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Peter Facinelli

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The Ravine (2021)
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Peter Facinelli was born in Queens, New York, the youngest child of Bruna (Reich) and Pierino Facinelli, a waiter. His parents are Italian immigrants, originally from Trentino, Northern Italy. He has three sisters. Peter was educated at St. Francis Preparatory School in Fresh Meadows, New York, and went on to attend St. John's University, but left after a year to follow his interest in acting at the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School, also in New York. There Facinelli was taught by such distinguished actors as Academy Award nominees William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman.

He made his screen debut in 1995, appearing in Rebecca Miller's Angela (1995) and has worked consistently ever since. Notable projects include The Price of Love (1995), An Unfinished Affair (1996) (where he met his future wife, Jennie Garth), Touch Me (1997) and The Scorpion King (2002). Facinelli has also had re-occurring roles in such TV shows such as Fastlane (2002), Six Feet Under (2001), Damages (2007) and Nurse Jackie (2009). In 2008, he won the role of Dr. Carlisle Cullen in the wildly popular Twilight (2008) and its sequels.
BornNovember 26, 1973
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Peter Facinelli in The Ravine (2021)
Peter Facinelli in The Ravine (2021)
Peter Facinelli and Eve Best in Nurse Jackie (2009)
Peter Facinelli and Stephanie Sigman in S.W.A.T. (2017)
Peter Facinelli and Keir Gilchrist in Heartthrob (2017)
Peter Facinelli in American Odyssey (2015)
Helen Slater, Peter Facinelli, Chyler Leigh, and Melissa Benoist in Supergirl (2015)
Peter Facinelli and Melissa Benoist in Supergirl (2015)
Calista Flockhart, Peter Facinelli, and Chris Vance in Supergirl (2015)
Calista Flockhart and Peter Facinelli in Supergirl (2015)
Calista Flockhart, Peter Facinelli, and Chris Vance in Supergirl (2015)
Calista Flockhart, Peter Facinelli, and Melissa Benoist in Supergirl (2015)

Known for

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
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  • Dr. Carlisle Cullen
  • 2011
Anne Heche, Jason Patric, and Thomas Jane in The Vanished (2020)
The Vanished
5.7
  • Deputy Rakes
  • 2020
Edie Falco in Nurse Jackie (2009)
Nurse Jackie
7.8
TV Series
  • Dr. Fitch Cooper
David Harewood, Chyler Leigh, Jesse Rath, Azie Tesfai, Melissa Benoist, Katie McGrath, and Nicole Maines in Supergirl (2015)
Supergirl
6.2
TV Series
  • Maxwell Lord

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Actor

  • Can You Hear Me?
    • Post-production
  • On Fire
    • Post-production
  • Yesteryear
    • In Production
  • Pieces of Strange
    • Pre-production
  • The Unbreakable Boy
    • Post-production
  • Long Gone Heroes
    • Pre-production
  • Final Invasion
    • Pre-production
  • God Save the Queens (2022)
    God Save the Queens
  • Marmalade (2022)
    Marmalade
  • Roar (2022)
    Roar
  • 13 Minutes (2021)
    13 Minutes
  • Peter Facinelli and Jay Pickett in Catch the Bullet (2021)
    Catch the Bullet
  • The Ravine (2021)
    The Ravine
  • Susie Abromeit and Christie Campo in Famous Adjacent (2020)
    Famous Adjacent
  • Eli Brown in The F**k-It List (2020)
    The F**k-It List
  • Anne Heche, Jason Patric, and Thomas Jane in The Vanished (2020)
    The Vanished
  • Jay Hernandez and Perdita Weeks in Magnum P.I. (2018)
    Magnum P.I.
  • Countdown (2019)
    Countdown
  • Escaping the NXIVM Cult: A Mother's Fight to Save Her Daughter (2019)
    Escaping the NXIVM Cult: A Mother's Fight to Save Her Daughter
  • Nicolas Cage and Laurence Fishburne in Running with the Devil (2019)
    Running with the Devil
  • Missy Peregrym and Zeeko Zaki in FBI (2018)
    FBI
  • Ron Perlman in Asher (2018)
    Asher

Director

  • Brotherhood
    • In Production
  • Anne Heche, Jason Patric, and Thomas Jane in The Vanished (2020)
    The Vanished
  • Jordan Danger and Milo Gibson in Breaking & Exiting (2018)
    Breaking & Exiting
  • CollegeHumor Originals (2006)
    CollegeHumor Originals

Producer

  • The Unbreakable Boy
    • Post-production
  • Anne Heche, Jason Patric, and Thomas Jane in The Vanished (2020)
    The Vanished
  • Johnny Frank Garrett's Last Word (2016)
    Johnny Frank Garrett's Last Word
  • Luca Bella: Falling
  • Jennie Garth: A Little Bit Country (2012)
    Jennie Garth: A Little Bit Country
  • Loosies (2011)
    Loosies
  • Jennie Garth and Ethan Erickson in Accidentally in Love (2011)
    Accidentally in Love
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Videos71

Meet Maxwell Lord: The 'Wonder Woman 1984' Big Bad
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Meet Maxwell Lord: The 'Wonder Woman 1984' Big Bad
"Save Her" from The Twilight Saga: New Moon
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"Save Her" from The Twilight Saga: New Moon
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
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The Twilight Saga: New Moon
"Wolfpack Fight Scene" from The Twilight Saga: New Moon
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"Wolfpack Fight Scene" from The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Funding for an Expedition
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Funding for an Expedition
Hit the Wall
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Hit the Wall
A Christmas Card
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A Christmas Card
A Pioneer
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A Pioneer
Echo Location
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Echo Location
Natural Fears
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Natural Fears
Path Up Everest
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Path Up Everest
Twilight: Clip - Ballet Studio
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Twilight: Clip - Ballet Studio

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    • November 26, 1973
    • Queens, New York City, New York, USA
    • Jennie GarthJanuary 20, 2001 - June 11, 2013 (divorced, 3 children)
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    (2011, on career choices) I switch it up and do something different. I get bored if I do the same thing over and over. When I look back at the characters I've played, they've all been so distinctly different from each other. "Mike Dexter" from Can't Hardly Wait (1998) is completely different than the character I played in The Scorpion King (2002), which is completely different than the Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) role or the role I played on Damages (2007). Put that next to the guy that I played in Fastlane (2002), then put the character in "Fastlane" next to Twilight (2008)'s "Carlisle", and put that character next to Nurse Jackie (2009)'s "Dr. Cooper", and they're all so vastly different that, whenever my agent says, "What do you want to do next?", I say, "Whatever I haven't done before". I like shaking it up and doing different things.

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