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Milo Ventimiglia

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Milo Ventimiglia

Born July 8, 1977 in Anaheim, California, USA39 films

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).

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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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Creed II posterFirst watchCreed II20187.0as Robert BalboaBetween personal obligations and training for his next big fight against an opponent with ties to his family's past, Adonis Creed is up against the challenge of his life.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Art of Racing in the Rain poster8.1The Art of Racing in the Rain2019Rocky Balboa poster6.9Rocky Balboa2006Land of Bad poster7.3Land of Bad2024Grown Ups 2 poster6.2Grown Ups 22013She's All That poster6.3She's All That1999Gamer poster5.7Gamer2009Second Act poster6.3Second Act2018That's My Boy poster5.8That's My Boy2012

Filmography

39 films as actor
  1. TBANice Guys Finish LastJosh
  2. TBAEncore
  3. TBAKill Him ‘Til He’s Dead
  4. 2026A Dog’s Perfect ChristmasHunter Goss
  5. 2026I Can Only Imagine 2Tim
  6. 2024Land of BadSugar
  7. 2019The Art of Racing in the RainDenny Swift
  8. 2018Second ActTrey
  9. 2018Creed IIRobert Balboa
  10. 2018Devil's GateJackson Pritchard
  11. 2017Sandy WexlerBarry Bubatzi
  12. 2016MadtownDenny Briggs
  13. 2015The CommentsSuccessful Actor
  14. 2015WalterVince
  15. 2015Wild CardDanny DeMarco
  16. 2014TellTell
  17. 2014Grace of MonacoRupert Allan
  18. 2013Killing SeasonChris Ford
  19. 2013Grown Ups 2Frat Boy Milo
  20. 2013Breaking at the EdgeIan Wood
  21. 2012Kiss of the DamnedPaolo
  22. 2012StaticJonathan Dade
  23. 2012That's My BoyChad
  24. 2012The DivideJosh
  25. 2011Fight for Your Right RevisitedCafe Patron
  26. 2010Order of ChaosRick
  27. 2009ArmoredEckehart
  28. 2009GamerRick Rape
  29. 2008PathologyTed Grey
  30. 2006Rocky BalboaRobert 'Rocky' Balboa Jr.
  31. 2006Stay AliveLoomis Crowley
  32. 2005Dirty DeedsZach Harper
  33. 2005CursedBo
  34. 2004Gramercy ParkBilly Hammond Jr.
  35. 2003Winter BreakMatt Raymand
  36. 1999Speedway JunkyTravis
  37. 1999She's All ThatSoccer Player
  38. 1997Boys Life 2Jason
  39. 1996Must Be the MusicJason