The Daily Show's Crew Member Wins Pedro Pascal Look-Alike Contest In NYC
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Son Del North Mexican restaurant hosted the Pedro Pascal look-alike contest on the occasion of Father's Day.
After Timothee Chalamet and BTS' Jungkook, New Yorkers have now come together for Pedro Pascal's look-alike contest. The event took place on the streets outside Son Del North Mexican restaurant on the Lower East Side on the occasion of Father's Day on Sunday, June 15. People flocked in to see who among the 30 contestants looked similar to the Last of Us and Game of Thrones actor.
Out of all the contestants, Pedro #5, a Brooklyn-based man named George Gountas, turned out to be the winner. People who gathered at the location thought he looked the most like Pedro Pascal. George works as a lighting designer on the sets of The Daily Show. While he did not want to join the contest, he agreed to take part once his wife, Jenny Gania, convinced him.
While speaking with the New York Post, Jenny revealed that people started saying that her husband looked like the 50-year-old Chilean-born actor back when Game of Thrones was popular. 'It started when the 'Game of Thrones' came out the first time — that's when we first heard it. Then some kids started noting it, too, so I was like when we saw this [contest], I was like, 'It's Father's Day. You have to go. It's going to be your Father's Day treat,'" said Jenny. She also pointed out that her husband is not on social media, but thanks to the competition, 'Now he's going to be everywhere."
George Gountas became the internet's daddy on Father's Day as he was crowned winner of the Lower East Side's Pedro Pascal look-alike contest. In addition to winning $50 and a year's supply of burritos, he posed the finalists. (@jameskleinmann / Instagram) pic.twitter.com/S6F4SdA2zw
— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) June 16, 2025
George ended up winning $50 and a supply of burritos for a year from the Mexican restaurant Son Del North Mexican, which hosted the contest. The restaurant's chef and co-owner, Annisha Garcia, told the aforementioned media portal that the idea for the contest came after Pedro Pascal had previously talked about how there is no good Mexican restaurant in New York City.
I'm, 'So sorry, but there's no Mexican, good Mexican food in New York?' And we were like, 'There is, and we are here,'" she said. Meanwhile, the restaurant's co-owner, Wim Shih, mentioned that the idea behind the look-alike contest was to bring smiles to people's faces during such troubled times.
Speaking of the actor himself, the 50-year-old was most recently seen on the second season of The Last of Us and in the rom-com Materialists, co-starring Chris Evans and Dakota Johnson.
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