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, Scottish, French, Cherokee and Blackfoot ancestry. His last name, "Ventimiglia", is the name of a town of Ventimiglia in Liguria, Italy, which later gave its name to another city of Ventimiglia di Sicilia, and means "Twenty Miles". The youngest of three children, he has two older sisters. He was born with dead nerve endings in his lower left lip. When he was younger, Ventimiglia's older sisters dressed him up as Madonna and took photos. He found the photos when he was 13 years old and tore them up.
Ventimiglia attended El Modena High School in Orange, California, where he wrestled and held the office of president in student government (ASB). He graduated in 1995. At eighteen years of age, Ventimiglia received a scholarship to study at the American Conservatory Theater for their summer program. He a
More about Milo Ventimiglia (From Wikipedia)
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...
