
Patterson insisted he had no idea that Ventimiglia had such a talent but seemed intrigued. During filming, Ventimiglia revealed that he could name all seven dwarves from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs especially fast. They got to chatting over their time together. The extra recalled that Ventimiglia approached a group of extras during his first day of filming. Milo Ventimiglia | Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images She told Patterson that Ventimiglia has a hidden but mostly useless talent. While most of the chat was about her experience serving as a random resident of Stars Hollow, the extra had a little special fact to share. In a recent episode of I am All In, Scott Patterson’s podcast about Gilmore Girls, Patterson welcomed one of the show’s regular extras to chat about her experience on the series. An extra told Scott Patterson that Milo Ventimiglia can name the 7 dwarfs incredibly quickly Eventually, he took a role in the smash hit This Is Us.

After Gilmore Girls, Ventimiglia landed bigger and bigger parts. He also worked as an extra on several movies. Before becoming Jess, Ventimiglia had roles on TV shows, including Boston Public and Opposite Sex. While Gilmore Girls is considered the famed actor’s breakout role, he worked steadily for several years before joining that cast as the nephew of Luke Danes (played by Scott Patterson). So was Gilmore Girls Ventimiglia’s first acting gig? Jared Padalecki, Alexis Bledel, and Milo Ventimiglia | Ray Mickshaw/WireImage Jared Padalecki, who played Dean Forrester, also was relatively fresh to Hollywood when he was cast. Alexis Bledel, the actor who portrayed Rory Gilmore, had never acted on a television show when she landed the lead role. Was ‘Gilmore Girls’ Milo Ventimiglia’s very first role?Īmy Sherman-Palladino, the creator of Gilmore Girls, and the casting team had a knack for hiring unknown but incredibly talented actors.

One of those extras recently revealed the super-secret but mostly useless talent that Ventimiglia shared with the cast. He was a relative newcomer to Hollywood at the time and reportedly spent some of his time on the set of Gilmore Girls hanging out with the show’s extras. Jess was diner owner Luke Danes’ nephew, and the part is credited with kickstarting Ventimiglia’s career.

He has also appeared in Pathology (2008), That's My Boy (2012), Kiss of the Damned (2013), Grace of Monaco (2014), Devil's Gate (2017), and The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019).Milo Ventimiglia may be best known for his role on This Is Us now, but long before he became Jack Pearson, Ventimiglia was Jess Mariano on Gilmore Girls.

In film, Ventimiglia made his breakthrough as Rocky Balboa's son in the sixth installment of the Rocky film series, Rocky Balboa (2006), going on to reprise the role in the eighth installment Creed II (2018). After appearing in main roles on the series Mob City (2013), Chosen (2013), and The Whispers (2015), Ventimiglia began starring as Jack Pearson on This Is Us (2016–2022), for which he has received three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and twice received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series as a cast member. Thereafter, he appeared as Chris Pierce on American Dreams (2004–2005) and Richard Thorne on The Bedford Diaries (2006) before starring as Peter Petrelli on Heroes (2006–2010), for which he received nominations for Teen Choice, Saturn and People's Choice Awards. Making his screen acting debut on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 1995, he portrayed the lead role on the short-lived series Opposite Sex in 2000 before landing his breakthrough role the following year as Jess Mariano on Gilmore Girls (2001–2007). Milo Anthony Ventimiglia (Italian: ) is an American actor.
