Milo Ventimiglia

Milo Anthony Ventimiglia (/vɛntɪˈmiːljə/; born July 8, 1977) is an American actor. After a series of recurring television roles including the protagonist on the short-lived Fox series Opposite Sex, he landed his breakthrough role as Jess Mariano on the television series Gilmore Girls, on which he appeared between 2001 and 2006. Ventimiglia's later roles include Richard Thorne on The WB's The Bedford Diaries, a recurring role as Meg Pryor's love interest on NBC's American Dreams, and Rocky Balboa's son (Rocky Jr.) in the sixth installment of the Rocky series, Rocky Balboa (2006). He starred as Peter Petrelli on NBC's Heroes from 2006 to 2010, for which he received nominations for Teen Choice, Saturn and People's Choice Awards. Ventimiglia also appeared as Ian Mitchell on the Crackle original series Chosen as well as Sean Bennigan on The Whispers. He reprised his role as Jess Mariano on Netflix's reunion miniseries, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016), and currently stars as Jack Pearson on NBC's This Is Us. 2Early life Ventimiglia was born in Anaheim, California, the son of Carol (née Wilson) and Peter Ventimiglia, a Vietnam veteran. His father is of Sicilian descent and his mother is of English and Scottish ancestry. The youngest of three children, he has two older sisters, Leslie and Laurel. Ventimiglia was born with a self-described "crooked mouth" that is the result of damaged nerves on the left side, which cause that side to remain immobile, much like, incidentally, actor Sylvester Stallone, with whom he worked in Rocky Balbo