Milo Anthony Ventimiglia (born July 8, 1977) is an American actor. Making his screen acting debut on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 1995, he portrayed the lead role on the short-lived series Opposite Sex in 2000 before landing his breakthrough role the following year as Jess Mariano on Gilmore Girls (2001–2007).
Thereafter, he appeared as Chris Pierce on American Dreams (2004–2005) and Richard Thorne on The Bedford Diaries (2006) before starring as Peter Petrelli on Heroes (2006–2010), for which he received nominations for Teen Choice, Saturn and People's Choice Awards. After appearing in main roles on the series Mob City (2013), Chosen (2013), and The Whispers (2015), Ventimiglia began starring as Jack Pearson on This Is Us (2016–2022), for which he has received three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and twice received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series as a cast member.
In film, Ventimiglia made his breakthrough as Rocky Balboa's son in the sixth installment of the Rocky film series, Rocky Balboa (2006), going on to reprise the role in the eighth installment Creed II (2018). He has also appeared in Pathology (2008), That's My Boy (2012), Kiss of the Damned (2013), Grace of Monaco (2014), Devil's Gate (2017), and The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019).
I Can Only Imagine 2
Tim Timmons
2026
Land of Bad
Sugar
2024
Sly
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
(archive footage)
2020
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Denny Swift
2019
Second Act
Trey
2018
Creed II
Robert Balboa
2018
Devil's Gate
Jackson Pritchard
2017
Sandy Wexler
Barry Bubatzi
2017
Where is Rocky II?
The Detective (segment "Monument One")
2016
Madtown
Denny Briggs
2016
The Comments
Successful Actor
2015
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
Self
2015
Walter
Vince
2015
Wild Card
Danny DeMarco
2015
Tell
Tell
2014
Grace of Monaco
Rupert Allan
2014
Killing Season
Chris Ford
2013
Grown Ups 2
Frat Boy Milo
2013
Breaking at the Edge
Ian Wood
2013
Kiss of the Damned
Paolo
2012
Static
Jonathan Dade
2012
That's My Boy
Chad
2012
The Divide
Josh
2012
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
Self
2011
Fight for Your Right Revisited
Cafe Patron
2011
Order of Chaos
Rick
2010
Armored
Eckehart
2009
Gamer
Rick Rape
2009
Pathology
Ted Grey
2008
Skill vs. Will: The Making of 'Rocky Balboa'
Self
2007
Rocky Balboa
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa Jr.
2006
Heroes
Peter Petrelli · (78 episodes)
2006
The Bedford Diaries
Richard Thorne · (8 episodes)
2006
Stay Alive
Loomis Crowley
2006
Dirty Deeds
Zach Harper
2005
Cursed
Bo
2005
Gramercy Park
Billy Hammond Jr.
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Winter Break
Matt Raymand
2003
She's All That
Soccer Player
1999
Boys Life 2
Jason
1997
Nice Guys Finish Last
Josh
Encore
Boston Public
Jake Provesserio · (4 episodes)
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Bobby Taylor · (1 episode)
2000
Speedway Junky
Travis
1999
Must Be the Music
Jason
1996
Kill Him ‘Til He’s Dead
Countdown
Robert Darden · (1 episode)
2025
The Company You Keep
Charlie Nicoletti · (10 episodes)
2023
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self · (1 episode)
2022
Evel
(1 episode)
2020
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Self · (1 episode)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(1 episode)
2019
Human Discoveries
Donk (voice) · (1 episode)
2019
Lie Detector
Self · (1 episode)
2018
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Sylvio · (2 episodes)
2017
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Jess Mariano · (2 episodes)
2016
This Is Us
Jack Pearson · (105 episodes)
2016
Ride with Norman Reedus
Self · (3 episodes)
2016
Chelsea
Self · (1 episode)
2016
Relationship Status
Jack · (3 episodes)
2016
Con Man
Milo Ventimiglia · (2 episodes)
2015
The Whispers
John Doe · (13 episodes)
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Gotham
Jason Lennon / The Ogre · (3 episodes)
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Jack Pearson · (1 episode)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(1 episode)
2014
Mob City
Ned Stax · (6 episodes)
2013
The P.E.T. Squad Files
Cash Buggiardo · (4 episodes)
2013
Chosen
Ian Mitchell · (12 episodes)
2013
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man
Spider-Man Noir (voice) · (4 episodes)
2012
Suite 7
Milo · (8 episodes)
2010
The Webventures of Justin and Alden
Self · (1 episode)
2010
The League
Agent Baker · (1 episode)
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (3 episodes)
2009
It's a Mall World
Jacob · (13 episodes)
2007
Heroes Unmasked
Himself · (1 episode)
2007
The Temp Life
Cook · (2 episodes)
2006
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2006
Robot Chicken
Green Arrow (voice) · (1 episode)
2005
The New Tom Green Show
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (4 episodes)
2003
American Dreams
Chris Pierce · (13 episodes)
2002
Gilmore Girls
Jess Mariano · (50 episodes)
2000
Opposite Sex
Jed Perry · (8 episodes)
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Lee Healy · (1 episode)
1999
One World
Eric · (1 episode)
1998
Kelly Kelly
Steve Spencer · (1 episode)
1998
Brooklyn South
Johnny Mancuso · (1 episode)
1997
The View
Self · (1 episode)
1997
EZ Streets
Young Quinn · (1 episode)
1996
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Letterman · (1 episode)
1996
Promised Land
Tony Brackett · (1 episode)
1996
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Greg · (1 episode)
1993
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Party Guest #1 · (1 episode)
1990
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
1988
Today
Self · (1 episode)
1952
I Will Find You
Hayden · (8 episodes)