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Milo Ventimiglia
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Milo Anthony Ventimiglia (born July 8, 1977) is an American actor. Making his screen acting debut on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 1995, he portrayed the lead role on the short-lived series Opposite Sex in 2000 before landing his breakthrough role the following year as Jess Mariano on Gilmore Girls (2001–2007). Thereafter, he appeared as Chris Pierce on American Dreams (2004–2005) and Richard Thorne on The Bedford Diaries (2006) before starring as Peter Petrelli on Heroes (2006–2010), for which he received nominations for Teen Choice, Saturn and People's Choice Awards. After appearing in main roles on the series Mob City (2013), Chosen (2013), and The Whispers (2015), Ventimiglia began starring as Jack Pearson on This Is Us (2016–2022), for which he has received three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and twice received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series as a cast member. In film, Ventimiglia made his breakthrough as Rocky Balboa's son in the sixth installment of the Rocky film series, Rocky Balboa (2006), going on to reprise the role in the eighth installment Creed II (2018). He has also appeared in Pathology (2008), That's My Boy (2012), Kiss of the Damned (2013), Grace of Monaco (2014), Devil's Gate (2017), and The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019).
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Milo Anthony Ventimiglia (born July 8, 1977) is an American actor. Making his screen acting debut on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 1995, he portrayed the lead role on the short-lived series Opposite Sex in 2000 before landing his breakthrough role the following year as Jess Mariano on Gilmore Girls (2001–2007). Thereafter, he appeared as Chris Pierce on American Dreams (2004–2005) and Richard Thorne on The Bedford Diaries (2006) before starring as Peter Petrelli on Heroes (2006–2010), for which he received nominations for Teen Choice, Saturn and People's Choice Awards. After appearing in main roles on the series Mob City (2013), Chosen (2013), and The Whispers (2015), Ventimiglia began starring as Jack Pearson on This Is Us (2016–2022), for which he has received three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and twice received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series as a cast member. In film, Ventimiglia made his breakthrough as Rocky Balboa's son in the sixth installment of the Rocky film series, Rocky Balboa (2006), going on to reprise the role in the eighth installment Creed II (2018). He has also appeared in Pathology (2008), That's My Boy (2012), Kiss of the Damned (2013), Grace of Monaco (2014), Devil's Gate (2017), and The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019).
Known For
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
The Late Late Show with James Corden
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Robot Chicken
The League
American Dreams
Chelsea
Promised Land
Brooklyn South
Gotham
Today
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
EZ Streets
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man
Ride with Norman Reedus
One World
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Iron Man
She's All That
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
Sandy Wexler
Grown Ups 2
Gamer
Gilmore Girls
Creed II
Wolverine
Heroes
Stay Alive
That's My Boy
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Rocky Balboa
Land of Bad
Wild Card
The Art of Racing in the Rain
The Company You Keep
Pathology
This Is Us
Production Credits
The Company You Keep
This Is Us
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