Peter Facinelli
Highest Rated: 80% Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998)
Lowest Rated: 0% Breaking & Exiting (2018)
Birthday: Nov 26, 1973
Birthplace: Queens, New York, USA
Though he could have easily fallen into a "nice guy" Hollywood stereotype, clean-cut actor Peter Facinelli refused to be pigeonholed in one set category or type of role; that very versatility, in turn, became one of Facinelli's trademarks. He grew up amid a large Italian-American family in the Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens, NY, studied at St. Francis Preparatory High, and then enrolled at the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School in Manhattan, where his mentors included Giancarlo Esposito, William H. Macy, and Felicity Huffman. By the mid- to late '90s, Facinelli made a beeline for the West Coast and, in seemingly no time at all, began to build a hefty résumé of acting roles, occasionally in a lead capacity. Early projects included the 1998 slice-of-lifer Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (as a wealthy young man eager to leave his Texas town with his buddies and start over in L.A.), the 1998 teen-oriented romantic comedy Can't Hardly Wait, and -- as largely a showcase for Facinelli's acting chops -- the stagy ensembler The Big Kahuna (1999), with Facinelli, Kevin Spacey, and Danny DeVito as industrial lubricant salesmen sharing a hotel suite. In that film, Facinelli played a born-again Christian who threatens to alienate his colleagues when he inadvertently lets their prize client slip through his fingers. In 2001, Facinelli married 90210 actress Jennie Garth, whom he had met when they co-starred together in the 1996 TV movie An Unfinished Affair (the pair divorced in 2013). He also began to find even greater success on the big screen in 2001, appearing as Takmet in the Rock-headlined blockbuster action movie The Scorpion King, and in a small part in the Penny Marshall-helmed comedy drama Riding in Cars with Boys, starring Drew Barrymore.In addition to his successful film career, Facinelli found a good deal of exposure on the small screen. His first major TV role was on the short-lived Fox series Fastlane (2002-2003); on that Fast and the Furious-like action program, produced by McG, he starred alongside Bill Bellamy and Tiffani-Amber Thiessen as undercover cop Van Ray. In 2004, Facinelli landed a small recurring role on the critically lauded HBO drama Six Feet Under as Jimmy, one of Claire's (Lauren Ambrose) friends at art school. A few years later, in 2007, the actor cropped up on television again, this time in a recurring role on the suspenseful basic-cable mystery drama Damages, starring Glenn Close; he portrayed Gregory Malina, a seemingly small player early on in season one of that series, who ends up having a pivotal part in the elaborate mystery of that season.Meanwhile, Facinelli was still active in features, appearing in such films as sci-fi thriller Hollow Man 2 (2006) and the comedy Finding Amanda (2008). He finally appeared in a giant success when he landed the role of Edward's father, Dr. Carlisle Cullen, in the phenomenally successful Twilight films.In 2009 he began a successful run on the small screen in the award-winning series Nurse Jackie, and in 2011 wrote the gentle family crime film Loosies. The Twilight Saga wrapped in 2012 and Facinelli maintained his role on Nurse Jackie through seven seasons, in addition to a guest arc on Glee. In 2015, he joined the new CBS series Supergirl, playing one of the show's antagonists.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26% | Countdown | Dr. Sullivan | — | 2019 |
| 25% | Running with the Devil | Number One | — | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | Escaping the NXIVM Cult: A Mother's Fight to Save Her Daughter | Keith Raniere | — | 2019 |
| 46% | Asher | Uzi | — | 2018 |
| 0% | Breaking & Exiting | Director | — | 2018 |
| 0% | Gangster Land (In the Absence of Good Men) | George 'Bugs' Moran | — | 2017 |
| 27% | The Wilde Wedding | Actor | — | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | Heartthrob | Mr. Rickett | — | 2017 |
| 54% | Walter | Jim Benjamin | — | 2015 |
| 33% | Freezer | Detective Sam Gurov | — | 2014 |
| 49% | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 | Dr. Carlisle Cullen | $292.3M | 2012 |
| 22% | Loosies | Producer Bobby Screenwriter | $3.8K | 2012 |
| 25% | Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 | Dr. Carlisle Cullen | $281.3M | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | Enfants Terribles | Actor | — | 2011 |
| 48% | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Dr. Carlisle Cullen | $300.6M | 2010 |
| 28% | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Carlisle | $296.6M | 2009 |
| 49% | Twilight | Dr. Carlisle Cullen | $191.5M | 2008 |
