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Brooklyn Dad Wins Pedro Pascal Lookalike Contest in Lower East Side

Drawing on Pascal’s remark about New York’s Mexican cuisine, the event handed its victor a year’s supply of burritos accompanied by a teary-eyed emoji from the actor on Instagram.

George Gountas, aka Pedro number five, won the Pedro Pascal lookalike contest. (Instagram/@jameskleinmann/Getty)
George Gountas and Pedro Pascal
George Gountas at the Son Del North Pedro Pascal lookalike contest in New York City. Gountas, a lighting technician who works for "The Daily Show," was dubbed "Pedro No. 5" during the contest.

Overview

  • George Gountas, a Brooklyn dad and lighting designer for The Daily Show, was crowned the Pedro Pascal lookalike champion at Son Del North on Father’s Day.
  • Gountas beat nearly 30 competitors to win $50 cash and a year’s supply of burritos from the Lower East Side restaurant.
  • The contest marked Son Del North’s first anniversary and was sparked by Pascal’s 2023 quip about the lack of good Mexican food in New York.
  • Spectators braved rain and gathered along Orchard Street for one of the latest entries in New York’s celebrity lookalike event trend.
  • Pascal acknowledged Gountas’s victory on Instagram with a string of teary-eyed face emojis and a heart.