Milo Anthony Ventimiglia is an American actor, Screen Actors Guild and MTV Award winner, Saturn and Emmy nominee. He became famous for his roles in the projects: "Gilmore Girls", "Heroes", "This is Us", "Rocky Balboa", "Creed 2".
Milo is interested in motorcycles and auto racing. He is in excellent athletic form, is a lacto-vegetarian, does not drink alcohol and does not smoke. In her free time she studies foreign languages, believing that the development of memory prevents senile dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Also his favorite pastime is collecting watches.
Ventimiglia was one of the contenders for the role of Bruce Wayne in the adaptation of the comic book about the adventures of Batman after the rejection of further filming of actor Ben Affleck. Photos of Milo, dressed in the costume of the comic book hero Nightwing, also appeared on the network. It is possible that in the near future the actor will appear in one of the films about the superheroes of the DC Universe.
To date, the actor's creative biography has more than a hundred roles in television and film projects.
Biography facts
The future actor was born in the USA in the summer of 1977. His ancestors moved to America over several decades from different countries, so Milo has a mixture of British, Irish, Scottish, French and Native American blood.
The boy's father was an employee of one of the local printing houses owned by a well-known publishing house. Mom is a teacher at school. Milo has two older sisters.
Since childhood, the boy dreamed of an acting career and fame. Therefore, already in his school years, he became a member of the theater studio and performed on stage in almost all performances. The family strongly supported their son in his aspirations.
Within a few years, Milo became the best and most famous actor in the school. After graduation, he received a personal scholarship from the Theater Conservatory in America. From that moment on, creativity became the main occupation of his life.
Film career
Having received a professional acting education, Ventimiglia could not find a job for a long time and even began to doubt the correctness of his choice. Everything changed after working on The Prince of Beverly Hills.
Milo played a minor role in the film, but he met the famous Will Smith on the set. This meeting inspired the young actor very much. After all, having talked with Will, the young man saw how he was sincerely ready to help him on the set, was interested in his plans, asked his opinion about the acting, the script and the work of the entire film crew. Therefore, the desire to continue his acting career and achieve this goal again became for Milo the main task for the coming years.
Ventimiglia got several small roles in famous TV series: “Sabrina - the Little Witch”, “Promised Land”, “Law and Order. Special building”,“Opposite sex”.
Success came to the actor in the early 2000s, when he played the role of Jess Mariano - Rory Gilmore's friend and loved one in the famous project "Gilmore Girls". Milo starred in the project for several seasons, and then repeatedly appeared on the series as a "guest star".
In 2006, Ventimiglia got the main role in the film "The Bedford Diaries". Much to the regret of fans of this film, the project was canceled after the first season.
Milo played the next major role in the film "Rocky Balboa". He appeared before the audience in the form of the son of the famous boxer, played by Sylvester Stallone.
In the fantastic project "Heroes", Milo played Peter Petrelli. The series aired for four seasons and was canceled in 2010.
Another success came to the actor in the project "This is us". For the role of the protagonist named Jack Pearson, Milo was nominated twice for an Emmy.
Personal life
Milo is still not married. Over the course of several years, he started many novels with the stars, but he never found the only life partner.
After filming Gilmore Girls, Milo began dating Alexis Bledel. Their relationship lasted for several years, but ended in parting.
Milo began an affair with actress Hayden Panettiere during the filming of the series "Heroes". The relationship lasted a little over a year and ended in a breakup.
Then Ventimiglia met with Jaimie Alexander for a while, then with Jordana Brewster.
In 2016, Milo was often seen along with Kelly Egarian. They were together at the 2017 Emmy Awards, but the couple did not make any statements about their relationship.