Portrait of Milo Ventimiglia

Milo Ventimiglia

Acting

Biography

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).

Born: July 8, 1977

Place of Birth: Anaheim, California, USA

Filmography

2026
I Can Only Imagine 2

as Tim Timmons

2025
Countdown

as Robert Darden

2024
Land of Bad

as Sugar

2023
The Company You Keep

as Charlie Nicoletti

2019
Human Discoveries

as Donk (voice)

2018
Second Act

as Trey

2018
Creed II

as Robert Balboa

2018
Devil's Gate

as Jackson Pritchard

2018
2017
Sandy Wexler

as Barry Bubatzi

2016
This Is Us

as Jack Pearson

2016
Chelsea

as Self

2016
Where is Rocky II?

as The Detective (segment "Monument One")

2016
Madtown

as Denny Briggs

2015
Con Man

as Milo Ventimiglia

2015
The Whispers

as John Doe

2015
Walter

as Vince

2015
Wild Card

as Danny DeMarco

2014
Tell

as Tell

2014
Gotham

as Jason Lennon / The Ogre

2014
Grace of Monaco

as Rupert Allan

2013
Mob City

as Ned Stax

2013
The P.E.T. Squad Files

as Cash Buggiardo

2013
Killing Season

as Chris Ford

2013
Grown Ups 2

as Frat Boy Milo

2013
Chosen

as Ian Mitchell

2013
2012
2012
Static

as Jonathan Dade

2012
2012
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man

as Spider-Man Noir (voice)

2012
The Divide

as Josh

2010
Suite 7

as Milo

2010
2009
Armored

as Eckehart

2009
The League

as Agent Baker

2009
Gamer

as Rick Rape

2008
Pathology

as Ted Grey

2007
2007
Heroes Unmasked

as Himself

2006
Rocky Balboa

as Robert 'Rocky' Balboa Jr.

2006
2006
Heroes

as Peter Petrelli

2006
2006
The Bedford Diaries

as Richard Thorne

2006
Stay Alive

as Loomis Crowley

2005
Dirty Deeds

as Zach Harper

2005
Cursed

as Bo

2005
Robot Chicken

as Green Arrow (voice)

2003
Winter Break

as Matt Raymand

2002
American Dreams

as Chris Pierce

2000
Boston Public

as Jake Provesserio

2000
Gilmore Girls

as Jess Mariano

2000
Opposite Sex

as Jed Perry

1999
1999
She's All That

as Soccer Player

1998
Kelly Kelly

as Steve Spencer

1997
Brooklyn South

as Johnny Mancuso

1997
The View

as Self

1997
Boys Life 2

as Jason

1996
EZ Streets

as Young Quinn

1996
Promised Land

as Tony Brackett

1996
1990
1988
1952
Today

as Self