Earl Pastko born December 10 1965 is an American actor He was born in Chicago and moved to Canada in 1985 Pastko is a founding member of Chicagos Remains Theater Company He worked extensively in theatre with noted directors Ken McDougall Paul Bettis Alexander Hausvater Brian Quirt Vikki Anderson and Morris Panych among others Pastko received a Dora nomination for his performance in La Ronde and a Jessie nomination for The Ends of The Earth His most recent stage appearances were as Lars in The Company Theatres production of Festen and as Alexander Stern in The Rant presented by Chicagos Mary Arrcher Theatre Co His best known film roles are as Satan in Bruce McDonalds Highway 61 as Hartley Otis in Atom Egoyans The Sweet Hereafter as the artist in Jeremy Podeswas Eclipse and the hotel detective in David Weavers Century Hotel Pastko worked with George A Romero Land of the Dead Eugene Levy Sodbusters and Roger Christian Masterminds and Battlefield Earth Description above from the Wikipedia article Earl Pastko licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia