Paşalı was born on February 2, 1990 in Izmir and completed primary and secondary school in Bodrum. At the age of 14, he transferred to Darüşşafaka Sports Club basketball infrastructure. He served as team captain throughout the youth program. He completed his high school education at Bahçeşehir College and his bachelor's degree in Art Management in Budapest. At the age of 25, he returned to Istanbul and studied acting at Craft Workshop.

He first started his acting career with the role of Alp Sungur in the series Kalp Atışı, which was broadcast on Show TV in 2017. Then he played in the series Bir Umut Yeter in 2018 and in the series Leke, which was broadcast on Kanal D in 2019. In 2020, he continued his career with the series Babel, starring Halit Ergenç and Ozan Güven. In the same year, Paşalı became widely known by the masses by portraying the character of Osman Demirkan in the Love 101 series published on Netflix. In 2022, he starred as Halit in the series Midnight at Pera Palas, also broadcast on Netflix. In the same year, the single-plan feature film Mukavemet, in which he shared the lead role with Ece Çeşmiioğlu, was released. At the 75th Cannes Film Festival, he shared the lead role with Ekin Koç in the film Kurak Günler, directed by Emin Alper, which had its world premiere. In the series Ömer, which was broadcast on Star TV in 2023-2024, he played the character of Ömer and shared the lead role with Gökçe Bahadır.