Milo Ventimiglia

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).

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

I Will Find You

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Kelly Clarkson Show

All Movies (44)

• I Can Only Imagine 22026 · as Tim
• Land of Bad2024 · as Sugar
• The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU2020 · as (archive footage)
• The Art of Racing in the Rain2019 · as Denny Swift
• Second Act2018 · as Trey
• Creed II2018 · as Robert Balboa
• Devil's Gate2018 · as Jackson Pritchard
• Sandy Wexler2017 · as Barry Bubatzi
• Where is Rocky II?2016 · as The Detective (segment "Monument One")
• Madtown2016 · as Denny Briggs
• The Comments2015 · as Successful Actor
• From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues2015 · as Self
• Walter2015 · as Vince
• Wild Card2015 · as Danny DeMarco
• Tell2014 · as Tell
• Grace of Monaco2014 · as Rupert Allan
• Killing Season2013 · as Chris Ford
• Grown Ups 22013 · as Frat Boy Milo
• Breaking at the Edge2013 · as Ian Wood
• Kiss of the Damned2012 · as Paolo
• Static2012 · as Jonathan Dade
• That's My Boy2012 · as Chad
• The Divide2012 · as Josh
• The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance2011 · as Self
• Fight for Your Right Revisited2011 · as Cafe Patron
• Order of Chaos2010 · as Rick
• Armored2009 · as Eckehart
• Gamer2009 · as Rick Rape
• Pathology2008 · as Ted Grey
• Skill vs. Will: The Making of 'Rocky Balboa'2007 · as Self
• Rocky Balboa2006 · as Robert 'Rocky' Balboa Jr.
• Stay Alive2006 · as Loomis Crowley
• Dirty Deeds2005 · as Zach Harper
• Cursed2005 · as Bo
• Gramercy Park2004 · as Billy Hammond Jr.
• Winter Break2003 · as Matt Raymand
• Speedway Junky1999 · as Travis
• She's All That1999 · as Soccer Player
• Boys Life 21997 · as Jason
• Must Be the Music1996 · as Jason
• Nice Guys Finish Last— · as Josh
• Encore—
• Kill Him ‘Til He’s Dead—
• A Dog’s Perfect Christmas— · as Hunter Goss

All TV Shows (61)

• I Will Find You2026 · as Hayden Payne
• Countdown2025 · as Robert Darden
• The Company You Keep2023 · as Charlie Nicoletti
• The Jennifer Hudson Show2022 · as Self - Guest
• Evel2020
• A Little Late with Lilly Singh2019 · as Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Human Discoveries2019 · as Donk (voice)
• Steve2017 · as Self
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel2017 · as Sylvio
• Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life2016 · as Jess Mariano
• This Is Us2016 · as Jack Pearson
• Ride with Norman Reedus2016 · as Self
• Chelsea2016 · as Self
• Relationship Status2016 · as Jack
• Con Man2015 · as Milo Ventimiglia
• The Whispers2015 · as John Doe
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Gotham2014 · as Jason Lennon / The Ogre
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver2014 · as Jack Pearson
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Mob City2013 · as Ned Stax
• The P.E.T. Squad Files2013 · as Cash Buggiardo
• Chosen2013 · as Ian Mitchell
• Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man2012 · as Spider-Man Noir (voice)
• Suite 72010 · as Milo
• The Webventures of Justin and Alden2010 · as Self
• The League2009 · as Agent Baker
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• It's a Mall World2007 · as Jacob
• Heroes Unmasked2007 · as Himself
• The Temp Life2006 · as Cook
• Heroes2006 · as Peter Petrelli
• The Megan Mullally Show2006 · as Self - Guest
• The Bedford Diaries2006 · as Richard Thorne
• Robot Chicken2005 · as Green Arrow (voice)
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• The New Tom Green Show2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• American Dreams2002 · as Chris Pierce
• Boston Public2000 · as Jake Provesserio
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Bobby Taylor
• Gilmore Girls2000 · as Jess Mariano
• Opposite Sex2000 · as Jed Perry
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Lee Healy
• One World1998 · as Eric
• Kelly Kelly1998 · as Steve Spencer
• Brooklyn South1997 · as Johnny Mancuso
• The View1997 · as Self
• EZ Streets1996 · as Young Quinn
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch1996 · as Letterman
• Promised Land1996 · as Tony Brackett
• Saved by the Bell: The New Class1993 · as Greg
• MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self - Presenter
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air1990 · as Party Guest #1
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Today1952 · as Self