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Mark Pellegrino Born April 9, 1965
Los Angeles, California, United StatesOccupation Actor Years active 1987 - present Mark Ross Pellegrino (born April 9, 1965) is an American actor of film and television. He is best known for his work on Lost as Jacob and for playing Lucifer on Supernatural.
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Career
Pellegrino starred as Rita's abusive ex-con former husband Paul on Showtime's Dexter; and later as Lucifer on Supernatural and as the mysterious near-immortal Jacob on ABC's Lost. He has appeared on the television series Northern Exposure, ER, Without a Trace, The X-Files, NYPD Blue, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Knight Rider. He also is well-known as the "Blond Thug" who stuffs The Dude's head down the toilet and drops his bowling ball, breaking the floor tile, in the cult film The Big Lebowski.
In March 2009, Pellegrino was cast on the ABC series Lost for an appearance in the final episode of the fifth season, to play the role of the mysterious Jacob. Although the press release for the episode refers to his character simply as "Man No. 1," the episode revealed that Pellegrino portrayed Jacob, a mysterious character pivotal to the show's plot.[1] On June 26, 2009 it was also announced that Pellegrino was cast in a recurring role as Lucifer in the 5th season of the CW series Supernatural.[citation needed] He is returning to continue the role for the 7th season. He portrayed the vampire "Bishop" in the SyFy horror series Being Human.
Personal life
Pellegrino lives in Los Angeles with his wife Tracy Aziz, stepdaughter Tess and stepson Misha. He is a teacher at the repertory theater company "Playhouse West", a west coast division of Sanford Meisner's Neighborhood Playhouse in [New York City]. Pellegrino was baptized as a born-again Christian in his mid-20s but now considers himself more "spiritual/philosophical".[2]
Filmography
Films Year Title Role Notes 1987 Fatal Beauty Frankenstein Death Wish 4: The Crackdown Punk 1989 No Holds Barred Randy Doogie Howser, M.D. Dude TV series 1990 Prayer of the Rollerboys Bango Tales from the Crypt Punk TV series 1991 Blood and Concrete Bart 1992 Northern Exposure Rolf Hauser TV series 1992 Lethal Weapon 3 Billy Phelps 1994 Knight Rider 2010 Robert Lee TV Movie 1996 ER Nathan Conley TV series The Sentinel Ray TV Series 1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Tourist #6 NYPD Blue Fran Watkins TV series 1998 The Big Lebowski Blond Treehorn Thug A Murder of Crows Prof. Arthur Corvus NYPD Blue Stanley Streul TV series 1999 Word of Mouth Darrow The X Files Derwood Spinks TV series 2000 Drowning Mona Murph Calzone 2001 Say It Isn't So Jimmy Mitchelson Mulholland Drive Joe Messing The Beast Bobby James/Robert Tibideau TV series 2002 NYPD Blue Steve Dansick TV series 2003 The Hunted Dale Hewitt CSI: Miami Jed Gold TV series 2004 Spartan Convict Twisted Jimmy Schmidt National Treasure Agent Johnson 2005 Capote Dick Hickock CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Elliot Perolta 2006 Caffeine Tom The Unit Gary Soto TV series Dexter Paul Bennett TV series 2007 The Number 23 Kyle Flinch Without a Trace Sadik Marku TV series Grey's Anatomy Chris TV series Burn Notice Quentin King TV series 2008 Knight Rider Walt Cooperton TV series Chuck Fulcrum Agent TV series Numb3rs Tim Hamer TV series Prison Break Patrick Vikan TV series Criminal Minds Lt. Evans TV series 2009 An American Affair Graham Caswell Disappearing In America Bodyguard Two:Thirteen John Tyler Supernatural Nick/Lucifer TV series; 5th Season Ghost Whisperer Ben Tillman TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Bruno Curtis TV series The Mentalist Vaughn McBride TV series Lost Jacob TV series 2010 CSI: Miami Greg Calomar TV series 2011 Being Human Bishop TV series 2011 The Closer Gavin Q. Baker III TV series ; 7th season 2011 Supernatural Lucifer TV series ; 7th Season References
- ^ "Lost Casts Dexter Baddie as Mysterious "Man No. 1"". TVGuide.com. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Lost-Casts-Pellegrino-1004532.aspx. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
- ^ "TV Guide, April 19, 2010". tvguidemagazine.com. http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/kecks-exclusives/mark-pellegrino-pulls-double-duty-4741.html. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
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