Basics

★ Birthname: Peter Facinelli

✩ Born: November 26, 1973

★ Birthplace: Queens, New York

✩ Height: 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)

★ Spouse: Jennie Garth

✩ Children: Luca Bella Facinelli, Lola Ray Facinelli, Fiona Eve Facinelli

★ Parents: Bruna and Pierino Facinelli

Filmography

Filmography: Peter Facinelli appeared in several productions at the NYU-affiliated Atlantic Theater Company before making his feature film debut as the devil in Rebecca Miller’s Angela (1995). The handsome young actor caught the attention of critics and audiences as Bret, a teenage hustler surviving on the mean streets of Hollywood, in the TV-movie The Price of Love (1995). Facinelli then played Tim Matheson’s son and the target of his father’s jealous ex-lover in An Unfinished Affair (1996). Other TV roles followed, including the pivotal part of the teen who committed suicide in After Jimmy (1996) and a college dropout pursuing his dream of a life as a fisherman against his family’s wishes in Calm at Sunset (1996). Facinelli co-starred with Amanda Peet and Michael Vartan in the AIDS-themed drama Touch Me (1997) before co-starring as a high school student in two 1998 features, Dancer, Texas Pop. 81, with Ethan Embry and Breckin Meyer, and Can’t Hardly Wait, about a graduation night bash that co-starred Embry and Meyer as well as Melissa Joan Hart, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jerry O’Connell. In 1999 and appeared in the sci-fi film Supernova starring Kevin Spacey in 2000. Solid roles in Riding in Cars With Boys in 2001 and Scorpion King in 2002 were followed by a leading role in the hit Fox drama Fastlane. After his recurring role in HBO’s critically acclaimed series Six Feet Under, Facinelli tacked a few more films on to his resume, and then starred in A&E’s made for TV movie, Touch the Top of the World. Since then, Peter tackled the role of Gregory Malina in FX’s hit TV series, Damages. In 2008, Peter appeared in Finding Amanda and now, Twilight.

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