Mark Pellegrino
Mark Ross Pellegrino ( born April 9, 1965 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor.
Life
Pellegrino was educated in North Hollywood on Theatre Playhouse West to the method of drama coach Sanford Meisner. 1987, the former soldier of the United States Army had his first guest appearance in the TV series LA Law - Star lawyers, tricks, processes. In the same year, he starred alongside Whoopi Goldberg and the thriller The white of the eye next to Charles Bronson also in small roles in the film comedy Fatal Beauty.
Since the late 1980s, Pellegrino was often supporting roles in television productions and series. He played in the TV series Hunter, Tales from the Crypt, Northern Exposure, The Police Chief, Emergency Room, Nash Bridges, The Sentinel, CSI: Miami, The Unit - A Few Good Men, Without a Trace - Without a Trace, Prison Break or Grey's Anatomy. He became famous for his role as Paul Bennett, ex - prisoners and ex-husband of Rita Bennett, from the crime series Dexter. In the finale of the fifth season of the mystery series Lost, he played the mysterious Jacob, whose presence was expected by the public since the second season. Also during the 6th season, he was to see this. In the 5th and 7th season of the U.S. series Supernatural Pellegrino played the fallen angel Lucifer and was part of the main cast.
Furthermore Pellegrino played in the movies focus LA - The pros are back, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, The Big Lebowski, Drowning Mona, The Legacy of the Knights Templar or Mulholland Drive - road of darkness. For his role as Dick Hickock in the film Capote he was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award.
In addition to his film and television commitment Pellegrino has also worked as a theater actor. At the Playhouse West, its training center, he worked among others in the plays The Exonorated under the direction of Jeff Goldblum and 9-11 and Minor Holiday by Scott Caan with. He also works as a drama teacher.
In his spare time, the 1.85 m wide Pellegrino practiced primarily combat sports such as Martial Arts, Kickboxing, Judo, Karate, Ju -Jitsu and professional Thai boxing.