie Marsan, and released simultaneously in theatrical and premium VOD (in the U.S.) and Amazon Prime (ex-U.S.). JD Pardo then co-starred with Ben Affleck and Alice Braga in co-writer/director Robert Rodriguez’s science fiction thriller, Hypnotic (2023), budgeted at $60-$80 million.
Pardo was then cast by director Doug Liman in the action movie, Road House (date to be announced), co-starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Daniela Melchior, Billy Magnussen, Joaquim de Almeida, and champion boxer Conor McGregor.
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Personal Details
JD Pardo was born in Los Angeles and raised in the suburb of Panorama City by his Argentine-born father and Salvadoran-born mother. Pardo’s height is 5’ 11”.
Some Facts About JD Pardo
Futbol Supporter: Because of his father’s Argentine origins, J.D. Pardo is a supporter of Argentina’s national team.
Football Supporter: Although he was born and raised an Angelino, Pardo is a fan of the Kansas City Chiefs.
