Milo Anthony Ventimiglia (pronounced /ˈmaɪ̪loʊ̪ ˌvɛntɨˈmiljə/; born July 8, 1977) is an American television actor best known for his role as Peter Petrelli on the NBC series, Heroes. Ventimiglia was first noticed by fans during his 3 year stint on the Emmy Award winning WB series Gilmore Girls, playing Rory Gilmore's boyfriend Jess Mariano from 2001 until his final guest appearance in 2006.
After his own short-lived WB series The Bedford Diaries, a recurring role as Meg Pryor's love interest on NBC's critically acclaimed American Dreams, and playing Sylvester Stallone's son in the sixth and final installment of the Rocky series, Rocky Balboa, Ventimiglia's big break came in 2006 when he received the part of nurse-turned-superhero Peter Petrelli on NBC's Heroes. He can currently be seen on the big screen in Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor's new film Pathology as Dr. Ted Gray. Filming of the third season of Heroes began May 1, 2008.
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Early Life
Ventimiglia was born in Orange County, California, the son of Carol (née Wilson) and Peter Ventimiglia. His father is Italian of Sicilian descent and his mother has Irish, English, read more...
Career
At eighteen years of age, Ventimiglia started auditioning, booking jobs, and working his way up. From there, Ventimiglia studied at UCLA before landing a role on The Fresh Prince read more...
Production Work
In addition to being hired as a second unit director for the 2003 and 2004 "Image Campaigns" for the former The WB Network, Divide Pictures (the production company Ventimiglia co-owns read more...
Personal Life
Ventimiglia and fellow former Gilmore Girls co-star Alexis Bledel dated for three and a half years (aproximately from December 2002); the relationship ended sometime before July read more...
Milo Anthony Ventimiglia (pronounced /ˈmaɪ̪loʊ̪ ˌvɛntɨˈmiljə/; born July 8, 1977) is an American television actor best known for his role as Peter read more...