Milo Ventimiglia

Milo Ventimiglia is an American actor, director, and producer. He is best known for his role as Jack Pearson on the critically acclaimed drama series *This Is Us*, for which he was nominated for two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2017 and 2018, and a Critics' Choice Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series in 2019. The show received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and the People's Choice Award for Best New Drama. In 2016, he reprised his role as Jess Mariano in the continuation of the critically acclaimed television drama *Gilmore Girls*, which returned as four 90-minute episodes on Netflix. His other television credits include a recurring role as "The Ogre" in the FOX drama *Gotham*, the Frank Darabont-helmed TNT drama *Lost Angels*, NBC's *Heroes*, the critically acclaimed drama *American Dreams*, and David E. Kelley's drama *Boston Public*. Ventimiglia has continued to work in both studio and independent features, with a passion for acting. He completed production on the Fox 2000 feature film *The Art of Racing in the Rain*, an adaptation of Garth Stein's international best-selling novel, in which he played Denny Swift, a professional race-car driver whose life is evaluated through the perspective of his family dog, Enzo. The film was scheduled for release in September 2018. Ventimiglia starred alongside Jennifer Lopez in the romantic comedy *Second Act* and had a cameo in *Creed II*. He also starred alongside Sylvester Stallone as his son in the sixth installment of the *Rocky* series, *Rocky Balboa*, in Adam Sandler's *That's My Boy*, *Grown Ups 2*, and alongside Nicole Kidman in *Grace of Monaco*. His other film credits include Xan Cassavetes' *Kiss of the Damned*, a remake of the 1986 Burt Reynolds drama *Heat* alongside Jason Statham, and *Killing Season* with Robert De Niro. Behind the camera, Ventimiglia and his partner at Divide Pictures, Russ Cundiff, have sold TV shows to NBC, SyFy, and FX, and produced the independent feature *TELL*, in which Ventimiglia co-starred with Jason Lee and Katee Sackhoff, as well as *STATIC*, in which he co-starred with Sarah Shahi and Sara Paxton. Ventimiglia also produced the web-series *Chosen*, now in its second season for Sony's Crackle, and directed other digital projects for American Eagle Outfitters, Cadillac, GQ, and Liberty Mutual. Divide Pictures' latest web-series, *The P.E.T. Squad* Files, for CW's Seed, follows a group of amateur ghost hunters chasing fame without having seen an actual apparition. The show launched in summer 2013 at San Diego Comic-Con. Ventimiglia's passion for comic books led him to produce two titles for Top Cow / Image Comics: *Rest* and *Berserker*. In his free time, Ventimiglia works with veterans through the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and participates in USO tours to troops abroad.