Vincent Kartheiser

Vincent Paul Kartheiser (born May 5, 1979) is an American actor. He played Pete Campbell on the AMC television series ''Mad Men'', for which he received six Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and won twice along with the cast. He had starring roles in the films ''Alaska'', '' Masterminds'', and ''Another Day in Paradise''.

Kartheiser also played Connor on The WB television series ''Angel'' and Dr. Jonathan Crane in the third season of the HBO series ''Titans''.

Early life

Kartheiser was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Janet Marie (née Gruyé), who ran a nursery, and James Ralph Kartheiser, who sold construction equipment.

The youngest of six children, he has four sisters, Andrea, Colette, Elise and Theresa, and a brother, Nathan. He is of Luxembourgish, German, and to an extent Polish, Finnish, and Swedish ancestry. Kartheiser attended Apple Valley High School in Apple Valley, Minnesota, but dropped out at age 15 because he "wanted to make money."

Career

Some of Kartheiser's first acting experiences were on stage of Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis, including roles in ''Pippi Longstocking'', ''Our Town'', ''Dr. Seuss' The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins'', and ''Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm''.

He made his screen debut with a bit role in the 1993 film ''Untamed Heart''. Kartheiser found himself cast in mostly family fare, including ''The Indian in the Cupboard'' (1995) and a starring role in the film ''Alaska'' (1996). The film led to Kartheiser getting the lead role in '' Masterminds'' the following year.

He was next cast as Bobby, a drug-addicted, homeless street urchin in Larry Clark's ''Another Day in Paradise''. He had two explicit sex scenes with Natasha Gregson, one of which was cut from the film in order to avoid an NC-17 rating. The film earned the young actor significant accolades, and he went on to appear in '' Strike!'' (later retitled ''All I Wanna Do'') and ''Crime and Punishment in Suburbia''.

Screened at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, ''Crime and Punishment in Suburbia'' was a moody, updated take on Dostoyevsky's ''Crime and Punishment'', set in a modern high school. Kartheiser co-starred on the supernatural drama series ''Angel'' in 2002, playing Connor, the son of the title character Angel, appearing in a total of 28 episodes. Returning to film work, Kartheiser starred in the well-received coming-of-age drama ''Dandelion'', which was shown at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.

Kartheiser played the role of ambitious young ad man Pete Campbell in the AMC television series ''Mad Men'' (2007–2015). Along with the rest of the show's cast, Kartheiser won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2009 and 2010.

Kartheiser filmed his role as Fielding in the BBC
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