Pedro Pascal Lookalike Contest Winner Just Got Shown Some Love By The Real Deal

The sufficiently uncanny winner of a Pedro Pascal lookalike contest has received a virtual chest-bump from the actual star of TV's The Last of Us and The Mandalorian.

George Gountas, a 42-year-old father of two from Brooklyn — and a lighting designer for Comedy Central's The Daily Show since 2018 — was declared to be the Pedro Pascaliest at a Zaddy's Father's Day contest sponsored by Son Del North, a Mexican restaurant on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

Gountas can be seen on the far right of the screenshot above, which was taken from an Instagram reel shared by Mariana Muñoz, a contest judge (and co-founder of the NYC social club The Girl Next Door).

As winner, Gountas is the recipient of free burritos for a year from Son Del North, plus a $50 cash prize.

What's more, Gountas on Monday morning received the emoji version of an official endorsement, when Pascal himself replied to a Pubity IG post with: "👨🏻👨🏻👨🏻👨🏻👨🏻🥹❤️"

Gountas told our sister site THR that Pascal comparisons "started back when Pedro was on Game of Thrones" playing Red Viper, "a very beloved character.

"My wife was so freaked out when he got killed," he recalled. "She's like, 'I can't watch this. I feel like the guy is crushing your head.'" (Oops, spoiler for Game of Thrones, I suppose.)  

"I look more like him than I look like my own brother," Gountas professed.

As of when THR went to press, Gountas had yet to hear from Daily Show front man Jon Stewart on his new claim to fame — and in fact, is a bit nervous about such workplace feedback!

"I'm anxious about going to the show and have everybody make fun of me," he said, while acknowledging: "It's kind of a very cool family environment there."