Milo Ventimiglia

Milo Ventimiglia
About
Character	Peter Petrelli
Date of birth	8 July 1977
Origin	Anaheim, CA, USA
Gender
IMDb profile

Milo Ventimiglia is the American film and television actor who plays the role of Peter Petrelli.

About

Milo has starred both on the small screen and on the silver screen. His most notable television appearances are Gilmore Girls and American Dreams. In films, he can been seen in Stay Alive, Cursed, Pathology, and Rocky Balboa, playing Sylvester Stallone's son, Rocky Jr. He appeared in Gilmore Girls with Brian Tarantina, Riki Lindhome, Mark Colson, Ethan Cohn, and Cristine Rose; in She's All That with Clea DuVall and Michael Milhoan; in Promised Land with Eugene Byrd; in CSI with David Berman; in Opposite Sex with Brian Kimmet and Rena Sofer; in American Dreams with Matthew John Armstrong; in Dirty Deeds with Michael Milhoan; and in Pathology with Alan Blumenfeld.

Milo has also acted in a number of commercials, including ads for Mountain Dew, T-Mobile, Estée Lauder, and Apple iBook. He was featured prominently in Fergie's 2007 "Big Girls Don't Cry" music video. Milo also directed a series of webisodes for American Eagle Outfitters entitled It's a Mall World, and then returned to create a series of claymation shorts entitled Winter Tales.

Trivia

• According to IMDb, Milo Ventimiglia was the first main actor to be cast. However, according to an interview with casting director Jason La Padura, "Milo's role is one of the last roles cast." Jason also said that Milo's role was among the most difficult to cast because of age considerations.
• Milo said that he originally read for the role of Isaac.
• Milo is a lacto-vegetarian, meaning he will not eat meat or eggs, but eats all other dairy products such as milk, yogurt, and cheese.
• He dated Gilmore Girls co-star Alexis Bledel for two years.
• Milo is co-owner of DiVide Pictures with Russ Cundiff. They produced It's a Mall World as well as several comics. They also founded the DiVide Social Club, a spin-off of DiVide Pictures.

External Links

Milo Ventimiglia drew this picture of his character in order to raise money for the Pediatric Epilepsy Project.

• Official Website
• Milo's YouTube
• Twitter (maintained by Milo and his DiVide partners)
• MySpace (maintained by Milo and his DiVide partners)
• Interview with Milo Ventimiglia and Adrian Pasdar at 9thWonders.com, 10/31/06
• Milo Ventimiglia on TRL, 7/18/07
• Press Conference with Milo Ventimiglia, Jack Coleman, Hayden Panettiere, Adrian Pasdar, and Dennis Hammer during the Heroes World Tour, 8/30/07
• Interview with Milo Ventimiglia and Adrian Pasdar on BBC Breakfast, 8/31/07
• Interview with Milo Ventimiglia and Adrian Pasdar on This Morning, 8/31/07
• Interview with Milo Ventimiglia and Hayden Panettiere on Richard & Judy, 8/31/07
• Interview with Milo Ventimiglia at CNN, 12/7/07
• Interview with Milo Ventimiglia at Mr. Media's blog, 12/15/07
• Interview with Milo Ventimiglia at Superhero Hype!, 2/26/08
• Interview with Milo Ventimiglia at Comic Book Resources, 11/12/08
• Milo Ventimiglia is often in YouTube videos via russ181's channel.