| 40% | Finding Amanda | Greg | $31.8K | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | Arc | Paris Pritchett | — | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | The Lather Effect | Danny | — | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | Touch the Top of the World | Erik Weihenmayer | — | 2006 |
| 20% | Hollow Man 2 | Frank Turner | — | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | Mighty Warriors of Comedy | Actor | — | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | Stealing Time | Alec Nichols | — | 2003 |
| 40% | The Scorpion King | Takmet | $90.4M | 2002 |
| 49% | Riding in Cars With Boys | Tommy | $29.7M | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | Rennie's Landing | Actor | — | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | Tempted | Jimmy Mulate | — | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | Welcome to Hollywood | Actor | — | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | Honest | Daniel Wheaton | — | 2000 |
| 73% | The Big Kahuna | Bob Walker | — | 2000 |
| 10% | Supernova | Karl Larson | — | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | Blue Ridge Fall | Danny Shepherd | — | 1999 |
| 42% | Can't Hardly Wait | Mike Dexter | — | 1998 |
| 80% | Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 | Terrell Lee | — | 1998 |
| 20% | Telling You | Phil | — | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | Touch Me | Bail | — | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | After Jimmy | Jimmy Stapp | — | 1996 |
| 27% | Foxfire | Ethan Bixby | — | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | Calm at Sunset | James Pfeiffer | — | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | An Unfinished Affair | Rick Connor | — | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | Angela | Devil | — | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | The Price of Love | Actor | — | 1995 |
TV
| Credit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 86% |
Supergirl 2015 |
Maxwell Lord |
2020 2019 2017 2016 2015 |
| 63% |
FBI 2018 |
Mike Venutti |
2019 |
| No Score Yet |
S.W.A.T. 2017 |
Michael Plank |
2018 2017 |
| No Score Yet |
The Talk 2010 |
Guest |
2018 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 |
| No Score Yet |
Hollywood Game Night 2013-2019 |
Appearing |
2016 |
| 54% |
American Odyssey 2015 |
Peter Decker Peter Drucker |
2015 |
| No Score Yet |
Last Call With Carson Daly 2007-2019 |
Guest |
2015 |
| 81% |
Nurse Jackie 2009-2015 |
Dr. Fitch Cooper |
2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 |
| 71% |
Glee 2009-2015 |
Rupert Campion |
2013 |
| No Score Yet |
The Chew 2011-2018 |
Guest |
2013 2012 |
| No Score Yet |
Chelsea Lately 2007-2014 |
Guest |
2013 2009 2008 |
| No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003 |
Guest |
2012 2011 |
| 91% |
Damages 2007-2012 |
Gregory Malina |
2012 2009 2007 |
| No Score Yet |
Lopez Tonight 2009-2011 |
Guest |
2010 |
| No Score Yet |
The Wendy Williams Show 2008 |
Guest |
2010 2009 |
| No Score Yet |
It's On With Alexa Chung 2009 |
Guest |
2009 |
| No Score Yet |
The Bonnie Hunt Show 2008-2010 |
Guest |
2008 |
| No Score Yet |
American Dad (target for inaccurate feed data) 2005 |
Voice |
2008 2006 2005 |
| 83% |
Six Feet Under 2001-2005 |
Jimmy |
2004 |
| 44% |
Fastlane 2002-2003 |
Off. Van Ray |
2003 2002 |
| No Score Yet |
Law & Order 1990-2010 |
Shane Sutter |
1995 |
QUOTES FROM Peter Facinelli CHARACTERS
Karl Larson says: Stars die so that we can live. And we die so that stars can be reborn.
Karl Larson says: The only real sin is regret.
Rosalie says: Why? What is she to me?
Dr. Carlisle Cullen says: Rosalie. Bella is with Edward. She's part of the family now. We protect our family.
Bobby says: I have a problem with commitment.
Lucy says: Yeah, you can't commit, not even to a cigarette.
Bobby says: I have a problem with commitment.
Lucy says: Yeah, you can't commit.
Bobby says: Death would be a welcome relief compared to the world of shit I live in now.
Bobby says: Hey, you got a loosie?
Lucy says: Yeah, Lucy. How'd you guess?
Bobby says: Just psychic.
Carlisle says: Listen to her heart.
The Scorpion King/Mathayus says: You! You betrayed your own father?
Takmet says: Yes. He was very shocked. [holds up his father's head]
Takmet says: You could tell by the look on his face.
Edward Cullen says: [to Jacob] I think you may be right. [to everyone] Jacob just had an idea.
Jacob Black says: It wasn't an idea. It was more of a snide comment.
Dr. Carlisle Cullen says: What were you thinking?
Jacob Black says: [smirks] That it's just looking for someone to sink it's teeth into.
Bella Swan says: He's thirsty.
Jasper says: I know the feeling...
Rosalie says: Why should I? What is she to me?
Dr. Carlisle Cullen says: Bella is with Edward. She's a part of this family, and we protect our family
Dr. Carlisle Cullen says: Bella is with Edward. She's a part of this family, and we protect our family.