John Ventimiglia (, ) is an American actor. He portrayed

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in the HBO television series ''

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Early life

Ventimiglia was born in

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to Sicilian immigrants and grew up in

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. He graduated from

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in 1981 where he played on the football team.

Career

Ventimiglia has had parts in feature films such as ''

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'', '' Jesus' Son'', '' The Iceman'', '' The Funeral'', ''

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'', and '' Mickey Blue Eyes'' and has appeared in numerous television shows including ''

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'' and ''

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''. He also made a brief cameo in the made-for-television movie '' Gotti''. In August 2007, Ventimiglia and the David Amram quartet presented a musical and oral homage to sociologist

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and beat author

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. They continued with a Kerouac show in

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in autumn of 2007. Ventimiglia starred in the comedy '' Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead'' (2008), playing the role of Theo Horace. In 2008, he played a small role as a police officer in '' Notorious''. In 2011, he appeared as "Weinstein" in the film ''

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''. In 2011, he starred in a small indie film, ''PONIES''. In 2012, he guest starred in the

short lived series ''

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''. In 2012, he starred, as Humberto Delgado, the Portuguese film

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's brutal assassination in Spain by the Portuguese fascists. In 2016, he played Harry Magarac on the episode of ''

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'', entitled "Murder Ex Machina", first aired on January 21, 2016. He also did narration for the Nat Geo television documentary series ''Inside the American Mob''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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John Ventimiglia on HBO.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ventimiglia, John Living people American male film actors American male television actors American people of Italian descent People of Sicilian descent Male actors from New York City Male actors from New Jersey Teaneck High School alumni People from Ridgewood, Queens People from Park Slope Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors