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Milo Ventimiglia Profile |
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Birth Date: July 8, 1977
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Birth Place: Anaheim, California, USA
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Birth Name: Milo Anthony Ventimiglia
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Height: 5'9"
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Biography |
Milo Anthony Ventimiglia (born July 8, 1977) is an American
actor. He is best known for his roles in the television
series Gilmore Girls and the NBC hit series Heroes.
Ventimiglia was born in Anaheim, California to Carol and
Peter Ventimiglia. He is of Sicilian descent on his father's
side and a combination of Irish, English, Scottish, French,
Cherokee, and Indian descent on his mother's. Ventimiglia
attended El Modena High School in Orange, CA, where he
wrestled and held the office of president in student
government(ASB).
At 18 years of age, Ventimiglia started auditioning, booking
jobs, and working his way up. He received a scholarship to
attend the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco,
California for their summer program. From there, Ventimiglia
studied for a while at the University of Southern California
and UCLA before landing a role on The Fresh Prince of Bel
Air. Ventimiglia has also guest starred on series such as
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
(TV series), Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and Boston
Public.
From 2001 to 2003, Ventimiglia played broody teen Jess
Mariano on Gilmore Girls. He signed on for a spin-off of
Gilmore Girls, entitled Windward Circle, which was going to
be focused on the relationship between Jess and his
estranged father (Adrian Pasdar, who plays Ventimiglia's
brother on Heroes, was up for the role of the father), but
the proposed series never made it to the air due to high
filming costs. He also directed the 2003 and 2004 WB Image
Campaigns for the WB. Ventimiglia has returned to Gilmore
Girls for a few episodes in seasons four and six since his
2003 departure.
In the third and final season of the NBC drama American
Dreams, Ventimiglia played Chris Pierce, the rebellious
boyfriend of Meg Pryor (Brittany Snow). Pierce and his
single mother, Shelly (Daphne Zuniga), a Playboy bunny, move
into the house next to the Pryors. Chris Pierce evades the
draft, fearing he would be forced to fight in the Vietnam
War, where Meg Pryor's older brother, J.J. (Will Estes) was
wounded. Chris and Meg escape Philadelphia in the series
finale to Berkeley, California, much to the sadness of Meg's
best friend, Roxanne Bojarski (Vanessa Lengies).
He starred in the mid-season replacement series The Bedford
Diaries in 2005 but the show lasted only eight episodes and
was one of several shows not picked up by the newly-formed
network The CW.
He plays Robert "Rocky Jr." Balboa, the son of Rocky Balboa,
in the new Rocky film Rocky Balboa released in December
2006.
Currently, he stars as Peter Petrelli in Heroes, a show
about "ordinary" people discovering they have superpowers.
Milo Ventimiglia also played a role in the film Dirty Deeds.
Ventimiglia is a lacto-vegetarian. His mouth is crooked
because he was born with dead nerve endings in his lower
lip.He has two older sisters He dated his former Gilmore
Girls co-star, and on-screen girlfriend, Alexis Bledel for 3
1/2 years until their breakup in spring 2006. |
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Other Information |
Has been a vegetarian since childhood.
Has signed on for at least 6 episodes of a currently
untitled spin-off of "Gilmore Girls" (2000). The series will
focus on the relationship between Jess, his character from
"Gilmore Girls" (2000), and his estranged father.
The "Gilmore Girls" (2000) spin-off (which was to be titled
"Windward Circle") has been canceled due to the high cost of
filming on location in Venice, California.
Can be seen on "American Dreams" (2002), playing the part of
"Chris Pierce".
Directed the 2003 and 2004 WB Image Campaigns for popular
shows such as Gilmore Girls, One Tree Hill, 7th Heaven,
etc... Some of the WB stars he directed included David
Boreanaz, Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum,
Jamie Kennedy, James Marsters, Rose McGowan, Allison Mack,
Chad Michael Murray, James Lafferty, Beverly Mitchell, and
Reba McIntyre.
When he was seven, his two sisters used to dress him up like
Madonna!
After the proposed spin-off series for his character
"Gilmore Girls" character Jess fell apart, he chose not to
reprise the role as a regular again on the series, citing
that he feels that the character has "run his course." [He
returned a few times for guest spots.]
Didn't have to audition for "The Bedford Diaries". The WB
had Milo, and only Milo, in mind for the role.
The part of Chris Pierce on "American Dreams" was written
specifically for him after he met with the show's creators.
He attended El Modena High School in Orange, CA. He
graduated in 1994.
Made his debut in "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Bourgie
Sings the Blues (#6.4)" (1995). |
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