Pedro Pascal is sharing his immigrant story and how he almost didnt get a chance to become an actor.

The Last of Us star recalled on the Smartless podcast this week what his parents did to survive the military dictatorship in Chile, where he was born, and flee to the U.S.

Pascal was born in Santiago in 1975. He reportedly described his parents as young, liberal college students, dangerous characteristics during the reign of Augusto Pinochet , who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990.

Pascal told podcast hosts Jason Bateman , Sean Hayes and Will Arnett that his parents werent revolutionaries by any stretch of the imagination. But being a Chilean centrist at the height of social and political unrest was impossible, and his father, a doctor, had to make a choice.

Pascal was 4 months old when a gunshot victim was brought to his home so his father could tend to the wound. His parents decided to hide the person for a while, he said.

The person who brought the gunshot victim to his house was taken into custody and tortured and gave names, Pascal said. He previously told Time that his mothers cousin was very involved in anti-Pinochet activities.