Peter Facinelli

Infobox actor
name = Peter Facinelli

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birthdate = birth date and age|1973|11|26
birthplace = Queens, New York, USA
spouse = Jennie Garth (2001 - present)

Peter Facinelli (born November 26 1973) is an American actor, perhaps best-known as the star of FOX's 2002 television series "Fastlane". He will also be playing Carlisle Cullen in the upcoming film adaptation of "Twilight".

Biography

Personal life

Facinelli grew up in Ozone Park, Queens, New York, in a family with a rich Italian-American heritage.cite web| url=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018788/bio | work= [http://www.movies.yahoo.com Yahoo.com] | title=Peter Facinelli Biography |accessdate=2008-02-15] He studied acting at the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School in New York City; his teachers there included William H. Macy, Felicity Huffman, Giancarlo Esposito, and Camryn Manheim.

Facinelli met his future wife, Jennie Garth, on the set of "An Unfinished Affair", a 1996 made-for-TV movie. They married on January 20, 2001. He and Garth have three daughters together: Luca Bella (June 22, 1997), Lola Ray (December 6, 2002) and Fiona Eve (September 30, 2006).

Film and television projects

Facinelli's last project was "Hollow Man 2", which co-starred Christian Slater. It was released direct-to-video in May 2006. He was also in films such as "Riding in Cars with Boys", "The Scorpion King", and "Can't Hardly Wait". In 2004 and 2005, he was a recurring guest on the hit HBO show "Six Feet Under". He also appears on the FX original series "Damages". Facinelli will also be playing Carlisle Cullen in the upcoming movie "Twilight".cite news | author=Larry Carroll | url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1581728/20080215/story.jhtml | title='Twilight' Film's First Family Revealed: Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser Lead Cullen Clan | publisher=MTV | date=2008-02-19 | accessdate=2008-02-21 ]

Filmography

# "The Price of Love" (1995) (TV) - Brett
# "Angela" (1995) - Lucifer
# "Calm at Sunset" (1996) (TV) - James Pfeiffer
# "After Jimmy" (1996) (TV) - Jimmy Stapp
# "Foxfire" (1996) - Ethan Bixby
# "An Unfinished Affair" (1996) (TV) - Rick Connor
# "After Jimmy" (1996) (TV) - Jimmy
# "Touch Me" (1997) - Bail
# "Telling You" (1998) - Phil Fazzulo
# "Can't Hardly Wait" (1998) - Mike Dexter
# "Dancer, Texas Pop. 81" (1998) - Terrell Lee Lusk
# "Blue Ridge Fall" (1999) - Danny Shepherd
# "The Big Kahuna" (1999) - Bob Walker
# "Honest" (2000) - Daniel Wheaton
# "Ropewalk" (2000) - Charlie
# "Supernova" (2000) - Karl Larson
# "Riding in Cars with Boys" (2001) - Tommy Butcher
# "Tempted" (2001) - Jimmy Mulate
# "Rennie's Landing" (2001) - Alec Nichols
# "Fastlane" (2002) TV Series - Donovan 'Van' Ray
# "The Scorpion King" (2002) - Takmet
# "Six Feet Under" (2003-2005)
# "The Lather Effect" (2005) - Danny
# "Chloe" (2005)
# "Enfants terribles" (2005) - Curtis
# "Hollow Man 2" (2006)
# "Damages" (2007) (TV) - Gregory Malina
# "Lily" (2007)
# "Finding Amanda" (2008) - Greg
# "Twilight" (2008) - Carlisle Cullen
# "Thicker" (2008) - Holloway
# "Road to Super Stardom: The Mark Reich Story" (2009) - Bartosz Barcicki

References

External links

*tvtome person|id=28072|name=Peter Facinelli
*imdb name|id=0004906|name=Peter Facinelli
* [http://www.peter-facinelli.com/ Peter Facinelli's Official Website]